Blog Entries tagged 'Economics'

Volatility in the Casino: Musing #1246

books21st@lisco.com — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:00:00 +0100

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein

“A single neuron may be rather dumb, but it is dumb in many subtle ways.” Francis Crick

“You see, o

Conundrums

books21st@lisco.com — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:00:00 +0100

Musing #1344

“All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.” Blaise Pascal

“Be kind to people whether they deserve your kindness or not. If your kindness reaches the deserving good for you; if your kindness reach

Trying to make my point more clearly

books21st@lisco.com — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:00:00 +0100

Musing #1343: “If the only prayer you say is ‘Thank you,’ that will suffice.” —Meister Eckhart

Thanks to the many of you who provided me feedback. I think that the point of my comments about what society does or does not permit a woman to do with

Dangerous Thoughts from an Idle Mind

books21st@lisco.com — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:00:00 +0100

Musing #1342

“A woman is always a fickle, unstable thing.” —Virgil (Aeneid)

“The usual masculine disillusionment in discovering that a woman has a brain.” Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind)

I love

Paradigms: Why They are Important

books21st@lisco.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:00:00 +0100

“Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.” Niels Bohr

Musings #1341. Attached is a link to one of those cutsie cartoons that have become so popular. This one pokes some holes in the arguments of the Climate Change proponents.

Political Correctness: The McCarthyism of our Time

books21st@lisco.com — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:00:00 +0100

Musing #1339. It is always where you draw your lines

“Unlimited tolera

Lessons from the 1987 Stock Market Crash

books21st@lisco.com — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:00:00 +0100

“Finding fault with others, developing skill at discovering weakness and inconsistency in others, will begin to eat into your peace of mind. If you keep it up forever, it will eventually rob you of all the joys of life.” —James Mangan

I plead guilty to

FUD: Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

books21st@lisco.com — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:00:00 +0100

Musing #1334, January 18, 2010

“Know thyself.” —Socrates
“Only the shallow know themselves.” —Oscar Wilde
“Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what d

Turning Fairfield into a renaissance city and local economy powerhouse

burt@fairfieldfirst.biz — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0100

We will rebuild our national and world economy by focusing on the critical building blocks - the local economy and building an entrepreneurial class. You can participate or watch what is going on by tapping into these websites:

www.FairfieldFirst.biz • www.FairfieldFirst.ning.com

Local Economy Summit: Assuring Economic Opportunity for All Iowans

burt@fairfieldfirst.biz — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:00:00 +0100

The election is over the results are in and if hasn't hit you yet, the government is not going to solve the economic or health care crisis. 59 million people don't have health insurance and according to Gallup poll data, 16% of American families are challenged with getting food on t

Salute to the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center

burt@fairfieldfirst.biz — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Fairfield First salutes the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center and the City of Fairfield for structuring a public-private partnership that supports the continued success of our Sondheim Center

Tibetan Pilgrimage, Entrepreneurship and Megabuses

burt@fairfieldfirst.biz — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:00:00 +0100

There was a big spread in the Life section of the Des Moines Register on a trip I made to China, Nepal and Tibet last summer called

Navigating the Neo Nar Nor Nebula

rustinlarson@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:00:00 +0100

A Conversation with a Small Cactus

rustinlarson@gmail.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Some thoughts about that: if not in an opera house then here under the girders of a new civilization in which the contemplative norm is that of a cheeseburger with a face full of sesames. McCheese is one's neighbor and mayor, and his clown same-sex partner is a cook of sorts, and I gues

Host a Theater Student Intern This Summer

burt@fairfieldfirst.biz — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Support Way Off Broadway’s summer season 2009 by hosting a student intern.
This year’s group of interns, eighteen of them, will be coming from Iowa and across the United States The interns arrive on or about June 8th and they will be finished with the program on August 17th. P

Revenge of the Nafs

tony@tonyellis.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100

A couple of events came together this morning that led to some interesting thoughts on the current financial crisis. Firstly, I heard on the radio that people in the new democracies of eastern Europe are becoming quickly disenchanted with American style free capitalism because wha

It's Only Money

tony@tonyellis.com — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100

I've been suffering with severe post-election fatigue for the last few weeks, incapable of bearing another moment of Maddow or an extra ounce of Olberman, and spending only a minimum amount of time scanning the headlines. But there is one subject that has been hard to avoid even as background no