I’ve decided I’m not going to renew the domain name for this blog which also means I’m going to simply close it down. This blog began as a way to practice my writing. Someone, a fellow history student told me to write daily and to write anything I could think of. So I did and [...]
A while back I talked about society’s obsession with efficiency. Over the last few days I’ve been witness to something quite opposite. At least I would call it opposite, what is after all the opposite of efficient? Waste. The waste comes in the form of some sort of renovation or cleaning of student apartments. The [...]
I recently watched a two-part, 15 minute clip about the current global financial meltdown and how it’s similar to what happened in Argentina. I know little of the Argentine history but Adrian Salbuchi (the gent in the video clip) claims to be an Argentinian and also claims that he’s lived through three such meltdowns in [...]
I have something to confess. I have taken a step in embracing the new, technologically advanced, completely plugged-in, hive-minded world. Over the last few days/weeks I’ve begun to use things, almost entirely computer related that I would never have considered only a few months ago. Google Calendar, a cellphone, MS OneNote, and soon probably Google [...]
Wow! What a job the man found himself. Can you imagine what he must be feeling. Here’s just a short list of things he is charged with doing: 1. Fix global warming. 2. Fix the US and global economy. 3. Fix terrorism. 4. Fix the US health care system. 5. Fix the US pension problems. [...]