Monday Miscellany
That's why I blog: Couples married for an average of 40 years know less about one another's food, movie and kitchen-design preferences than do partners who have been married or in committed relationships for a year or two, a new study finds. . . . Older couples' knowledge decline partly reflects a tendency by partners to pay increasingly less attention to one another, because they view their relationship as firmly committed or assume that they have little left to learn about each other, the researchers propose. TDE keeps Marie firmly in touch with my thoughts, whether she wants to or not. If she doesn't read TDE, I whine. And then I subtly threaten, "You know, lots of hot chicks out there are really into Voegelin and von Mises." * * * * * * * Well, I pretty much loathe both parties, but I welcome this most-recent polling: "Nationally-recognized pollster Scott Rasmussen last night predicted that Republicans would gain 55 seats in races for the U.S. House of Representatives November 2–much more than the 39 needed for a Republican majority in the House for the first time since 2006." Link. * * * * * * * Related Leno: "The White House said that the Democrats have “the momentum” going into midterm elections. Of course you have momentum when you're going downhill fast." * * * * * * * Great line from the John Williams article I linked on Saturday: “Buying U.S. stocks because the Fed says it will proactively debase the U.S. dollar is like sitting on the beach in order to get a great view of an incoming tsunami.” * * * * * * * That's it for today. A health emergency in the in-law side of the family turned my weekend on its head, so I'm still scrambling this morning. Fortunately, everything has worked out well.
