TEE
Read trashy gossip magazines and classics or sophisticated works; never the New
York Times (or something even more aberrant, Newsweek). Nassim Taleb
-- Mobile post
Eric Scheske
Monday
Favorite Books
I finished Chodorov's The Rise and Fall of Society this weekend. What great
reading. Light prose, heavy topic. Everything distilled easily, like only a man
with a firm grasp on the subject can do. If you're interested in the huge body
of libertarian literature
Max Dressed Himself for Church
He's still struggling with the collar concept.
Something for Sunday Morning
"Start by making your own homes places where peace, happiness, and love abound,
through your love for each member of our family and for our neighbors." Mother
Teresa.
Good advice for the entire year, but especially these coming weeks.
Friday
BYCU: Taxes and Top Ten List
I'll drink to it: Congress Sends Tax Cut Bill to Obama's Desk
[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/17/congress-passes-extend-tax-cuts-jobless-aid/]
. It'll save me money on social security taxes, save many of my clients money on
estate planning
Thursday
Twitter
Man, this holiday season is getting away from me. I don't even feel that busy,
but then I look at all the crap I have to do and, whew, I wonder where the time
has gone. * * * * * * * I watched the original Night of the Living Dead (1968)
yesterday,
Wednesday
Understanding The Federal Reserve
A month ago, I said I was going to tackle Allan Metzer's A History of the
Federal Reserve. Unfortunately, it broke my tackle. The book is difficult,
largely because it uses a lot of professional terminology. I'm still glancing
through a page
TEE
"Humility in pre-Christian ethics was an insult." Nassim Taleb
-- Mobile post
Tuesday
"The Attack of the Small Screen." Part Six of Moguls and Movie Stars on TCM. The
re-run played last night at 7:00, then I watched Part Seven at 8:00. The
7-episode series is now over. It was highly enjoyable, with a slight political
slant (they mentioned
Monday
What is Manliness?
Lew Rockwell frequently links to "The Art of Manliness." It's a decent site, but
I think it's more like Gentleman's Quarterly than a man's site. When I think of
men, I basically have two stereotypes: John Wayne