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“Ludwig: Before this rally in gold is over, would you venture to guess how high
it can go?
Schiff: I like to quote it in terms of the Dow, because you just don't know how
much inflation there's going to be. So my target is for
Eric Scheske
Friday
Starbeers
You want a buzz with your coffee? A Starbucks coffee shop in Seattle is
test-marketing craft beer and local wines
[http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/starbucks-beer/]. My first thought: The
apocalypse is upon us, but upon reflection and further reading, it makes perfect
sense. The energized crowd often wants
Thursday
Rapt
For months, I've been meaning to blog about this excellent book: Rapt, Attention
and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallagher. It's full of common-sensical
insight, which means, "Observations that most of us probably knew about, but
needed someone to point out." Best
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“Some men can learn almost indefinitely; their capacity goes on increasing until
their bodies begin to wear out. Others stop in childhood, even in infancy. They
reach, say, the mental age of ten or twelve, and then they develop no more.
Physically, they become men, and sprout beards, political delusions,
The Evening Eudemon
“While unemployment for college grads is 15% according to Bloomberg, we know for
a fact that the overall rate of unemployment, per economist John Williams of
Shadow Stats, is actually at around 22%.” Link
[http://www.lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo15.1.html].
Monday
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
TEE
“With his prodigious talent, parents who loved him to bits, and a piano teacher
named Marietta Clinkscales, Duke Ellington could only succeed”
Something for Sunday Morning
"Do not imagine that love to be true must be extraordinary."
Mother Teresa
Friday
Brews You Can Use
Maybe I'll become a renaissance man. An expert in everything: philosophy,
theology, history, art, beer, finance, copulatory technique, dewey decimal
system, chemistry, TV, electronics, fashion, web-page design. Even cooking.
Heck, especially cooking, now that I've found the magic ingredient: beer. Beers
Thursday
Need the Book Roadmap?
You know what's kinda hard? Starting a non-fiction book when you don't know what
it's about. I recently tried it for the first time, inadvertently. I read an
off-hand positive remark on a site I enjoy about The