This Brightened Up My Horrible Week
Maybe because I'm a former drummer myself (the term "drummer" used loosely):
Eric Scheske
Friday
More technological problems. This week is bringing me to my knees . . . and not
in a good way (with drunkenness). Bear with me.
Thursday
Armchair Philosophy Corner
When people become mentally unstable, why is it never in a good way? For
example: As an attorney, I see all sorts of incidents when a spouse becomes
deranged in some fashion, and it always manifests itself in a negative way:
abuse, infidelity, neglect. Why doesn'
Wednesday
Miscellany
Link to the PBS special, Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money
[http://video.pbs.org/program/1155680272/]. * * * * * * * Ah crap. I was hoping
we'd hold strong at $12 trillion: The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this
year and climb to an estimated $19.
An Hour with Faber
In lieu of an actual post today (see below), I'm posting this yet-unseen video.
It's Marc Faber, giving a one-hour overview of our economy's huge problems. I
say it's "unseen" because I haven't seen it yet.
No Blogging Tuesday
Spent yesterday evening at a high school band award ceremony and working on the
MP3 feature of my new van (2008 Dodge Grand Caravan). The MP3 feature is
remarkably complicated and frustrating. After 2+ hours, I'm hoping this bastud
gets struck by lightning.
Monday
The Vines Keep Growing
Why Big Government Sucks, Exhibit 1,293,011: One FTC proposal to save the
journalism industry would "Allow news organizations to agree jointly on a
mechanism to require news aggregators and others to pay for the use of online
content, perhaps through the use of
Something for Sunday Morning
“Every action of Christ contains a lesson for us.” St. Thomas Aquinas
Friday
21, TV, and Pabst
As I get older, I increasingly dislike the age-21 drinking requirement. I
dislike it for a lot of reasons (logic and fairness top the list), but one of
the reasons: it makes alcohol more seductive. Once a kid reaches age 21, it's
like
Thursday
Manias and Ferguson
Still no Charter Internet service. I'm getting close to playing "mean lawyer"
and sending out the demand letter, but I'm not there yet.
But just this for today:
Last Saturday [https://thedailyeudemon.com/?p=14246], I mentioned that Niall
Ferguson doesn&