Miscellaneous

Monday Twitter Frugal or cheap? I define "frugal" to mean a person who inconveniences himself in his quest to save money. The "cheap" person is the guy who inconveniences others. Wendy McElroy makes a case for frugality [http://mises.org/daily/5183/The-Case-for-Frugality]. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Seen on Facebook.

"Joy is very infectious. We will never know just how much good a simple smile can do." Mother Teresa

Miscellaneous Who else is climbing on the gold standard bandwagon? Maybe Steve Forbes. Link [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/steve-forbes-us-will-likely-have-gold-standard-within-next-five-years] . * * * * * * * Value investor Jeremy Grantham is bearish on U.S. stocks. He would seek refuge in blue chips and emerging market equities. Link [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/jeremy-grantham-goes-bearish-now-time-fight-fed-and-stocks-trading-40-above-fair-value-are-b] . * * * * * * * Interactive vi

Selections from the Tao Te Ching I read the book earlier this year. I can kinda understand why Catholic convert John Wu began his translation of the Book of John with, "In the beginning was the Tao." Enjoy: Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet

The man who Tweeted the attack that captured bin Laden (with Tweets) [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/meet-man-who-live-tweeted-bin-laden-operation-unknowingly] . Kinda interesting.

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Gasoline has significantly dropped in price. When priced in silver. Not a bad way to think about prices, according to the Founding Fathers . . . more>> [http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-silver-bullet/87316/] Mainlining? Is that when heroin selling goes mainstream? No, but you can

"When the disciples saw the risen Christ, they beheld “him as a reality in the world, though no longer of it, respecting the order of the world, but Lord of its laws. To behold such reality was different and more than to see a tree or watch a man

Nyssa, Tolkien, and Gibson By killing Jesus, Satan had swallowed God's bait. He didn't know he had swallowed the Godhead, thereby inviting Full Being into his fortress of nothingness and bringing about the ontological fall of his nothingness. In the words of St. Gregory of Nyssa:

Lethal Occupation and Other The fatal-accident rate for fishermen and related fishing workers is 200 per 100,000 full-time workers . . . compared with a rate of 13.1 for police and 4.4 for firefighters. Farming is also more dangerous: 38.5 fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time workers. Source:

This piece had me nearly shaking with rage last night. Why should any of us pay taxes or do the right thing any more? DC is a beast that takes money from some and gives it to others. If you're in the politically-connected group--whether a welfare recipient or