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The dungeon is aware and awake,
with monsters; Four heroes work
together, yet apart, as our puppets
Human masters push them: gold
Fire and magic, magic and fire
hack-n-slash!
The thrust of change,
The plunk of coins
MCMLXXXV
The dungeon gives,
but not as much as it takes
Invisible and invulnerable, yet
Death still finds, hunts, kills: drains
mountain, castle, forest, and pyramid
red, blue, green, and yellow
Warrior, Valkyrie, […]

“But what would happen if interest rates suddenly weren’t so benign, or if foreign governments, corporations and individuals stopped investing so heavily in America? Some analysts fear such actions could trigger doomsday scenarios in which the bills come due and Americans can’t pay, with devastating consequences for the entire economy.”
Good overview of debt in the […]

Yesterday I saw a woman with white wall, butched hair. She was a large mammal with tight pants and a white tee shirt, complete with rolled up sleeves. She had the look of a tough punk in 1953. She was showing off her guns. Her distinguishing feature was so simple. On the most fleshy part […]

You can make money in three ways: (1) you make it (you are an employee; you work), (2) someone else makes it for you (you are an employer), and (3) what you own generates money (assets). Being self-employed can be thrown into the employer category, if necessary. I suppose you could add things like gifts […]

Ford and GM are in trouble. There are many issues but let’s tackle quality for a minute. Most people still think that American vehicles break down and rust out, especially compared to Asian vehicles. However, there is evidence that American vehicles have greatly improved in recent years, even earning top marks from J.D. Power and […]

One of my favorite words is obsfuscation. I don’t use it very often but that doesn’t matter, I still like it a lot. It is one of the only words that is an example of itself. It is especially fun when I am trying to be really clear about something but I still end up […]

Fear of money? Are you kidding? Not at all. Read on if you think I’m crazy.
How well do you understand money? How well do you understand how money flows in and out of your life? Can you directly link your financial health to how you feel? Who taught you to balance your checkbook? Do you […]

I don’t write as well as I would like. In part, it is because I don’t fully grasp how to use the tools available to me. For example, I don’t deeply and fully understand how to use quotation marks. I can limp along but I’m not a true expert.
I work with some really smart people. […]

Structure. Format. Ordering. Why do these things matter? I think it boils down to the fact that humans generally like the comfort that regularity offers.
* Breaking tradition (smashing, violent!)
* Thinking outside the box (outside, cold, alone!)
* Breaking taboos; breaking free (smashing, violent!)
* Walking outside the lines (risky!)
* Changing paradigms (strange word; obsfucation!)
* Play by […]

Reference for the quotes: Let’s stop drugging kids
“This year, the Food and Drug Administration has mandated a black-box label on antidepressants warning of the potential for increased suicidal thoughts and behavior with children and adolescents.”
Aren’t antidepressants supposed to improve your mood? Does this mean that these medications are making people happy but violent? Can someone […]

In my world the week starts on Monday.
Monday — Monday is a fine day. I’m fresh from the weekend. Even bad weekends make me fresh for Monday. When I start work on Monday, I often have plenty of fluff to plow through. That is, I can ease into the week by burning through emails, […]

Dave Winer says — “But the cool thing about blogging (still) is that you can be yourself and not worry what other people think. That’s what you have to do all the time, every day, where ever you go. On your blog you get to say what you want.”
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.