March 2009
7 posts
kareem:
rahmin:
I Wanted To Change The World By Unknown Monk, 1100 A.D.
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only...
America Gets Up Early
I went to the gym at 5:30 today, and the cars on the highways here in the Bay Area were bumper to bumper. America gets up early. In Berlin or Buenos Aires, you show up to work at 10 am, take a few cappuccino’s throughout the day, are home by 16:00 for your daily siesta; and you never, god forbid, bring work home with you. And while this is charming and quaint, and I love it for my...
Public Outrage
This is a nice piece on the AIG bonuses.
rickyv:
Some good commentary from BustedTees’ own Josh Mohrer. The AIG bonus outrage is to be expected from an emotional public, but that doesn’t make it correct. The solution of picking on random people we have angry feelings towards by taxing their legally earned income 100% upsets the foundations of economics on which our entire system is built....
The Update
So I havent been blogging in a while. I have been busy getting settled into life in ‘Merica and working on some big projects for DubCorp. The Cliffs notes update goes like this.
I am living in Walnut Creek.
I got rid of my office because now that I live a block away I never went to the damn thing. I prefer to work from home without pants on, and take breaks to watch Bravo.
I have been on...
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