The Wall Street Fiasco in Layman's Terms
15 December 08 | Comments [2]
I should perhaps be embarassed to say I’ve never been interested in the affairs of Wall Street. I find it hard to take much interest in my own savings account, let alone stocks, bonds and loans. So it’s no small thing for me to say I’ve just read The End, a 9-page article by Michael Lewis about Wall Street greed, the inevitable collapse we are now all sorely aware of, and the reason for it. The article is a must read; especially if you don’t give a crap about Wall Street. Continued...
A Boy's Room
27 November 08 | Comments [2]
Last spring I bought my son a suite of matching bedroom furniture. The pieces are designed to look nautical; all blue and white with pretend portholes and orange lights. My wife and I decided to run with the theme and paint our son’s room in a related way. Continued...
An Eye for an Eye
19 November 08 | Comments
Tanya Vlach is an artist in San Francisco who lost her left eye in a traumatic car accident. She has put out a call to engineers to refactor her ocular prosthetic into a functioning “eye-cam.” Her article has drawn considerable attention, much of it favorable, and somewhat eerily a lot of supporters are suggesting to her rather radical, invasive ideas, like tapping her optic nerve or storing power packs in her stomach or breast. I guess it’s easy to get caught up in the science fiction of it all, but it seems there’s a lack of cautionary words for her against all the sideline cheering. Tanya, if you’re listening, I’d like to offer my humble perspective. Continued...
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