Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Wandering off...

Hey I'm going to be leaving. I need to consolidate things and reroute some finances. It's been a fun several years here. If you're interested in reading my stuff my blog, which I've been cross posting from is http://www.roguesun.com Sign in to see full entry.

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The fine art of the micro-chill

Friday night I was sitting in a fast food joint waiting on my order. The people in front of me had placed a $48 order to go. James Taylor's Fire and Rain started playing over the speakers and for a moment I was able to look at the situation sort of abstractly and I realized that the music had caused... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Always Remember Proverbs

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6 It's true in religion. And that other object of man's worship, race. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Belief: The importance of questioning the sacred

There are many things that we hold as core beliefs that we seldom question. In fact when some things are questioned, there is such an uproar that the one doing the questioning feels intimidation for doing so. While I have not always acted on it, I've always believed it is necessary to see for myself... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Cabinet Reuse/Cabinet Abuse

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has tapped former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and a former Republican congressman to meet foreign delegations at the global financial summit in Washington this weekend. This is not good. Albright was the one who when told of the numbers of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Digital cameras and the false product

Last year sometime I saw a suggestion on a website that people looking at digital cameras multiply the megapixels by the optical zoom and then compare the products of different cameras. The problem with this idea is that a camera with 6 mega pixels of imaging capability and a 5X optical zoom gives... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Investments - Riding out the storm

As of Noon CST today the Dow Industrials have dropped 2.8%. Back in September when the bailout was being talked about and all the scaremongering was coming over the airwaves from the Bush Administration I moved my 401(k) money into cash. It had already dropped $2000 that month and I didn't want any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Sometimes it's good to read the tea leaves

From WashingtonPost.com Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has emerged as one of the hottest names in national Republican circles since John McCain 's defeat last week, was never vetted as a vice presidential pick, according to sources close to the Pelican State chief executive. Jindal was approached... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Parable of the Talents - Revised

A man who was going on a journey called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received the five talents went at once and put... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Presidency: Ending the Devolution

"The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But when the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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