December 2008
7 posts
I am Loving This Holiday Season
Not that I am a Scrooge or anything, but I have really enjoyed this holiday season so far. I don’t usually enjoy Christmas … nothing like I used to when I was a kiddo.
I suspect a lot of it has to do with my kiddo getting so into the tree and the lights. She loves to sing, so carols are just new songs to sing.
I picked out a few toys for her already … and dang if I...
If You Need a Smile ... →
~15 min long video that will make all but the coldest of hearts warm. Enjoy!
(the link is in the title)
It can't be this simple, can it?
US Banks have been getting gobs of money from the US government but they still don’t want to lend, much to the US Treasury’s and Federal Reserve’s dismay.
It seems to me (remember, BA in econ so I know just enough to be dangerous … so I really don’t think I can be 100% correct on this) that banks don’t want to lend to each other or to anyone else because they...
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Religion and MMO's
While listening to an episode of Econ Talk, the guest speaker, Edward Castronova, likened the lore of a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) such as World of Warcraft to religion. (Please note: I am grossly oversimplifying … if you enjoy playing MMOs it is a great listen)
He also spoke to the human need for mythology and lore in most peoples’ lives. The host and Mr. Castronova...
Comments!
Waffling on adding comments to this thing. For the moment, this log is about me writing, not others reading.
I’ll probably add comments in as a technical exercise. Who knows, maybe it will become useful in the future.
<plans to update this post when commenting added>
Edit: Holy wow, I got that done in about 2 minutes. Sweet!
Personal Commitment
If I don’t post this publicly, I’ll probably fall off the wagon again soon.
I don’t promise good posts. All I promise is a post. The plan is a post a day starting today. I *must* get into the habit, then I can scale back later if needed to actually make quality posts. I know myself pretty well—the habit can only be formed by daily repetition. Having ‘off’...
Months Later ...
Wow, the initial impetus for my love / hate relationship with skepticism certainly put me onto a heck of a path.
I stopped blogging because I got so busy consuming skeptical material. (Not that I actually started blogging, really … three posts?! Ha!) I feel like I’ve come up for air and something I read today started to clarify what I mean about the ‘love / hate’...