Here’s a little something MamaLiberty wrote while looking at pictures like these and thinking about dogs past and dogs future. You Know It’s Time To Get a Dog… When an inch of soup is left in the bowl and you are too full… A walk to the mailbox is just a walk to the mailbox… The first piece of toast in the morning gets burned a little… but you shrug and eat it anyway. The antelope steak is a little too big for one meal… but not enough for two. Your feet are cold under the desk… Nobody in the…
Month: March 2012
The following is from an entrepreneur friend I’ve blogged about before. What he’s going through is a direct result of FATCA. You and me? We might not think we’re rich enough to be affected by this horrible, impossible law. If we have few or no offshore assets, we might think we have nothing to worry about. But in the long run, we’re all hurt as American citizens become worldwide pariahs, as avenues of freedom are closed off, and as stupid government tricks push our commerce and technology into fear-created backwaters. Anyhow, from my friend: I’ve already whined to you about…
“Gun Nation: Inside America’s Gun-Carry Culture.” Yeah, it’s MSM. But The Christian Science Monitor time and again shows it’s the fairest of the MSM. Not a bad profile on how state-level gun rights activists have turned the whole world upside down.
Couple of weeks ago, I blogged my surprise at buying freeze-dried and dehydrated storage foods at Wal-Mart. Well, today I went back and bought a couple more #10 cans. This time the shelves (nearly denuded at last visit) were chock full and topped with placards that could be seen several aisles away: “Prepare for Emergency.” As I was checking out the selection and prices, a man wandered by, looked at the big buckets of rice, concluded he didn’t need that much, and headed off. A few seconds later, a woman’s voice said, “I wish they had these in smaller cans…
Brandon Smith: “How to become an American extremist in style.” (Tip o’ hat to Jim B. in a recent comment section.) Douglas Herman: “All my heroes died broke, broken, not beaten.” Both those, especially the first, sound a lot like things I have written back in the day. I’m a little jealous. OTOH, it’s nice to sit back and enjoy the first-class rants of others.
In which I preach (or rather relay someone else’s preaching about) what I don’t practice (and I’ll bet he doesn’t, either). Swiss writer-entrepreneur-brainstormer Rolf Dobelli explains how news watching is wrecking our brains (.pdf) and screwing with our priorities. A sample (which resonates with me because I’ve said the same thing in less elegant words many a time): Out of the approximately 10,000 news stories you have read in the last 12 months, name one that – because you consumed it – allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter affecting your life, your career, your business…
Here’s an aspect of the dreadful FATCA that hasn’t gotten much coverage. From jed in comments: homeless by choice (and on principle). “How to Be Creative.” I don’t buy the claim that there’s no such thing as “creative types” (OMG, there are indeed creative types). But the rest is surely true. Creativity isn’t just for artists, writers, and inventors. Neat idea: an urban food forest. Not quite sure, though, how “free” it can be. A U.S. government soldier decides to freelance. (ADDED: The story that it was one “lone nut” “going rogue” probably isn’t going to hold up.) “Gaining Respect…
As promised, Jake MacGregor’s thriller The Advisor ends with a bang. Eight final chapters (plus epilogue) for your weekend reading pleasure. They start here. Those who aren’t yet Jake fans or who’ve simply lost track of the plotline over the months might want to begin at the beginning. Or you can wait for the Kindle edition, which should be out shortly. Even better: Jake’s already started on book two in the Advisor series. You go, Jake! Nice work.