Why I Sometimes Wish I Didn’t Work Here

Attorney meeting this evening was (almost) a complete waste of time.  Nothing more than an opportunity for the chosen few to spotlight their accomplishments and ideas for bringing in new business, with the Senior Partner approving or disapproving what was said. 
Just so you know, HRH was actually invited to participate – to ask a question of [...]

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A Question of Identity

Would you rather be known as someone who “knows how” to do something, or someone who “does” it?
These last few weeks have been difficult ones from an intrapersonal sense.  Not only did the winds of crazy blow through for a week or two, but in the quiet after that storm, I started thinking about what [...]

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Tinfoil, Size 7 3/8, Please

I’m only asking because lately, I have felt the tug to join the ranks of the tinfoil hat brigade in this one respect:  I have 20 gallons of drinking water in my basement, which works out to about 20 days’ worth of water for me – about 2 weeks’ worth if I share with Tanner, [...]

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Notes From My “Boyfriends”

OK, they’re not really my boyfriends!!    Yes, I admire them greatly, but no personal relationship here – trust me on that one.  I would know, after all. 
So anyway, this was today’s missive from the incomparable Thomas Sowell:
“No one pushed harder than Congressman Barney Frank to force banks and other financial institutions to reduce [...]

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My Personal Take (So Far)

I got my property tax statement a week or two ago, which informed me that my condo is now worth about $20,000 less than it was a year ago.  This, in the wake of the determination that, due to the housing market’s tumble, my condo already was worth less than I paid for it, even [...]

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More Economics Stuff

This was as good an explanation of capitalism as I’ve seen:
“Successful capitalism presupposes three conditions: first, the legitimacy of the profit motive — the ability to do well, even fabulously; second, widespread markets that mediate success and failure; and finally, a legal and political system that, aside from establishing property and contractual rights, also creates public [...]

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Now what? Economic Stuff to Think About

I’ve been trying to catch up on my understanding of economics – not that this has been a huge part of my life in the past anyway, but I have been trying to catch up on those areas of life in which my education or experience has been lacking. (Considering the substantial failures I’ve made [...]

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Why Free-Market Capitalism Is Better

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More Laughs: Tim Hawkins

With gratitude to the dear and wonderful SlushTurtle, I must introduce you to Tim Hawkins.  Ho.ly. Cow.  Slush’s introduction came about as a result of her fondness for (OK, love affair with) Chik-Fil-A, but that introduction changed my life.   
This one was particularly funny for me – not that the other ones weren’t.  I [...]

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Monday Inbox

My youngest brother sent this to me today – worth a chuckle, especially if you remember the original:
 

Of course, now the problem is that voice….that nasally, whiny voice that I can’t get out of my head…..

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