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I’m finding it really difficult to complete a book these days. Then too, I haven’t publicly introspected for a while, and I am reading Blue Like Jazz, so I was inspired to to blog about the books that I haven’t finished. ——– Title: Kingdom Dreaming: The Intersection of Your Dreams and God’s Purpose For Your Life by [...] I’m a Luddite. Michigan has many Menonites. But have you ever heard of the Hutterites? This post isn’t about riding Amtrak (braindump coming later), but I would like to point out a nice feature of train travel. Unlike any other mode of transportation, you can meet and mingle with people from all over the world during [...] Christmas is here. I try not to spend more than $2 per person on my shopping list, and it dawned on me that December 19 is probably too late for anything from www.dealextreme.com to arrive through the mails before Christmas. One solution is to not buy gifts, and another solution is to get rid of [...] Today I was glad to hear A. P . J. Abdul Kalam speak. The man was amazingly humble. There are only two men alive who have led the world’s largest democracy. One is the current president of India. Kalam is the other man, and served as India’s president from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was instrumental in coordinating India’s [...] Recognizing that books often have had an unpredictable effect on my sensitive thinking biases, I am especially careful about which films and media I consume. One such unlikely piece of literature is “An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge”. Since the onset of our new era of Hope in November, I often find my mind dwelling in [...] Investing in a manufacturing industry proved to be a bad bet over the long term. The feedback is here. Loaning money to a "blue chip" manufacturing company like GM/UAW will ultimately net you a 70% loss of capital. GM has been negotiating with bondholders this [...] I just learned that the Republic of Palau uses the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination. They are defended by the United States, and received $700 million in aid. They have 21,000 citizens, a mean temperate of 82 degrees, and English is an official language. I might have known all this if I had [...] Today, Mitch Album described Detroit for the rest of the world: Detroiters carry on amid all the hardships But it’s time to untie Detroit. Because we may be a few steps behind [...] I have voted in every single presidential election since I was eligible to vote. My candidate has never won. Therefore, you may put me on the record as very disappointed with the recent presidential election. I always imagined that mint was something grown in an exotic location like India. |
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