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Just say NO!

These things seem to go together for me:

No due process… What country do I live in again? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/senate-votes-to-let-military-detain-americans-indefinitely_n_1119473.html

After reading the article above I read this:

‘If you have to threaten me with punishment because I don’t believe it, it’s not worth believing. If you have to offer me a reward for me to [...]

Expanding Horizons

In some ways it seems silly and pretentious to write all this out, but given the nature of what a personal blog is I’m going to try and get through it…

First off some direction through definition:

Expanding: 1. To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge: expanded her store by adding a [...]

Safe Flying

If you’re flying over the holidays try and keep these things in mind:

First: The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution:

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by [...]

Lost Generation

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward.This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward.  Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant.   Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward.                

This is a [...]

John Wooden on Leadership

********** A fun little video from my friend Lauren Myracle: Facing Your Fear

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500 Billion Dollar Draw Down

I don't know if this is true… But if it is, this is one of the scarier things I've heard in the last year…

Take a look:

Quick Post

A couple of things that drew my attention the past few days:

More Authors Turn to the Web and Print-on-Demand Publishing

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Ten Principles for a Black Swan-Proof World by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Open-Mindedness

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Back At It

So after a somewhat-weird-time-consuming-few-days meeting with tax accountants, financial advisors, insurance agents — along with the normal household duties — I am finally back to work.

I've had [...]

Everything is Amazing, Nobody’s Happy

Back from Spring Break… Sunburnt and tired (in a good way).

My friend Jeanne Gostnell sent me this video.

Check it out. Are you one of the people talked about in the video?

I'll bet you are.

 

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Like a Chicken With its Head Cut Off

I finally have a minute to catch up here… Things have been crazy busy, trading, writing (a little), doing a little design work, training, hanging with the family, et cetera. Posting will spotty for the rest of the month, as my family and I are getting ready for Kyanne’s spring break. Though money is tight we are going to travel for 5 days, visiting family and hopefully get a little sun. Which, since it [...]