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How brightly shines the morning star....

on February 10, 2010

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The docile and mystical planet venus in music. Enjoy.

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AIG

In advertising there is a thing about truth in advertising - not that anyone really looks closely anymore (yes they do! it was a tongue in cheek comment honest!!) There is a parallel in things related to the financial markets as there is a straight up area of hype potential and instead of some bad pasta sauce you'll never buy again in the financial markets you can loose your shirt if the other guy isn't telling the truth about the smallest thing. When I read an article like this one in Forbes , my first thought is, well it's Forbes (I mean Steve Forbes - the apple that fell soooo far from the tree).....not the Encyclopedia Britannica. But then I think about the mix that occurs in between advertising and "news" and financial matters. I almost went to work for AIG years back writing research and POV papers for management. I didn't. For investment purposes I'm glad that fell through as I would have probably bet the farm on that rock solid company (then) and

Pacific Nights

There wasa little short radio thing out of the University of Miami (Star Gazers) and its host, a fella named Jack Horkheimer (died in 2010), talked about what stars are up and showing on any particularly night. With the triangle of planets, harvest moon, and for some the northern lights a couple nights running, there are endless things to watch...although we have been partly clouded over 2 nights straight so I have to read about things and catch pictures on the computer ... but that isn't the real deal. 25 years or so ago I lived in Santa Monica for a couple of years. My apartment was only a few blocks from the Pacific and there was an active astronomy society that trudged down to the ocean, under the Pacific Highway overlook bluffs and outside the light glare of downtown. We could only look west out over the water but that was quite enough. I bought a telescope at Best Buy and went frequently to these events..partly because of the interest (intense) at looking up at the s

Birth of a Nation

Jefferson observed in his weather diary that on the 4th of July in 1776 the weather was 68 degree temperature at 6 a.m., 72 degree reading at 9 a.m. and a 76 degree reading at 1 p.m . Well we knew it was an omen..and a good one at that....fair weather and smooth sailing...well a nice day at least. What went through their minds?? - the founding fathers I mean. If we buy a house or a car, there is that closing ceremony where it feels you sign your life away (the grocery store check out of late feels that way too) but when these folks signed, it was treason against the king and as Ben Franklin said, "We must certainly hang together or we will surely hang separately". I look at the gaggle of geese in Washington nowadays and doubt very much that any one of them would risk anything at all let alone life and liberty when they vote aye or nay. The measure of a person is what they do when faced with extraordinary circumstances..mothers saving drowning children, firemen racing

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