"Give someone the Why, they'll come up with the How."
- Unknown
Window Manager - A (Now Retired) Executive Who has Nothing to do but Look out the Window
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Financial Word of the Day: Tharn
Tharn - verb - In Richard Adams' novel "Watership Down" the term is used when the main characters, which are rabbits, see the headlights of oncoming cars and are frozen in place.
Tharn. Frozen in place. This is a good description of what a lot of people are doing about the financial mess right now. Do you invest now while stocks are down? They could go lower. Go to bonds? You could take a bath if interest rates are raised because of inflation. Stick to cash? Inflation could eat it alive. So everyone - at least me - is stuck in the headlights wondering what to do.
Tharn. Frozen in place. This is a good description of what a lot of people are doing about the financial mess right now. Do you invest now while stocks are down? They could go lower. Go to bonds? You could take a bath if interest rates are raised because of inflation. Stick to cash? Inflation could eat it alive. So everyone - at least me - is stuck in the headlights wondering what to do.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
He Did Write About Irony
David Foster Wallace died. The interesting thing is that he wrote in criticism of terrorist defensive measures like the Patriot Act and wiretapping:
Have we become so selfish and scared that we don't even want to consider whether some things trump safety?"
He committed suicide. The guy wasn't even safe from himself.
Have we become so selfish and scared that we don't even want to consider whether some things trump safety?"
He committed suicide. The guy wasn't even safe from himself.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Existential Movie Moment of the Day
Today's entry: Bladerunner:
Roy: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost ... in time ... like tears ... in rain. Time ... to die.
Deckard (voiceover): I watched him die all night. It was a long, slow thing and he fought it all the way. He never whimpered and he never quit. He took all the time he had ... as though he loved life very much ... every second of it ... even the pain. Then he was dead. I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life ... anybody's life ... my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where do I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.
Roy: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost ... in time ... like tears ... in rain. Time ... to die.
Deckard (voiceover): I watched him die all night. It was a long, slow thing and he fought it all the way. He never whimpered and he never quit. He took all the time he had ... as though he loved life very much ... every second of it ... even the pain. Then he was dead. I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life ... anybody's life ... my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where do I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Sales Meetings and Success
Me: I had a great meeting with SuperGlobalTek.
Boss: Did they give you money?
Me: No
Boss: Then it wasn't a good meeting.
Boss: Did they give you money?
Me: No
Boss: Then it wasn't a good meeting.
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