A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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Tired of Missing my @Replies – Sending RSS Feeds to My Email
Every time I miss an @reply from someone I feel like a total jerk. You see, I don’t usually check my twitter in a browser. I do most of it on my phone. I…
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Welcome to the Revolution
Crushing Job Losses May Signal Broader Changes – NYTimes.com “These jobs aren’t coming back,” said John E. Silvia, chief economist at Wachovia in Charlotte. “A lot of production either isn’t going to happen at…
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Rahm Doctrine
Op-Ed Columnist – Spock at the Bridge – NYTimes.com “Take advantage of a crisis to grab an opportunity.”
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Jindal Is Wrong – Expanding State Unemployment Insurance Is Temporary
I’m really curious about this whole thing of some Republican Governors not accepting part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 a.k.a: stimulus package: Jindal to refuse some stimulus money – Alexander…
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America on Center Stage
Op-Ed Columnist – Paging Uncle Sam – NYTimes.com This is a Thomas Friedman (“Hot Flat and Crowded”) piece. He is writing it from Asia. There are many, many Americans who often feel embarrassed by…
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The Path Of Success Is Paved With Failure
The Path Of Success Is Paved With Failure Posted using ShareThis
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My Prejudice
I fight with a known prejudice I have concerning this whole economic thing. But I know I’m not the only one who does this. Factcheck.org points out an important fact: Why all the uncertainty…
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de Gaulle
“The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.”
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Obama Declares War On Winter
February 6, 2009 WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that war against Winter has begun. In his address at 0315 GMT Thursday, Obama said: That every effort would be made to spare…
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George S. Patton on Winning a Battle
“Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The…
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From Surf’s Up
“Ya know kid, find a way. Because that’s what winners do.”
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Daniel Bell
A socially mobile person has no ready guide for acquiring new knowledge on how to live “better” than before.