This morning several of the ladies I work with were talking about how the moon looked last night. Just for background, tonight December 12th, the moon will be the closest to the Earth it has been all year. Last night it was pretty close so it lent to some spectacular sky views.
However, the people I work with are VERY religious. So the sight of the strange sky scared them.
Scared them???
Their conversation this morning made me think, "This is why humans for hundreds of years believed there were entities that lorded over the lightening and storms." All they talked about was how they thought it was the end of the world.
The end of the world???
Why on Earth would a natural event that actually takes place every year be something to fear and believe is a foreshadow of the end of the Earth?
I dunno. I normally try to leave people and their religious beliefs alone, but when you revert to a primitive, just out of the cave personality it really irks me. Gets my dander up.
Come on people! Try opening a book every once in a while. Try asking questions rather than immediately diverting to religion.
Even God (if it actually exists) has made the world, it made the world in a completely natural and logical way so all that takes place even IF it were a sign would still be a natural wonder.
So come on, wake the heck up and take the damn blinders off people.
Live, learn, be.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Yeah, I paint.
So, there is very little any of you readers know about me. I decided that it has been a while so I would post a little bit about me.
I enjoy painting.
It's a bit odd what I do, but it usually works out well.
I work mostly in oil, but on occasion I will work with acrylic. It's all a little cartoonish but its just for fun.
I've decided to post a video on youtube with some of my work. Check it out and let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/mlktoest
check out my videos while you are there. Try giving me some pointers. I could always use the help in making a better vlog.
So, then, that's a little something about me. Your turn. Tell me something about you.
I enjoy painting.
It's a bit odd what I do, but it usually works out well.
I work mostly in oil, but on occasion I will work with acrylic. It's all a little cartoonish but its just for fun.
I've decided to post a video on youtube with some of my work. Check it out and let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/mlktoest
check out my videos while you are there. Try giving me some pointers. I could always use the help in making a better vlog.
So, then, that's a little something about me. Your turn. Tell me something about you.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Too Big to Fail
Over and over we hear the call to save one multi billion dollar banking institution after another. The reason is generally given in a high brow, "You wouldn't understand" way. When pushed for explanation as to why these companies are not allowed to fall to the side as the free market economy rights itself all they say is "They are too big to fail."
Too big to fail?
What the Hell does that mean?
If that is the true reason then why make the auto companies wait? They want the money to do exactly the same thing the banks are doing. Saving their own ass and continue to pay the huge salaries they have skimmed for themselves over the years all the while the company continues to falter around them. They have thousands of more employees than the banks so are they not too big to fail? If so, then how do we define too big?
To tell you the truth I could give a rat's ass less if these companies fail or not. Trust me, if Citibank fails, if Ford fails, if any of these companies fail there will be another company to step in and take over or just start a new company. Too big to fail generally means that they never truly fail they just change from year to year. Sometimes absorbing another company, sometimes being absorbed. I am CERTAIN that the failure of these companies may actually have a stimulating effect on our economy in the long rung. It is VERY possible that these companies have gotten so big they have stagnated and for any growth to happen for the rest of us it/they would have to fail.
Yes I am not a financial counselor nor am I an economic genius.
So go a head and do your self involved, turn up your nose "Tsk-tsk". Then you can go into your long, "I know what's best with you and the economy so go sit in front of the TV and be a good boy."
But guess what, I am willing to bet these so called financial/economic advisers are so wrapped up in the world of finances that they may be unable to see the benefits of failure. After all some of the greatest success stories we have had in our history were born from failure. But then maybe these financial experts know something history has not repeatedly taught us.
Or,
Maybe, just maybe these guys are just scared to fail like everyone else.
Too big to fail?
What the Hell does that mean?
If that is the true reason then why make the auto companies wait? They want the money to do exactly the same thing the banks are doing. Saving their own ass and continue to pay the huge salaries they have skimmed for themselves over the years all the while the company continues to falter around them. They have thousands of more employees than the banks so are they not too big to fail? If so, then how do we define too big?
To tell you the truth I could give a rat's ass less if these companies fail or not. Trust me, if Citibank fails, if Ford fails, if any of these companies fail there will be another company to step in and take over or just start a new company. Too big to fail generally means that they never truly fail they just change from year to year. Sometimes absorbing another company, sometimes being absorbed. I am CERTAIN that the failure of these companies may actually have a stimulating effect on our economy in the long rung. It is VERY possible that these companies have gotten so big they have stagnated and for any growth to happen for the rest of us it/they would have to fail.
Yes I am not a financial counselor nor am I an economic genius.
So go a head and do your self involved, turn up your nose "Tsk-tsk". Then you can go into your long, "I know what's best with you and the economy so go sit in front of the TV and be a good boy."
But guess what, I am willing to bet these so called financial/economic advisers are so wrapped up in the world of finances that they may be unable to see the benefits of failure. After all some of the greatest success stories we have had in our history were born from failure. But then maybe these financial experts know something history has not repeatedly taught us.
Or,
Maybe, just maybe these guys are just scared to fail like everyone else.
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