Apocalypse Now - Right Now!
Okay, let's take a step back and review.
Mighty Mo and Longhorn Mike are divorcing
Senator Fred Thompson is no longer a presidential candidate
Heath Ledger, star of several great flicks (and several stinkers), is dead at age twenty-eight
For little discernible reason, the stock market is having an out of body experience
Okay, I'm not so shocked about Senator Thompson - great candidate, I'd love to see him as Secretary of Something-or-other, but he wasn't going to be president since he came into the race too late and wasn't really trying very hard. But Heath Ledger? Mighty Mo and Longhorn Mike? The stock market? For crying out loud.
And just to reiterate on the stock market: WTF, mate? Oil prices are down into the high eighties (dollar-wise), American currency is up compared to the pound (which is the most stable standard to compare it to), and there are issues with the market, but there are always issues with the market. According to my financial advisor, Father Time, the sub-prime mortgage market is a minor part of the mortgage market, and the overall mortgage market itself isn't a huge part of the overall market. People are screaming "recession", although the cooler heads interviewed my Medved over the last few days still think that the U.S. will avoid a recession. And for the record, there's a real definition of "recession" that most of the uneducated mouth-breathers who are throwing it around haven't studied up on:
So mainly, this whole thing is just pissing me off because it's a bunch of ignorant stooges, both inside and outside the markets, ignoring how well the world economy is doing overall.
Your hilarious video for today is Azzam the American's al Qaeda Orientation Video:
May Azzam al Amriki (AKA Adam Gadahn/Pearlman), Ayman al Zwahiri, Mullah Mohammed Omar, and Osama bin Laden be captured and summarily smacked down. God bless America, and long live the Republic, economic schizophrenia and all!
In addition to sporadic continuing work on plans for Operation Ulysses (an international sojourn to see the world and develop further skill sets following my current job, whenever that may be), I've also started planning Operation Oasis Realm. Oasis Realm is aimed at maximizing the professional and personal development opportunities that I have while I'm here at Van Dieman's Station. When I have a lot of things on my plate, both literally and figuratively, I like to organize them so that they're more easily managed. This is in direct contravention of the method proposed by Congressman Paul, in which a lot of conflicting goals and promises are thrown together in a massive gaggle and a bunch of self-proclaimed "libertarians" eat it up, to the point of ignoring his historical ties to racism and conspiracy theories. At any rate, I hope to have a working outline (timeline and budget) for Oasis Realm by the end of the weekend, and a working outline for Ulysses by the end of the month. I may or may not post information about these items for your viewing pleasure.
For now, though, I need to troubleshoot my mp3 player (which, like the stock market, is fluctuating and malfunctioning for no discernible reason) and get ready for work. Carpe diem, friends.
Okay, I'm not so shocked about Senator Thompson - great candidate, I'd love to see him as Secretary of Something-or-other, but he wasn't going to be president since he came into the race too late and wasn't really trying very hard. But Heath Ledger? Mighty Mo and Longhorn Mike? The stock market? For crying out loud.
And just to reiterate on the stock market: WTF, mate? Oil prices are down into the high eighties (dollar-wise), American currency is up compared to the pound (which is the most stable standard to compare it to), and there are issues with the market, but there are always issues with the market. According to my financial advisor, Father Time, the sub-prime mortgage market is a minor part of the mortgage market, and the overall mortgage market itself isn't a huge part of the overall market. People are screaming "recession", although the cooler heads interviewed my Medved over the last few days still think that the U.S. will avoid a recession. And for the record, there's a real definition of "recession" that most of the uneducated mouth-breathers who are throwing it around haven't studied up on:
In macroeconomics, a recession is a decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year.
- Wiki
So mainly, this whole thing is just pissing me off because it's a bunch of ignorant stooges, both inside and outside the markets, ignoring how well the world economy is doing overall.
Your hilarious video for today is Azzam the American's al Qaeda Orientation Video:
May Azzam al Amriki (AKA Adam Gadahn/Pearlman), Ayman al Zwahiri, Mullah Mohammed Omar, and Osama bin Laden be captured and summarily smacked down. God bless America, and long live the Republic, economic schizophrenia and all!
In addition to sporadic continuing work on plans for Operation Ulysses (an international sojourn to see the world and develop further skill sets following my current job, whenever that may be), I've also started planning Operation Oasis Realm. Oasis Realm is aimed at maximizing the professional and personal development opportunities that I have while I'm here at Van Dieman's Station. When I have a lot of things on my plate, both literally and figuratively, I like to organize them so that they're more easily managed. This is in direct contravention of the method proposed by Congressman Paul, in which a lot of conflicting goals and promises are thrown together in a massive gaggle and a bunch of self-proclaimed "libertarians" eat it up, to the point of ignoring his historical ties to racism and conspiracy theories. At any rate, I hope to have a working outline (timeline and budget) for Oasis Realm by the end of the weekend, and a working outline for Ulysses by the end of the month. I may or may not post information about these items for your viewing pleasure.
For now, though, I need to troubleshoot my mp3 player (which, like the stock market, is fluctuating and malfunctioning for no discernible reason) and get ready for work. Carpe diem, friends.
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