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Feb. 2nd, 2008
Exciting Morning!
Feb. 2nd, 2008 10:37 amI paid off the mumble year interest free loan from Mitsubishi. I now own the TV. (Not, I think, that they'd ever try to repossess mumble year old technology.) Reset up my Best Buy credit access to start paying off the interest free loan on the new laptop. Stopped in indecision about where I should install the Microsoft Office Absolutely Everything Including the Kitchen Sink 2007 version (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, OneNote, InfoPath, Groove). On my main computer where I'd hafta use Word's new ribbons? Yucko! On the backup computer where there's tons o' space? On the new laptop where it's going to eventually discover that I'm not a student and that I don't actually have a license code? Vowed that I would uncover my desk. Vowed that I would fill out my tax account's missal. Vowed that I would file papers. Yeah right -- back to surfing porn sites...
Ah, them fiscally conservative Repugs...
Feb. 2nd, 2008 11:31 amThe Dollar’s Long Fade
By PAUL B. BROWN
By PAUL B. BROWN
DOLLAR’S FUTURE The dollar may gain a bit against other currencies in 2008, Bloomberg Markets reports, but its long-term prospects are bleak. The days when the dollar was strong — both in terms of purchasing power and prestige — may be past.
“Economists say the currency, which has declined in five of the past six years against the euro, is caught in a downdraft as investors pour into Asia, prompting a tectonic shift in economic power from the U.S.,” James G. Neuger and Simon Kennedy wrote.
In 2007, the Chinese yuan climbed 6.9 percent against the dollar, and the Indian rupee gained 11.9 percent.
In the short term, the dollar may gain, though.
“Deutsche Bank A.G., the world’s largest currency trader, predicts the dollar will rise at least 5 percent in 2008 versus the euro,” the authors wrote, but they quickly added that “longer term, the slowing U.S. economy — hurt by a banking and consumer credit meltdown that’s only getting worse — will weigh heavily on the dollar.”
Economists and academics quoted in the article raise the possibility that someday soon the dollar will no longer be the world’s most dominant currency. More
I must read more Yeats
Feb. 2nd, 2008 12:23 pmTHE CHAMBERMAID'S FIRST SONG
HOW came this ranger
Now sunk in rest,
Stranger with stranger,
On my cold breast?
What's left to sigh for?
Strange night has come;
God's love has hidden him
Out of all harm,
Pleasure has made him
Weak as a worm.
THE CHAMBERMAID'S SECOND SONG
FROM pleasure of the bed,
Dull as a worm,
His rod and its butting head
Limp as a worm,
His spirit that has fled
Blind as a worm.
HOW came this ranger
Now sunk in rest,
Stranger with stranger,
On my cold breast?
What's left to sigh for?
Strange night has come;
God's love has hidden him
Out of all harm,
Pleasure has made him
Weak as a worm.
THE CHAMBERMAID'S SECOND SONG
FROM pleasure of the bed,
Dull as a worm,
His rod and its butting head
Limp as a worm,
His spirit that has fled
Blind as a worm.
THE COLLAR-BONE OF A HARE
Feb. 2nd, 2008 12:31 pmTHE COLLAR-BONE OF A HARE
WOULD I could cast a sad on the water
Where many a king has gone
And many a king's daughter,
And alight at the comely trees and the lawn,
The playing upon pipes and the dancing,
And learn that the best thing is
To change my loves while dancing
And pay but a kiss for a kiss.
I would find by the edge of that water
The collar-bone of a hare
Worn thin by the lapping of water,
And pierce it through with a gimlet, and stare
At the old bitter world where they marry in churches,
And laugh over the untroubled water
At all who marry in churches,
Through the white thin bone of a hare.
WBY
WOULD I could cast a sad on the water
Where many a king has gone
And many a king's daughter,
And alight at the comely trees and the lawn,
The playing upon pipes and the dancing,
And learn that the best thing is
To change my loves while dancing
And pay but a kiss for a kiss.
I would find by the edge of that water
The collar-bone of a hare
Worn thin by the lapping of water,
And pierce it through with a gimlet, and stare
At the old bitter world where they marry in churches,
And laugh over the untroubled water
At all who marry in churches,
Through the white thin bone of a hare.
WBY
Margaret Cho @ the Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 2nd, 2008 12:48 pm4/25/2008 at 8:00 P.M. Orpheum Theatre www.MargaretCho.com
Margaret Cho is known for her stage performances, recordings, and concert movies. Her shows are a mixture of her comedy stylings with strong political and cultural commentary. Apart from these shows she has also directed and appeared in music videos, and started her own clothing line. She has also frequently supported gay rights and identifies herself as bisexual, winning several awards for her humanitarian efforts. - Wikipedia
On sale Fri, 1/25 at NOON!
Margaret Cho is known for her stage performances, recordings, and concert movies. Her shows are a mixture of her comedy stylings with strong political and cultural commentary. Apart from these shows she has also directed and appeared in music videos, and started her own clothing line. She has also frequently supported gay rights and identifies herself as bisexual, winning several awards for her humanitarian efforts. - Wikipedia
On sale Fri, 1/25 at NOON!
The only google hit I can find on my father's father (who had the slightly, err, unusual name of Luman Sanderson) is on page 208 of the (North Dakota) Report of State Treasurer, Wolf Bounty Fund--Continued. There are two entries in his name, one at $7.50 and one at $2.50.
It ain't even Valentine's Day...
Feb. 2nd, 2008 09:00 pmAnd Chicago's back at it! Gunman Kills 5 at Store in Chicago Suburb
Ask Not What J.F.K. Can Do for Obama
Feb. 2nd, 2008 10:17 pmAsk Not What J.F.K. Can Do for Obama
By FRANK RICH
Published: February 3, 2008
BEFORE John F. Kennedy was a president, a legend, a myth and a poltergeist stalking America’s 2008 campaign, he was an upstart contender seen as a risky bet for the Democratic nomination in 1960. More
By FRANK RICH
Published: February 3, 2008
BEFORE John F. Kennedy was a president, a legend, a myth and a poltergeist stalking America’s 2008 campaign, he was an upstart contender seen as a risky bet for the Democratic nomination in 1960. More