So I cant help but think that the media's constant sensationalism only hurts us as a country in tough economic times. Yes things are spiraling out of control but when you go to CNN.com and notice some of the same continual hyperbole it starts to make you wonder...
could this be exacerbating the problem just a teeny little bit? Impossible to quantify but I don't doubt it. The fact is I know people who are actually making more money than they normally do right now. They are the ones buying when everyone sells, selling when everyone buys and cleaning up. My boss is doing fine, maybe a bit slower sales than usual but nothing worth freaking out about.
Historically the fact remains...The market always bounces back. I just don't know how much suffering each of us are going to have to go through before we see a correction. Is milk going to be $20 a gallon? Will part of it be because news organizations pay their bills by reporting on catastrophe in the most bleak manner possible.
This just in...toilet paper is now $250 a roll. You are shit out of luck.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
buy gold now
i think its time to stop thinking of paper money as worth anything at all.
http://www.betternetworker.com/videos/view/rich-dad-2008-predictions-part-4
this is my marketer friend Mike's website and an interview with some folks back earlier this year about the current crises we are going through right now.
They say gold and silver is where its at. Or face a middle class implosion. Save up people because its already $900 an ounce..
http://www.betternetworker.com/videos/view/rich-dad-2008-predictions-part-4
this is my marketer friend Mike's website and an interview with some folks back earlier this year about the current crises we are going through right now.
They say gold and silver is where its at. Or face a middle class implosion. Save up people because its already $900 an ounce..
comfy
I received my brand new memory foam mattress today. Years overdue. Very comfy.
Met a girl in line at the courthouse today. There was a definite positive shift in energy in the conversation. She was talking about moving and living on the third floor and how that kind of sucked.
I said "what with all those gymnastics you do"[knowing smile]
subtle. but very effective. she got it. it could have gone either way at that point.
were going to have a drink sometime this week. Some days I want to hug myself.
Met a girl in line at the courthouse today. There was a definite positive shift in energy in the conversation. She was talking about moving and living on the third floor and how that kind of sucked.
I said "what with all those gymnastics you do"
subtle. but very effective. she got it. it could have gone either way at that point.
were going to have a drink sometime this week. Some days I want to hug myself.
Friday, October 3, 2008
sarah palin
gotta give my buddy kevin credit for finding this article. Rather than just steal it from his site, Im going to post a link to his blog to read it because its a good blog anyway.
http://thatbirdhouse.blogspot.com/2008/10/rack-me.html
http://thatbirdhouse.blogspot.com/2008/10/rack-me.html
Thursday, October 2, 2008
6 months at my job? Really?
Has it been 6 months?
I say this a lot to people I know but the passage of time is really starting to freak me out. I already have a fear of getting old, I can only imagine how long a year will seem when I am 60.
I graduated in '04 so I have been in Austin 4.5 years already.
I still vividly remember having a beer with Craig on my 21st birthday in Houston. That was 9 years ago.
When you are a kid people tell you to enjoy being young. But a year feels like an eternity. You count the days until your next birthday where you can clean up with presents. "Don't be in a rush to grow up" You don't understand the advice at all.
I know in ten years I am going to look back on the months around this period of my life and shake my head at how quickly they went. Its kind of sad and beautiful at the same time.
There is truly no time to waste. Time is the only currency worth concerning yourself with. Its dispersed in little packets of 24 hours per day and if you piss it away on a life less than you deserve its no one else's fault but your own.
At the end of my life I can see how that will be the biggest tragedy of all. More than fortunes wasted, broken hearts or some other crushing defeat. Wasted time. Hesitance, procrastination and complacency. Terrible things.
I say this a lot to people I know but the passage of time is really starting to freak me out. I already have a fear of getting old, I can only imagine how long a year will seem when I am 60.
I graduated in '04 so I have been in Austin 4.5 years already.
I still vividly remember having a beer with Craig on my 21st birthday in Houston. That was 9 years ago.
When you are a kid people tell you to enjoy being young. But a year feels like an eternity. You count the days until your next birthday where you can clean up with presents. "Don't be in a rush to grow up" You don't understand the advice at all.
I know in ten years I am going to look back on the months around this period of my life and shake my head at how quickly they went. Its kind of sad and beautiful at the same time.
There is truly no time to waste. Time is the only currency worth concerning yourself with. Its dispersed in little packets of 24 hours per day and if you piss it away on a life less than you deserve its no one else's fault but your own.
At the end of my life I can see how that will be the biggest tragedy of all. More than fortunes wasted, broken hearts or some other crushing defeat. Wasted time. Hesitance, procrastination and complacency. Terrible things.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
differing opinion on the bailout
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/01/paul.qanda/index.html
I honestly don't know people. Could the bailout be a bad thing? Should we allow the market to correct itself? Is this simply a cleansing? Will the bailout simply cause more problems and lead us into a depression?
Glad I'm not responsible for the decision. Too bad it will probably affect me eventually.
I honestly don't know people. Could the bailout be a bad thing? Should we allow the market to correct itself? Is this simply a cleansing? Will the bailout simply cause more problems and lead us into a depression?
Glad I'm not responsible for the decision. Too bad it will probably affect me eventually.
lets be healthy
I woke up this morning around 7 and decided to go for a run. It was cool out and I thought it would invigorate me.
Wow I am out of shape. The run gave me a massive headache right around my ear. Weird. Then rather than waking me up and leaving me refreshed and ready to start my day...I went back to bed until when I usually wake up. Funny stuff.
Im still going to try to keep it up. Seems like the right thing to do.
Wow I am out of shape. The run gave me a massive headache right around my ear. Weird. Then rather than waking me up and leaving me refreshed and ready to start my day...I went back to bed until when I usually wake up. Funny stuff.
Im still going to try to keep it up. Seems like the right thing to do.
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