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I’m amazed at my self control
There’s a digital infrared thermometer for sale for the amazing low price of $38, and I haven’t bought it! It’s surprising really.
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Shock Doctrine reviews
This is a week or two late, but anyway, check out Tyler Cowen’s review of Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine. You should also read this interview with her and Alan Greenspan.
Klein is the current favorite of the anti-globalization left. If after reading the articles you feel like cursing the fire department for making your house all damp and soggy after a fire, then you understand her quite well.
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Quotes of the morning
I don’t remember where I got these…
“Aesthetic standards are ultimately the only standards that exist in engineering.”
and
“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.”
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For my friends in the advertising business
We’ve all felt this way.
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Unhappy real estate news
While I have decided to rent out my condo, seeing the headline Atlanta condo glut hits “danger zone” was decidedly unwelcome.
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Sorry for the light blogging
Work has continued at it’s hellish pace and I’ve been unpacking every other moment. And i found out yesterday that my soon to be excavated (by me) basement is almost entirely red clay.
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Morning reading
Check out Steve Chapman on terrorism and Arnold Kling on McMedicine.
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Obama gets interesting
Firstly he has stopped wearing American Flag pins. While to some degree the president serves a double role as chief executive and president of the fan club I think this is a good thing. There’s nothing more hollow than a red Aids ribbon or the yellow “Live Strong” wristbands. It’s good to have someone running that doesn’t find meaning in 17 pieces of flair. That doesn’t mean his ideas are any good, but there’s more to loving America than wrapping oneself in internal marketing.
Secondly he apparently has a serious person as his chief economic adviser. All in all a good sign for him. Not that I’ll be voting for him, but he’s at least showing signs of being interesting, which he hasn’t up to now.
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The move is complete
I’ve even got the packing about 3/4 of the way done. Photos of the new place to come soon. The new place is wonderful.
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This is funny
I forget how I came across this, but check out Why Marrying For Money is Never a Good Idea.