Revenge of the Syndicate

Alaska

I don't think that I would vote for Salin for anything.  All that she knows how to do is pander.  That is not enough to be president.  

Michael Jackson

Michael is dead.  When I was in elementary school, he was pretty much the coolest person on the planet.  But things went downhill for him in recent decades.  Perhaps too much success too early in life can make one unbalanced.  If my son shows that he has potential to be a major star before he can drive a car, maybe I will encourage him to take his time.  

Revenge of Hobbies

            I meant to publish something last week suggesting a role for diversions or fun in the life of the Syndicate.  But instead, what I wrote was so disturbing I decided not to share quite yet. 

            So, to launch right into the discussion of diversions, I propose that I enjoy the following activities, with no regard to priority:

Hiking

Exploring

Making beer

Meeting people

Cooking

Complaining

Being funny

Making ridiculous claims while drinking in bars

Writing

            In addition, I propose that I may have an interest in the following, but I am still exploring:

Golf

Dancing

Photography

Caring about stuff

Sinking sailboats

            So, my issue with diversions is (1) how to use them to generate wealth and (2) how to use them to make me a better person.  Honestly, I’m not really sure how to turn any of the above into money making pursuits, unless I leave my job and pursue them full time.  I’m not willing to do that.  Though, perhaps some of my interests – making beer, for instance – could be income generating even at the hobby level.  Also, perhaps some of my interests – writing for instance – could be used to chronicle some of my other exploits into a mixture of truth and lies that people would buy. 

            Whatever the possibilities of using my diversions are, the question I have for the Syndicate is – How can the Syndicate provide an institution to encourage their investigation, pursuit, and their translation into wealth?  Generally speaking, it seems as if there should be some way to quantify our goals with respect to diversions. 

            I think generally, my plan for pursuing diversions and using the Syndicate for the same is the

 

FEAT OF GREAT STRENGTH

To be continued…

Iran

Observation: former President Beorge Gush deserves immense credit for facilitating the emergence of politics in the Middle East (note I said "facilitating" not "causing"). Look at what's going on in Iran.

Revenge of the Syndicate

          In college, I would study late into the night.  I often took a break in the early morning, maybe 1 am.  In the cool and dark, I would stare through the sodium lights blasting off the dorm balcony out into the distance.  The trees, fields, shimmering lights, buildings, roads beyond all called out to me in a continual beckoning.  An invitation to something unspeakable, indescribable, and infinite.  As a monotheist, I hesitate to describe it beyond saying that it was an invitation to a world that would return to me as much as I invested.  That would never disappoint in challenge, curiosity, delights, style and all manner of delicious things which I will call Wealth.  

NYT and Supreme Court

This article portrays the conservative intent to fight any B'Bama SC nominee as weak, reactionary, and not funded by any real ideas.  NYT is, of course, a pretty liberal paper and is therefore bound to be biased against the people they are covering.  Is there more than would need to be said to give the conservatives a fair shake?  Or is the GOP in such a bad way now that this is basically on target?

Return

UNC having won a national championship, Dean Smith has returned.

map

To the extent that it's not done by a nut job, this looks kind of interesting.