Thursday, July 18, 2002
Drowning Your Investment Sorrows
Budweiser kicks butt vs. Dow, NASDAQ, S&P500
I'm not quite sure what to make of that ...
Labels: The Stupid Economy
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Angel Angle
Finally "sold" part of our first successful batch of angelfish -- actually bartered them to the fish store in trade for some baubles to go in the new goldfish bowl we picked up at a garage sale.
Hmm ... $20-something to complete setting up a borrowed tank, $12 in frozen baby brine shrimp, some unknown amount of extra adult flake food, and umpteen hours of tank maintenance. In exchange, about $4 in cheap plastic and ceramic. I'm not so sure about the economics of this ...
On the other hand, it's cool. The kids have all been very excited about our angelfish babies, and love watching them grow up. Josh actually will go sit by the tank "to calm myself down" when he needs to settle himself. What price should I put on that?
Sunday, July 14, 2002
The Genius of Hillaire Belloc
... is shown by a comment on Mark's blog referring to The Pelagian Drinking Song:
Now the Faith is old and the Devil is bold,
Exceedingly bold indeed;
And the masses of doubt that are floating about
Would smother a mortal creed.
But we that sit in a sturdy youth
And still can drink strong ale
Oh--let us put it away to infallible truth
That always shall prevail.
(There's more. Much more. It's the funniest bit of theology and Church history that you're likely to read in this lifetime. Read it. Trust me.)
Labels: ChesterBelloc
Ooh! Me too!
Wow. Rod Dreher captures a dynamic that I've noticed too. I seem to fall into the "crunchy-granola tastes, conservative religion, damned-if-I-know politics" camp myself.
My favorite quote:
Funny how I went straight from left wing to right wing without ever once passing through a phase where I trusted the government.
-- Julianne Loesch Wiley
