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Having Survived Christmas...
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...and caught up on my work it's time to clean up the aftermath of christmas. Not that there's a huge mess, as Christmas was outsourced to friends and relatives this year, but I begin by trying to vacuum up the living room, and moving things around, picking things up, litter, toys, cards, it comes to me. I need a rake.
New Years Resolutions
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So a very busy Christmas and New Years, with the last minute deadlines, visits to family, social commitments, etc. But I found time to make a list of New Years Resolutions. Actually, not really make a list, rather update the same list that's been kicking around for the past 20 odd years....
Pretty much the same, only I've scratched out lots of the places where it used to say "more", now it looks something like this:
Exercise More.
Eat More.
Make More Money.
Have more sex.
I've also added the Blog More to the list this year, a tack on as it's something new....
It looks like this:
Blog More
I didn't scratch the More off because I've never blogged before.
And so hopefully I'll find time over the next few days to catch up on this blog. Mostly rants and such, a few ideas, lots of dreams (sadly none recorded...). This in-between the despairing assessment of last years finances and achieved goals....
There's of course the standard list of things to give up, as there are every New Years. Like smoking, fast food, housekeeping. I always throw the last one on so I don't feel like a complete failure....
Anyways, a Happy New Years to all and hopefully you have better luck with your resolutions than I have....
Ron Paul on an Airplane
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A jumble of dreams, this one just before 4:00 AM.
I'm on a full airbus, near the back - behind me and across the aisle is Ron Paul.
I recognize him, say hi, the airbus is very full, there are even passengers standing in the aisles, holding straps like passengers do on commuter trains. He's happy I've recognized him, he's leaning forward, he want to talk to me, but the people standing in the aisle are in the way.
I have a feeling that he's not recognized too often.
At the back of a plane is a couple - a yankee guy and a girl. I say yankee because the guy has a thick southern accent, I can't always decipher what he's saying. The girl is mostly quiet.
He's telling me, or trying to tell me, that I have a very strong accent that makes me tough to understand.
I want to laugh but I don't and just humour him.
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The plane lands someplace in Montana, near a famous dinosaur digging site, there's a thrift shop just outside the airport, I pride myself in being able to find them anywhere, the boy has flown on ahead of me, has found a pair of rollerskates he wants, everyone is wearing these Jurrassic Park style T-shirts with silhouettes of dinosaurs on them....
Money as Debt
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The animation is terrible, but it makes a very good point. 47 minutes long, watch Money as Debt - for a brief (really, 47 minutes isn't that long) history and explanation of the banking system. Possibly you know this already, but if you don't it will be time well spent.
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