On reflection, there’s more complexity to inflation and deflation than the simplistic few paragraphs that I wrote a couple of days ago. However, there’s no reason to jump all the way to “just trust Paul Krugman,” yet. As I think about this stuff, I become…
I’m reading a bunch of articles about how the US economy is failing to thrive this year – how the Fed is arguing amongst themselves about raising vs. lowering interest rates – how there’s the “risk” of deflation, as opposed to the “risk” of inflation.…
Growing up surrounded, by hateful people’s staresYou won’t let the sound of it turn hope into dispairThrough all the provocation, through all that you have seenTo hold your tongue, not load your gun,You’re a better man than me. Though every hour in this town is…
In each other’s shadow, we grew less and less tallAnd eventually our theories couldn’t explain it allI’m recording our history, now, on the bedroom wallAnd when we leave the landlord will come andand paint over it all. Both Hands, Ani DiFranco
I currently run Quicken for Mac, 2007. A couple of weeks ago, I purchased Quicken for Mac, 2010. I downloaded it, and tried to add an account. When it got to the part about downloading transactions from my bank, I entered exactly the same information…
We had three houseguests last night. One of them was two (and a half!). The adults, of course, were very fun to have over. I want to talk about the little girl. She spent dinner sacked out on the couch. Sound asleep, being occasionally investigated…
I have a lot of digital records. Not a lot by, like, Library of Congress standards – but more than most of the folks that I know personally. I try to maintain an email INBOX without a scrollbar – such that I have perhaps at…
Okay, those of you who asked if I had run into scammers on EBay? I said, “no?” I would like to change my answer: Dear fdmts, Hello,i am the winner of your item so i want you to give me your pay pal email address…
So, I’ve actually received money for selling something on EBay. It was a shockingly positive experience, so I want to share. First off, I’m not quitting my day job. I’m trying to de-clutter my life. Turns out that after a couple of years of deliberately…
Conference call. 9 participants. Meeting starts. Then this gem: Tonya, you’re not on the call, right. Tonya? Conclusion – no – she was not on the call. I want my four minutes back.