Mirabile Dictu !!!
I spontaneously composed the NEW "World's Shortest Poem" for English yesterday here in this blog in the comments. A commentor was reprinting some pundit's statements about inflation, which had no reasoning attached, as usual for modern punditry. So my reply was this rhymed couplet:
Sigh ...
Why ?
Searching the Internet this morning, I see this is shorter than the stated prior "World's Shortest Poem", viz.. titled "Fleas"
Adam
Had'em
Both poems have two words, but mine has seven letters while the other has nine. Also, one of the other poem's words is a contraction of two words.
A New Record For Bunkerman !!!!
I title this new poem, "Think" and reprint is again here in full:
"Think"
Sigh ....
Why ?
Markets
More rotation yesterday from everything to oils and energies ... this has happened before in the past few years. And is reminiscent of the late gasp of the tech bubble in 2000. Enjoy the ride if you have those stocks, but beware the turn. I am considering buying some puts on mine or writing some very long dated calls on my CVX and DVN that would expire past my LT gains date next year.
Inflation
Thinking about what areas of the US will be most hurt by the adjustments from high energy usage. This is NOT inflation, as I've proven before. In my "humble" opinion, the upper middle class will have considerable difficulty. In particular, those who live in McMansions in distant suburbs or exurbs where all services, shopping and commutes require driving long distances. And the energy usages in McMansions are be very high. Plus those homes will lose value as new buyers avoid them.
Words of the Day - from reading Shaespeare
"Troth" - noun [$10] and verb, transitive [$10] - archaic
Troth means (noun) 1a. good faith, fidelity; 1b. faith, loyalty; 2a. one's pledged fidelity; 2b. betrothal; (verb) to betroth or pledge; 3. truth. Pledge (or pklight) one's troth means pledge one's word esp., in marriage or betrothal.
Sentence: Will Hillary's superdelegates preserve their troth to her, or will they betray her ?
"Marry" - second usage - interjection [$10] archaic
Marry means (in this usage from Shakespeare's "As You Like It", Act I, Scene II around line 72) expressing surprise, asservation, indignity etc. [Middle English from (the Virgin) Mary]. This word is used similarly to some modern usage of "Christ!" as an expressive interjection.
Sentence: [these lines could apply to punditry]
Celia: How do you prove that, in the great leap of your knowledge ?
Rosalind: Ay, marry, now unmuzzle your wisdom.
Learning these words and usages helps one read and enjoy Shakespeare more smoothly.
PS: Here's another short "poem" - but it's more like an exclamation - titled "Woe".
"Woe"
Oh,
No !
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I see a headline this morning that the rev shark said you would be a fool to ingnore inflation at this point...how can he be wrong.
roflmao.
One would be a fool to ignore the oil price increases, but that's not "inflation" - either due tro it or causing it.
He must have morphed into a "pundit" ... no precision or thinking required in that job description.
hehe, the example for "marry" applies:
Sentence: [these lines could apply to punditry]
Celia: How do you prove that, in the great leap of your knowledge ?
Rosalind: Ay, marry, now unmuzzle your wisdom.
rev is as stubborn as hillary.
never seen a bigger sore loser.
is 3400 sq feet a mcmansion?
tampa is very very spread out, with poor public transportation. so i wud tend to agree with your initial post.
however u have a city like philly that is centralized and decent public transportation yet the local papers r littered daily with story after story of people mired in stagflation. and they are the upper middle class that live on the "main line". its the middle middle class, lower middle class and lower.
the anecdotal evidence is everywhere. you cling to "core" inflation and the PCE deflator. imo, maybe 3% of the country even knows what those are. and, again, the dude who created these models, says they dont work in 2008. the models r 30 yrs old.
if i am right, as soon as the witch dies. u watch how quickly this election becomes about energy and inflation.
if u r right, the media will focus on a recession and iraq.
STAGGER LEE is a mad man and killed my billy d.
bio go get him, or give that job to me.
:-)
How can they focus on "inflation" since curing that "problem" [the wrong one] would cost millions of jobs.
they'll gripe about as boob bait, but will propose nothing.
grrr babblevision is rubbing salt in my wounds from dumping BNI on MLK drop.
im not saying the media will be right, but if that is what a majority of white trash living in trailers believe, becuase those r the ones who watch tv all day all night all week all yr. and those r the ones who watch nascar and consume more than they make.
yesterday boone pickens made it sound pretty damn simple. i dont know much but we shud pay him like 100 mil a yr to revamp our energy policies. and if he wants more than that, PAY HIM.
sure better than either of these 3 idiots. holiday gas tax, supported both by big mac and hildog is one of the more stupid ideas of all time. right there with ethanol.
hillary killed in west virginia and kentucky. thats her base. inbred country hicks. ive spent my share of time in both states. they shouldnt even be allowed to vote, or least make them past a test or something.
what's wrong with a holiday gas tax holiday ?
got my KSS shirts for the summer..lol Im going with the solid colors with stripes...$36 a shirt ..50% off that and 20 % off that...$14 a shirt.lmao...what inflation?(Snarky's gunna have a field day on that lmaooooooo)
I guess it would cost $189 to fill the two tanks on my H1 Hummer completely, 42 gal. $ $4.50 diesel ... probably $200 soon.
I get about 14 mgp highway and 12 city .. maybe a bit better. For 6500 lbs and 4WD all the time, pretty good.
But I only drive about 2000 miles a year on it.
I suppose fully loaded with 5,000 rnds ammo & "equipment", I get a lot less. Oh well, not complaining.
The $200 cost of the fillup gets blasted away in a few seconds on the MG range with the Ma Deuce.
:-))
I priced the long dated calls ... not worth it to sell them.
I've never been able figure out how selling calls or puts makes sense.
Daer Sal
south alaska sealed the deal...I plan to hang on and waste your money, just because I can...don't feel like a fool for supporting me, my bet, there are plenty of other reason for the label.
deadhildogroadkill
This should be sent:
Dear Cousin Hilly,
Please oh please keep running until the convention. Make those insiders lets the votes of the Florida and Michigan stand. A vote is a vote and all must be counted.
My best,
Sal.
I guess the D's are now the party of Jim Crow, not letting votes in MI and FL count.
right you are Bman
i like that letter.............i've sent that to her a dozen times already
PS....she's not my cousin.......i'll be her lover if she wants
not your cousin !!!
I'm shocked ... I was sure you were her cousin or first cousin once removed ... or second cousin.
;-)
holiday gas tax what does that solve?
its just a hit of smack for a smack addict.
boone simply laffed at the idea.
she said it for votes. it does fix jack shit. she doesnt understand shit about the economy or energy. if she did she wud have done something about it in the late 90's when oil was almost free. it was pretty god damn obvious this was gonna happen sooner or later and what did slick willy and hilldog do about it? nothing!
yet she keeps touting the economic records of her cheating hubby. yet all the structual landmines were set by that administration. the fact we elected the biggest stupidest whale that wud step on every land mine and even create many of his own, just totally sux ass.
NUKE DC!
T Boooone is a piker...he went dark at par only to cover ten higher...W will go down as the greatest buyer of oil in history.
Giving the common man some breathing space makes sense to me.
Of course she said it for votes.
But I tend to favor any tax cut, even if temporay.
I thought the "economist" agruments against it were crap.
Not gonna happen as DC beast won't give up any tax money.
true frosty ... those W buys of oil at 50-80 to fill the spr look smart now.
Bunkerman...XLF 24.40 goes beefer bears full court press for 20...looking like a lopsided battle...like, Bud and I enjoying lil' k-bar practice, he would be covered in lipstick, more so than a typical night at the biker bar.
i have no idea what 'k-bar' means? you've said it numerous times before.......is it supposed to be funny???
and i don't get the 'joke' about biker bars either
listen frosty.......you are not funny....you ain't witty..........you're just disgusting
PS....i love my bluegrass home!!
die Oregon die !!!!!!!!!!!!!
let them knock it down ... I'll buy back the partial sale shares lower.
Looking to autumn here. This is beefer noise & play ... aka elephant stomping at the waterhole.
ya bush the oil the man
he was CEO of HEC
take a peak of the chart while he was CEO. he ran the company into the dirt.
t boone was short for 10 handles. he has been long and short and right for years.
bob shud i avg down into my QID long i started in late 06 at your suggestion? my basis is about 61. started nibbling at 72 with you.
still working the mechanics on my wide stance
tappa tappa tappa
;-)
a "K-Bar" is the name of the famous fighting knife of the Marine Corps from WW II.
Very fine weapon ... I practice with my often.
;-)
the basic move is the hard thrust to the gut, aka the #5 as I learned in knife fighting classes.
But sparring with the rubber knives lined with lipstick, my best scoring move was the fake #5 and then sidestep and hit a quick, deep reverse motion #6 to the liver.
uh oh ... giving away my moves ...
seasoned obsevers comment on my boxing/knife fighting : "He's quick for a big man"
hehehe ;-))
JPM dark...nice call mern...appreciated.
merny stop being a bitch about that QID.....get over it...looool
u mite want to cover that i am this close to quiting right fucking now.
i went to get a sandwhich and this was on my desk
" a number of times over the last 2 weeks i have walked down the main corridor heard you burp (while u were standing up). that is disgusting and unnecessary sound for and "old" employee or a new employee. please STOP broadcasting your burps
thanks
a fellow employee
this is harrashment. no one around me has heard me. they just lol and said someone obviously has it out for me, already. this is the 2nd indictent like this. and believe it or not all i do is work and go home. i dont even talk these people, but i cud feel the hating since my first week. no one thinks i shud be here. this is bs! im calling my lawyer and finding out what my rights r.
take that shit outside and settle it like they did in Rocky 5....
get back to work dilbert
Big swig of KO in office and say in BURP-EESE
"kiss my ass"..loool
you have no rights.
Better to just please the boss & boss's boss and tolerate the rest neutrally.
just go kick her ass mern......but remember you only 156
swing with spin-em...MLF plan b at the ready LMAOOOOOOOO...Bunkerman has no idea how to deal with the problems of the common man.
well, with a crappy job market, it's best to kiss the butt than the gutter.
could be a provocateur, too.
trust no one.
trust no one?....Does that mean you know first hand of the dark side?..Is the Bman not to be trusted?..lol
hmmm good point.
Mern...once upon a time, when Bud was a 3'4" 8th grader, he kicked aazzzzzzz...the biggest bully in town never messed with him again.
I do know the dark side of employers.
Trust No Boss.
That works.
is this armageddon?
no he didn't.........boy .......i wish i lived in south alaska
K-bar.....pffffffffffffffffft
inflation is the new 'armageddon'
there will be blood on the streets when the common man can't afford to feed his family
even latrell spreewell will be rioting
i have never paid 400bux for a haircut
120 is what i pay every 3 weeks
once i paid 200bux in vegas...........excellent scalp massage
I wonder what the highways will look like this Memorial Day weekend ?
do you drink a mocha soy latte skinny grande while you are getting a cut?
looooooooooool
the guy in vegas offerred me some sort of exotic tea........said it would soothe me durin the massage
for $200 I hope that "massage" ended nicely....
for 200 bills I want a split tail not some "guy"
no rights?
y is my boss on the phone with my attorney?
i snapped!
someone, and it aint me, IN BIG TROUBLE.
again the beauty of a job u dont need. i like working, i dont need to!
goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal
chelsea
loooooooool 'some guy'
frosty wud have loved him
he had a wide stance
wierd action ... RIG getting hammered.
I suupose afer the beefers fouled the credit markets, they now will foul the energy markets with a huge blow-up.
Sigh ...
Why ?
blow up or blow off.
Bud one more crack like that and I will have my mom call yours.
this market is now in big trouble..........lemme do my work tonite
i will give you guys my thoughts tomorrow
RIG getting hammered i know y.
old client has whole act in RIG OPYIONS been averaging up for 2 yrs.
called me bragging about 2 weeks ago. i told him to sell some, he laffed me off the phone
he is an idiot.
at 21 silver was going to 30 by june
perhaps both
the fed is singing stagger lee
whoa oh what i want to know is y the clintons did nothing about energy in the 90's??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
gore wud have solved this, LOL!
im starting to think truman was the last gud prez. and thats becuase he had the balls to use the bomb!
I was in Prudhoe Bay about 15 years ago. There was quite a movement to drill the Artic National Wildlife rserve
The greenies stopped it. That oil would be on the market now if they had drilled.
more drilling just a band aid to be blackmailed again 30 yrs down the road...if were the Saudi of coal...clean it up,beef up the grid and plug in our F350's..trust no one
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