I forgot to post a word earlier.
Hmmm thinking that obeying the machine a few weeks ago (re the recent buys across the equity board), overriding my inclinations, worked .... again. Good job, Krypto, here's a dog biscuit.
Word of the Day
"Phlegmatic" - adjective [$10] (pronounced 'fleg matil')
Phlegmatic means stolidly calm, unexcitable, unemotional.
Sentence: Krypto's phlegmatic investing style - simply relying on signals from the machine - seems to work rather well.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tidbit Tuesday
Social media = hi tech ways to spy on you.
I admit being on Facebook, but when it comes to clicking that I like something other than a friend's post, forget about it. Ditto with the site's games, etc. Those implicitly give FB, etc. rights to spy on you.
I think all those have some value, but the hype is wayyyyyy over the top.
Word of the Day
"Douceur" - noun [$100] pronounced doo sur with 'doo' as in phoo-y.
Douceur means 1. a gratuity, tip; 2. a conciliatory gift or bribe.
Sentence: Bunkerman was very generous with the douceurs in his hometown; after all, with prices so low for everything, why not spread some cash around?
I admit being on Facebook, but when it comes to clicking that I like something other than a friend's post, forget about it. Ditto with the site's games, etc. Those implicitly give FB, etc. rights to spy on you.
I think all those have some value, but the hype is wayyyyyy over the top.
Word of the Day
"Douceur" - noun [$100] pronounced doo sur with 'doo' as in phoo-y.
Douceur means 1. a gratuity, tip; 2. a conciliatory gift or bribe.
Sentence: Bunkerman was very generous with the douceurs in his hometown; after all, with prices so low for everything, why not spread some cash around?
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Back in the Saddle
I spent the past few days in those Elysian Fields of Southeast Ohio, where unfortunately the excessive rain has severely retarded planting of corn. Corn crops were poor and many fields were unplanted. Obviously many farmers switched some fields to soybeans. A modern hybrid corn should be at least waist high, preferably chest high by the 4th of July, but many fields that I drove by the corn was ankle high. Yields will be very low, if the corn pollinates at all.
On the brighter side, I enjoyed several fine meals with friends and relatives at the local wineries, and a couple of the World's Finest Pizzas. And ... I was treated to a Plow Boy by Big Al. He, Big John and I planned this year's wilderness canoe trip on a picnic table as we chowed down on those Plow Boys. Mmmmmmmmmm.
Prices were low, the pace of life was easy and the sites were pleasurable. Small towns can have fine tourist attractions with enthusiastic local "living history" actors. A weekend or 3-day "stay-cation" at a nearby tourist site is very pleasurable. Try it!
I also learned that Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in 1861 at my hometown from the back of a train on the way to his inauguration ... cool.
Word of the Day
"Hesperian" - adjective [$10] Poetic
Hesperian means 1. western; 2. (in Greek mythology) of or concerning the Hesperides (nymphs who guarded the garden of the golden apples at the western extremity of the earth).
Sentence: Before and during the early days of the American republic, Ohio was the Hesperian wilderness. Looking western from Fort Pitt, the virgin forest stretched for a thousand miles, and yes, the buffalo roamed in it: they were seen in my hometown area circa 1800.
On the brighter side, I enjoyed several fine meals with friends and relatives at the local wineries, and a couple of the World's Finest Pizzas. And ... I was treated to a Plow Boy by Big Al. He, Big John and I planned this year's wilderness canoe trip on a picnic table as we chowed down on those Plow Boys. Mmmmmmmmmm.
Prices were low, the pace of life was easy and the sites were pleasurable. Small towns can have fine tourist attractions with enthusiastic local "living history" actors. A weekend or 3-day "stay-cation" at a nearby tourist site is very pleasurable. Try it!
I also learned that Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in 1861 at my hometown from the back of a train on the way to his inauguration ... cool.
Word of the Day
"Hesperian" - adjective [$10] Poetic
Hesperian means 1. western; 2. (in Greek mythology) of or concerning the Hesperides (nymphs who guarded the garden of the golden apples at the western extremity of the earth).
Sentence: Before and during the early days of the American republic, Ohio was the Hesperian wilderness. Looking western from Fort Pitt, the virgin forest stretched for a thousand miles, and yes, the buffalo roamed in it: they were seen in my hometown area circa 1800.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Tuesday Tidbit
Just a useful word for today.
Word of the Day
"Ergo" - conjunction [$10] Latin adopted to English
Ergo means therefore, consequently.
Sentence: I think, ergo I exist. Descartes used that thought as a foundation for a philosophical system. In Latin, the thought is 'cogito, ergo sum'; in French, 'Je pense, donc je suis'.
Word of the Day
"Ergo" - conjunction [$10] Latin adopted to English
Ergo means therefore, consequently.
Sentence: I think, ergo I exist. Descartes used that thought as a foundation for a philosophical system. In Latin, the thought is 'cogito, ergo sum'; in French, 'Je pense, donc je suis'.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday Morning Ramblings
The FT had an interesting article in the weekend edition commenting on "Now the Rich are Always with Us ... ". Your humble blogger has complained about this modern phenomena before: business news seems to spend an inordinate amount of time on the lives and attitudes of billionaires. The article expanded that to the multimillionare sports and entertainment figures who get massive coverage in many media outlets.
I tried to find the article in FT Online to provide a link, but failed. Here's a quote. "The global elite has grown fantastically rich in recent decades: the average person on the Forbes's list pocketed an estimated $45m last year. Consequently, we're forever reading about rich people. Indeed, being rich has become almost the criterion for being newsworthy."
All this will eventually lead to trouble, bigtime social trouble. In the US situation, the nation simply can't continue the 40 year process of all the benefits of productivity increases going to the upper income stratae. The commonly spoken economic "cures" have failed the plain people (borrowing Lincoln's term for the "common man". Yet we still hear that bloviation daily.
Obama is doing nothing; his economic team has failed. Only Ben has kept the US out of an endless recession, but Ben is now unable to move the economy forward. His shells are now simple maintenance mode. The massive public policy and public sector anchors prevent growth now.
The US needs real reform. Policy makers: read my prior blogs.
Word of the Day
"Parrhesia" - noun [$1000] Rhetoric [from Greek], seen in the FT weekend edition.
Parrhesia means 1. free-spokenness, frankness; freedom of speech; 2. [from FT] the ability to speak one's mind when doing so involves social risk.
Sentence: Your humble blogger, Bunkerman, excells in written parrhesia. An example: the US has too few jobs because the US overtaxes jobs. The Ruling Class uses taxes on jobs to keep the plain people more plain, while clamoring for lower taxes on capital.
I tried to find the article in FT Online to provide a link, but failed. Here's a quote. "The global elite has grown fantastically rich in recent decades: the average person on the Forbes's list pocketed an estimated $45m last year. Consequently, we're forever reading about rich people. Indeed, being rich has become almost the criterion for being newsworthy."
All this will eventually lead to trouble, bigtime social trouble. In the US situation, the nation simply can't continue the 40 year process of all the benefits of productivity increases going to the upper income stratae. The commonly spoken economic "cures" have failed the plain people (borrowing Lincoln's term for the "common man". Yet we still hear that bloviation daily.
Obama is doing nothing; his economic team has failed. Only Ben has kept the US out of an endless recession, but Ben is now unable to move the economy forward. His shells are now simple maintenance mode. The massive public policy and public sector anchors prevent growth now.
The US needs real reform. Policy makers: read my prior blogs.
Word of the Day
"Parrhesia" - noun [$1000] Rhetoric [from Greek], seen in the FT weekend edition.
Parrhesia means 1. free-spokenness, frankness; freedom of speech; 2. [from FT] the ability to speak one's mind when doing so involves social risk.
Sentence: Your humble blogger, Bunkerman, excells in written parrhesia. An example: the US has too few jobs because the US overtaxes jobs. The Ruling Class uses taxes on jobs to keep the plain people more plain, while clamoring for lower taxes on capital.
Friday, June 17, 2011
TGIF and a Word
Why don't they just let Greece default and restructure its debt and social programs to an affordable level? All this endless dithering is accomplishing nothing but providing a fertile ground for more anguish and false hopes. A nation has its assets, resources and what its people can produce. Debt can simply even out and smooth temporal fluctuations and imbalances. Greece must live on what its people can make and do.
And the US ? Ditto over the long term.
Word of the Day
"Diaspora" - noun [$10]
Diaspora means a dispersion abroad.
Sentence: Small towns in America need to find ways to access the knowledge of their diaspora: learn from college alumni associations and tap those valuable skills.
And the US ? Ditto over the long term.
Word of the Day
"Diaspora" - noun [$10]
Diaspora means a dispersion abroad.
Sentence: Small towns in America need to find ways to access the knowledge of their diaspora: learn from college alumni associations and tap those valuable skills.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Words
Word of the Day
"Procrustean" - adjective [$10[
Procrustean means seeking to enforce uniformity by forceful or ruthless methods.
Sentence: The procrustean left wants to turn everyone into a government employee whom they, as the leaders, can rule like lords over their serfs.
"Procrustean" - adjective [$10[
Procrustean means seeking to enforce uniformity by forceful or ruthless methods.
Sentence: The procrustean left wants to turn everyone into a government employee whom they, as the leaders, can rule like lords over their serfs.
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