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I certainly can’t vote for either candidate catering to their party base and treating all of us like children. Mother always said moderation in all things. OP-ED COLUMNIST: What Moderation Means http://nyti.ms/SaAsgU Continue reading →

How about a 2 minute simulation of the 13.7 billion years it took to form a galaxy like ours.http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/22/3537828/nasa-disk-galaxy-video-simulation Continue reading →

In looking up something to do with de Tocqueville on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_tocqueville , found this cheerful passage. Prescient?Tocqueville warned that “modern democracy may be adept at inventing new forms of tyranny, because radi… Continue reading →

Enquiring minds would have some questions about this chart, but if we accept Morgan Stanley isn’t going to put out rubbish and did the diligence behind this chart, then we can get really depressed about it. Continue reading →

Two guys showed up from Sears to install the new washer. We only paid $1k for the old one 8 years ago so what do we expect. My iPad battery died and I’d left the charger in Phili. Another Sears guy showed up to fix the dishwasher, after we’d had t… Continue reading →

Great. Win some medals. Continue reading →

Hope we can finish up Dodd-Franks quickly, because now we need some (after the barn door, doesn’t actually regulate anything that matters, adds lots of administration costs and government bureaucracy but makes good political theatre) legislation t… Continue reading →

Brain Waves Lift Me Higher Part art installation, part adventure ride, part spiritual journey, “The Ascent” claims to let users harness their brain’s own electrical impulses to levitate themselves. http://nyti.ms/KRZikd Continue reading →

Use one paper towel not four. http://youtu.be/2FMBSblpcrc Continue reading →