legionnaire

I'll have to check out that book. Hopefully thigns will be different next time.

i wish i still had 20 dollars.

Italy does rule.

Surely you are in the midst of an awesome trip. I know it's true, cuz I have ESP.

--l*P

Best birthday ever.

did you hear that Pav died ....

He was much too young and cool and smart for that (

nevermind

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you amaze me.
1. you write one of the best journals which actally has substance to it. it doesnt just ramble on about crap. and
2. a presentation. I could never get up in front of people.

I've been reading a fair bit on fascism lately, it does seem to be the direction our country is leaning. Hopefully that's just my cynical nature rearing its head, though.

Hey, if you start using the imaging software again let me know what you think...

I think you should definitely talk to a doctor about it. I'd be very sad if you were to get sick. A little sadder than I'd care to discuss on the internet.

Women with strong personalities are key, sounds like you enjoyed the Gates, what good with you?

WoW on joo!

How come you've been thinking so much about economic problems lately?

I would answer your question, but my answer is almost the same for every US econ question: gradually de-regulate as many artificial government impedements as possible.

For me, econ is actually really simple. It's the volumes and volumes of laws and regulations that make it complex.

I don't mind rich people except only in one circumstance. Their funds are usually in one of three states: being spent, being saved/invested or in cash on person. The first case obviously redistributes the cash or wealth in a natural fashion (as natural as a rich person can be), and also generates healthy tax revenue. The second case the wealth is being invested by savings banks, invested in stocks or some other financial institution and that money is helping new and legitimate businesses grow. The third case is the only bad one, where the money is just floating out there; for some reason, the person has spent the money illegally or has a large amount of cash that they don't want in an institution.

That money is doing nothing, or worse, is doing something illegal and damaging to the economy. Usually these black market situations are caused by government controls, such as the "War on drugs" policy.

In my opinion, vast amounts of wealth are not the problem since inevitably that wealth is normally redistributed in the form of actual demand or is invested. It's the wealth that is held out of the economy totally that causes actual damage.

Are you on Deathwing yet? If so, what's your char name?

Out of personal curiosity, was my article on the Republican phone-jamming still in the Politics queue this morning? I submitted it yesterday and I noticed MJT publish several stories throughout the day and it didn't go up, so I just posted it on the boards.

thanks for the b.day wishes. yea, i came home early today. i might pick at my work a little, but in general - i'm shooting for relaxation

You know, the worst part of it all was that my travel plans were so sudden that I didn't even pack cold weather clothing. I took weather.com's forecast (sunny 50s-60s) for Greece as gospel, and was rudely surprised. New York was even colder than that, though, and you can imagine how miserable I was wearing a cotton button-down shirt and a wool blazer in Manhattan on Monday night.

RE: "Hey, congratulations on getting through your tenure review! That's quite an impressive accomplishment, and speaks very well to your reputation in your field"

Thanks again for your well wishes. I don't know about that last bit, though. I suspect that my colleagues are easily gulled.

is that a brain, or a brain on drugs?

Wow, beautiful!! That's funny, I was just thinking about how I am the WORST scientific photographer EVER, and I do no justice to my embryos.
You going to be around for the holidays? You kids doing it up out there? I'll be there dec 24-jan 2, holla my way!