UFC Heavyweight Title Fight: Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar
Lesnar’s third fight in the big-time and he’s in the title fight. I’ve always been impressed with Lesnar’s athletic ability. The man is just a freak of nature even back in his pro-wrestling days, when he flew around like 100-pound lucha wrestler. But Couture is the champ [...]
I am mostly a fan of Fareed Zarkaria, a foreign-affairs oriented journalist with his own show on CNN and columns in Newsweek. He’s also written a new book, The Post-American World, which I have not read. While I don’t agree with him all of the time, I do find him insightful once you discount some [...]
I don’t know if yesterday was the happiest day of my political life. Two other memories stand sharper in memory:
Sometime during my college years (1998, I’m guessing), I went absolutely ballistic, skipping class upon hearing that Jesse “The Body” Ventura had won the governor’s race in MN. I was completely apathetic then but had grown [...]
Hard times, indeed, as I was laid off yesterday. We were bought out by another company and they decided to close my department. I guess I’ll have more time to blog while looking for employment. In fact, I will celebrate my new-found idleness with a two-part post updating my investment strategy and tactics this weekend.
If [...]
Conservatives, such as Bill Kristol, don’t like it.
Liberals, like Paul Krugman, don’t like it.
And I don’t need a poll to tell you that most Americans think this is the stinkiest piece of shit ever.
Today, we find the markets don’t like it either. Gold continues its meteoric rise while oil, on a delayed reaction, mimics gold’s [...]
With the drama of the political conventions behind us, hopefully, I can get back to focusing on getting stuff done. Following the election too closely leads me to echo that great Will Ferrell line from Zoolander: “I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!”
