There is a quote from H. L. Mencken that reads, “Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.” Since first reading it, I’ve been struck by those words and have remembered them. Every normal man must sometimes want [...]
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Hoist the Flag
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, Readings, tagged work, blood, family, money, society, treasure, sentiment, war, life, government, car, House, America, mortgage, frost, black, burn, read, lie, cheat, global, fear, freedom, liberty, policy, internet, hungry, tax, dollar, floor, goodness, consequence, man, cry, planet, credit, value, stand, garden, fight, damage, wind, H. L., Mencken, hoist, flag, slit, throat, word, normal, caution, pirate, abandon, spoils, tempt, meaning, rally, warning, call to arms, action, risk, plunder, context, see, trust, conclusion, victor, bust, payoff, investment, flip, company, Bernie, Madoff, steal, employer, fellow, construction, build, profit, structural integrity, structure, business, joist, basement, wallboard, drywall, booty, insurance, pay, claim, useless, worthless, chest, flood, wave, hurricane, payment, generous, storm surge, sales, Wall Street, American Dream, something, nothing, corporation, grade school, lose, future, job, unemployed, homeless, Darwin, Charles, evolution, treatise, survival, fact, want, need, utopia, grace, desire, city on a hill, pacifism, conscientious object, reality, theory, weed, animal, drought, sword on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Nikola’s Newest Incarnation
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, tagged 3G, AC, acceleration, air-conditioning, amenities, American, automobile, automotive, battery, capacity, car, charge, connectivity, conversion, convertible, cruise control, delivery, dream, electric, family, hatchback, hood, horsepower, hybrid, impressive, life span, maintenance, mileage, Model S, MPG, mph, Nikola Tesla, performance, power connector, power doors, power windows, price, product, progress, pun, roadster, rpm, seat, sedan, Signature, speed, Sport, sports car, stereo, suspension, tech, technology, Tesla Motors, touchscreen, trunk, upstart, vehicle, Volkwagen on September 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I titled this post Nikola’s Newest Incarnation to tip my hat toward old Nikola Tesla, who changed all our lives, and to pull out a terrible pun. See, this is about the upstart automobile manufacturer Tesla Motors (hence the Nikola). And since they build cars… Incarnation = in”car”nation. Get it? [...]
Cash For Clunkers, the Newest Con
Posted in Daily Life, Personal Insights, tagged block, budget, burden, buy, buyer, car, Cash For Clunkers, choice, class, con, consumer, cost, credit, crush, dealership, demand, destroy, economy, engine, government, hardship, incentive, liquid glass, low-income, market, mileage, new, price, pro, program, purchase, salable, shred, stimulus, supply, trade-in, truck, used, value, vehicle, voucher, water glass on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cash For Clunkers seems like a pretty good program. Bring in a not-so-great vehicle and get up to $4500 in credit toward a new vehicle, a value virtually no one would get from a traditional trade-in program. There are a few stipulations but nothing outlandish. And it’s helping both the consumer and [...]
The Speed of Fate
Posted in Daily Life, Personal Insights, tagged accident, Bewowulf, car, death, Ford, school, teacher, yellow lab on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere in high school I remember reading Beowulf. I had the “bad” habit of reading more than we were supposed to and often jumped ahead to read what I thought would be more interesting. The curriculum was very slow-paced and I spent years in terminal boredom trying to amuse myself with the tiny [...]
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