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Curious Mind: February 2009
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Monday, February 09, 2009. What are the three phases of a new project? February 2009 - I'm of the belief there are three phases of a new project - Vanity, Humbleness, and Crisis. Let me explain. Often during the Vanity phase, new amenities like "free food" or "free pop" are offered as tokens. Off-sites are common. They make the layperson feel important. Moreover, closeness is important during this phase. It's thought that cramming more people into meetings is a benefit. Making people ...At this point, ev...
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Curious Mind: September 2012
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Friday, September 14, 2012. What the government is trying to say is, if needed, we will get the care we need - whether we can pay for it or not. And to ensure the costs are fairly distributed across all parties, let's make sure we're all contributing. To me, this is fair. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Curious Mind: How did we get in this financial disaster?
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Thursday, October 02, 2008. How did we get in this financial disaster? I thought it would be good this month to take a look and try to explain, in simple terms, how we got in this mess. I won't try to explain it all as to be honest, I don't really understand all of it. However, I think I understand the basics. Here it goes. This creates a situation where the bank needs $95 in payments for an asset that is worth $90. To complicate matters, both Person A and Person B lose their jobs and are unable to p...
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Curious Mind: September 2008
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Monday, September 01, 2008. Should I drop Frontier all together? September 2008 - Below is a complaint letter I sent to Frontier's Management in regards to a recent sales experience I had with them. What do you think I should have done? Left well enough alone and stuck with digital service? Called to revert my services? Cancel Frontier all together and go with Charter phone? If you'd like to talk in person about my complaint I'm more than willing. You can use this email address or look my number up a...
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Curious Mind: July 2008
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Should I use Windows Movie Maker? August 2008 - My wife rarely reads this blog so I’m not concerned about her finding out. However, if you do run into her, try to keep this our little secret. We have our five year wedding anniversary coming up in about a week. I've never considered myself a great gift buyer (she took back the mother's day gift I gave her and last year's Christmas gifts) so I decided to dust off my creative energy and make something. Things started off well. ...
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Curious Mind: January 2009
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Thursday, January 01, 2009. Should we have bailed out the U.S. car companies? January 2009 - My stance on the government bailing out companies is simple. If the company is failing because their products or business practices are inferior, let creative destruction destroy them. However, if the company is at an unfair disadvantage due to government policy, then it's the government's job to ensure said company is compensated. Here is an example to help explain. Ben Frankin's and Pamida were run out of town ...
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Curious Mind: May 2008
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Friday, May 02, 2008. Why are my international investments doing so well? May 2008 - Do you ever wonder why, lately, your foreign investments seem to grow at 20-30% while your domestic ones grow closer to 10%? For example my American European Pacific Growth Fund has an annualized three year return of almost 20%. On the contrary, my Growth Fund of America fund has a three year annualized return of 12.47%. Are the international companies that much better than American ones? No So what is happening? I argue...
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A Nod to Nothing: Five Tribes
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A Nod to Nothing. Pretty much as it says, a lot of nothing about nothing. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Five Tribes was on Table Top. This is a strange angle on my wife's part, but here's Eryn working the board. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. Stick figure cartoons about office life. Link to a post about (sci fi) writing. Link to a post on local bicycling art. Vodka Toxic and DiveBarDivia discuss appropriate bar etiquette from the bartender's perspective.
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A Nod to Nothing: 1903 Old Photos of the First Tour
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A Nod to Nothing. Pretty much as it says, a lot of nothing about nothing. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. 1903 Old Photos of the First Tour. I like looking at these. Http:/ www.vintag.es/2015/05/old-photos-of-first-tour-de-france-in.html. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. Stick figure cartoons about office life. Link to a post about (sci fi) writing. Link to a post on local bicycling art. Christopher Crowhurst tackles emerging technology. Old and In the Way.
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A Nod to Nothing: QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN FICTION, ACCORDING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
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A Nod to Nothing. Pretty much as it says, a lot of nothing about nothing. Monday, July 06, 2015. QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN FICTION, ACCORDING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. This actually seems to be a fairly good list of books. Many of which I've read, but many which I should read. It'll have to wait until after Building Microservices. And City of Sin: London. And Its Vices (almost done). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. Stick figure cartoons about office life.
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