Harry's Ruminations

While musing on the inevitable decay of our debt-ridden society, Chuck and I happened upon an hypothesis today: Entrepreneurs aren't first-born children. Think about it...first-born kids in families are dedicated, responsible, typically over-parented. They live quite well within rules. They're not interested in rebellion or "changing the game". Instability scares them. Yes, those are broad generalizations based upon no hard data. But, if you'll let me assume these as true, the consequence is: First-borns like stability and rules so much that they're happy to remain in a mediocre (yet stable) job while other opportunities are out there, especially those that involve "being your own boss". Kids that were scheduled, coached, and parented their entire waking childhood have NO IDEA how to operate in a vacuum. (Note, I'm not saying I do, either. I'm an only child. That means I have a first-born's need for stability and boundaries cross...

I still love you man!!! In a non-Clay Aiken way of course.

....or "This is what Susan's Been Saying since High school" Nice personal interest piece in the Herald-Leader about what an economic depression might be like. Point taken--in our relativistic society, if people get down on their luck, they're not going to just sit and starve to death. They're going to start stealing and causing anarchy to survive. That's the joy of living in a "globalized" economy--global points of failure. We don't MAKE ANYTHING in this country anymore. Ugh.

To paraphrase a wise imaginary character: Last night's "Grey's Anatomy" was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever! Rest assured I was on the internet within minutes voicing my disgust throughout the world. Yeah, yeah...Comic Book Guy FTW. * * * Well, that was special. Two hours of shoddy camera work, confusing storylines and bad acting later, I yearn for season two and three. As this episode opens, we find our favorite band of 237 interns gathered around Miranda Bailey, awaiting their new rankings as a teaching hospital. Apparently, their ratings have fallen significantly since their glory days... ..hmm...just like Grey's Anatomy : Once proud ratings leader, now in decline... So the remainder of the episode is about recapturing former glory, staunching the slide into mediocrity. Like most GA episodes that are > 1 hour, this turd was boring, overlong, and uneven. Certain scenes were brilliant. Yet, whole subplots dragged on.

"Hello, my name is David Hay, and I'm from Eastern Kentucky."

GO SARCAMS!! ( sic ) I believe she meant "sarcasm"

Taking a leap out there today. Listing for the BMW I don't need to carry 3 cars through the winter, particularly since I have my eye on getting a 5-series come Spring. Pray for me guys...this is really hard for me, but it's what needs to happen.