Politics And More

Corporate Fundamentalism

August 27, 2014

Many people will tell you that a company’s sole purpose is to “maximize returns to its owners.” As with most (if not all) fundamentalist approaches that attempt to reduce a complex reality, it eviscerates reality. In North America a corporation is a creation of, and [read more]

Politics And More

Gratitude

August 16, 2014

gratitude [grat-i-tood, -tyood] noun 1. the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff. Source The word has become quite popular of late; I stopped counting the number of Twitter handles that include the word at [read more]

Brushing Fame

Dropper of Names

August 14, 2014

Over the past few days I have been contemplating a new blog post about Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall, selfishness, celebrity and my Grandma’s last few years- plus whatever else my brain connects with any of that. It is interesting what crosses my mind as I [read more]

Brushing Fame

Book Review: Gratitude and Trust

July 28, 2014

Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life by Paul Williams and Tracey Jackson Publication Date: September 16, 2014 The authors borrow heavily (and openly) from the Grandfather of Twelve Step programmes. Many of the concepts and expressions will be familiar to anyone [read more]

Designs I Like

Every day: Miracles

July 21, 2014

Every day: Miracles This book started as a collection of images shot for a Digital Photography course at Columbus State Community College, along with selected quotations around the theme of every day miracles. The expanded 2nd Edition (2014) has added material; 30 pages in total. [read more]

Politics And More

‘The Fed’ and We, The People

June 19, 2014

The ‘Federal Open Market Committee‘ recently announced[1] a plan to reduce its monthly purchases of financial instruments (generally mortgage bonds and ‘treasuries’ – US Government bonds) from US$50 to US$35 Billion. Interesting how they want to pump all this money into the sort of investments [read more]