Stirring……

Posted by zee on Jan 28th, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment I am trying to stir. Really.Truth of the matter is, I’ve darn near forgotten the mechanics of blogging. Doesn’t help that I can’t get this template, which I am fast becoming disenchanted with – to cooperate. As far as the bear is concerned, well, we’ve been in hibernation. Or hiatus. Whatever. But hell, tides may be turning, one can hope,. If not, best go out having our say. So, yes, we are stirring, but not yet awake. Stay tuned…. Sphere: Related...

Jackson

Posted by zee on Oct 10th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Wislawa Szymborska.

Posted by ligneus1 on Jun 2nd, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments It’s been a long time since I posted one of my favourite poems, here for you to enjoy, one of Wislawa Szymborska’s. A Few Words on the Soul by Wislawa Szymborska translated from the Polish by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh We have a soul at times. No one’s got it non-stop, for keeps. Day after day, year after year may pass without it. Sometimes it will settle for awhile only in childhood’s fears and raptures. Sometimes only in astonishment that we are old. It rarely lends a hand in uphill tasks, like moving furniture, or lifting luggage, or going miles in shoes that pinch. It...

GWB’s Big Idea……….

Posted by ligneus1 on Jun 1st, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments …….is gaining ground in the Middle East. From The Wall Street Journal: The results of Kuwait’s elections last month — in which Islamists were rebuffed and four women were elected to parliament — will likely reinvigorate the movement for greater democracy in the region that has stalled since the hopeful “Arab spring” of 2005. It also puts pressure on the Obama administration to end its deafening silence on democracy promotion. Now if only Backwards Obama doesn’t blow it the intervention in the ME by Bush after 60 years and more of failed policy is bearing...

In Passing.

Posted by ligneus1 on May 31st, 2009 in Obama-debacle, Uncategorized | 0 comments I’ve been a bit overwhelmed lately to even think about posting but I couldn’t miss passing on a link to this column on the Sotomayor nomination at the corner by Andy McCarthy, entitled Forget Whether She Qualifies as a “Racist.” Would Judge Sotomayor Qualifiy as a Juror? He quotes the instructions given to jurors: You have two duties as a jury. Your first duty is to decide the facts from the evidence in the case. This is your job, and yours alone. Your second duty is to apply the law that I give you to the facts. You must follow these instructions, even if you disagree with...

Dr. Sanity on Obama.

Posted by ligneus1 on May 24th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments Now and then you read something that you wish could be on the front page of every newspaper in the country, what a fantasist I am! Such a piece is Dr. Sanity’s take on Obama’s speechifying. Over and over again I hear how “wonderful” Obama’s rhetoric is; how much everyone responds to it and how it makes them hopeful about the future etc. etc. etc. Frankly, I can barely stand to listen to the man. I have to read transcripts of most of his speeches because my reaction to his style is so negative. I don’t like the sensation of being manipulated; nor do I like being...

A Celebrity Who Is A Grownup!

Posted by ligneus1 on May 16th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments Maybe this is old news to most people, but Tiger Woods gave a great little speech at the Lincoln Memorial somewhat incongruously given the content and the occasion, but for those who missed it, it’s worth reading. I grew up in a military family — and my role models in life were my Mom and Dad, Lt. Colonel Earl Woods. My dad was a Special Forces operator and many nights friends would visit our home. They represented every branch of service, and every rank. In my Dad, and in those guests, I saw first hand the dedication and commitment of those who serve. They come from every walk of life....

What Makes Us Happy?………….

Posted by ligneus1 on May 14th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 comments ……………….is the title of an article in The Atlantic. I haven’t had time to read it all yet but wanted to bring it to your attention since it’s quite fascinating. Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most...

What Would We Do………..

Posted by ligneus1 on May 11th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 comments ………….without Britain’s Got Talent!

In Passing.

Posted by ligneus1 on May 10th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 3 comments If you were a hedge fund manager, given what’s happened at Chrysler, would you ever again invest in a unionized company? Because I sure as hell wouldn’t. Update. Professor Bainbridge says: “You don’t need banks and bondholders to make cars,” said one administration official. As Larry’s observation suggests, that official — who’s probably never run any business more complicated than a lemonade stand — will soon discover just how wrong s/he was. It’s called CAPITALism for a reason, after all. In fact, we know from experience that over the...