Month November 2008

Thoughts on a new economy

DJ continues his series of posts (Wiki image.) One fundamental principle of economics is that there are too many variables, so you measure what’s most important and ignore the rest.  In recent times, what’s considered important has been growth– increase…

Day Without a Gay

On December 10, 2008 the gay community will take a historic stance against hatred by donating love to a variety of different causes. On December 10, you are encouraged not to call in sick to work. You are encouraged to…

World Vision

Sue donates to World Vision and asked me to listen in on a conference call by their CEO. I knew they fed the hungry, but I didn’t realize how much. They have 800,000 donors and feed several million people daily.…

Dow closes below 8000

Photo from The Brokers With Hands On Their Faces Blog Other major indexes besides the Dow got whacked, closing at multi-year lows. 8000 on the Dow was where major support was, and a battle had raged there for weeks between…