October 10, 2008
It's always good to end on a happy note... the Ventures
posted by matthew .:. comments (1) .:.
October 01, 2008
Money as Debt
If you are interested in learning how money is created, I recommend that you take a little time and look at this video, called Money as Debt
Here's how it is described:
Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being created. It is an entertaining way to get the message out. The Cowichan Citizens Coalition and its "Duncan Initiative" received high praise from those who previewed it. I recommend it as a painless but hard-hitting educational tool and encourage the widest distribution and use by all groups concerned with the present unsustainable monetary system in Canada and the United States.
The first words of the piece are "Two great mysteries dominate our lives. Love. And Money."
I found watching it a worthwhile way to spend my time.
posted by matthew .:. comments (1) .:.
September 19, 2008
update
posted by matthew .:. comments (0) .:.
August 11, 2008
Architecture
we shall begin by studying Temples. did it ever occur to you that there is only one type of building: the Temple?
Of course, there are different kinds of Temples -- Bacchus wants a different kind of place than Athena does. But every building is the house of a certain god.
Back before Tower Records collapsed under the internet, I went in there one time. The people working there do not care what kind of music you want, but they will move mountains to find it for you. They regarded themselves as priests and priestesses of Pan. The mall is a Pantheon, a temple to all the gods. And we worship there, leaving our offerings and gratefully accepting what the gods will give us.
The successful Architect is a good sherpa, conducting the client to the peak of their chosen mountain. Then coming down and doing it again.
posted by matthew .:. comments (0) .:.
August 03, 2008
leonard schlain call your office
posted by matthew .:. comments (0) .:.
August 02, 2008
season
what with the total eclipse of the sun, we've been busy up here lately. Mrs. Briggs enjoyed a tranquil day with the cats.
a very interesting article caught my eye this evening: likelihood is strong that the tale is emblematic of the age, it has all the elements.
how could it be otherwise when "It could not immediately be determined if the loss of key executives would alter that timetable." is how the article concludes (referring to the casino).
As an aside, seriously... you would be hard pressed to identify a single time in the course of human history when "the loss of key executives would alter that timetable." No disrepect intended. To the clock.
there's always good news, even for you.
even for me.
posted by matthew .:. comments (0) .:.
July 12, 2008
zen
the bumps are not the road.
posted by matthew .:. comments (3) .:.
July 08, 2008
almost noon
The wheel was greasy in Spider's hands. Dice sat beside him, whistling through his teeth. Spider was conscious of the smudges on the windshield, the crack in the vinyl dash. A commercial for a debt consolidator came on the radio and his right hand flicked from the wheel to the radio button and back, replacing the urgent drone with a mindless country warble.
"Why don't you get an iPod?" Dice scratched his cheek, watching the straps on the tractor trailer ahead of them flap in the wind.
Spider considered. He checked the rear view mirror and signaled to pass, easing left and accelerating. There was a fresh pack of cigarettes in the pocket of the door, right next to his left knee. "Dunno. Pretty demanding keeping track of all that bullshit."
"Shit man, just load it up and put it on random. Anything is better than this crap." Dice's finger was circling his nostril, sneaking up on it.
Spider pulled even with the truck. Covenant Transport. They thundered along the bending concrete interstate, shimmering in the California heat, an eight lane river.
Continue reading "almost noon"...
posted by matthew .:. comments (0) .:.
