Archive for March, 2007
« Previous EntriesEducation and Time Management
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Continuing education is very important to me - I certainly don’t believe that my learning finished after I graduated from college. Since I’ve entered the workforce I’ve gotten a new education in a way that could never be taught inside a classroom. However, as often as I can, I endeavor to read new books and [...]
The wool over our eyes
Monday, March 26th, 2007I was pondering last night (as I do most nights) and had some thoughts on the current state of our society, so get ready! There were maybe 7-8 people over at my place, and the conversations started to shift from the usual “How was your day yesterday” to items such as celebrities (Paris Hilton - [...]
Virtual Worlds, Part 1
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Everybody in our society loves to get away. Whether through a vacation, movie, Internet chat, book, or even drugs and alcohol, just about everyone has a favorite way they unwind, relax, and put the stresses of our everyday lives to the back of their minds. Perhaps one day soon we will never have to leave [...]
Carnival Day
Monday, March 19th, 2007Today is carnival day! My post Financial Insecurity in America was accepted into the 79th Carnival of Debt Reduction, at Ask Mr Credit Card’s blog. The format is of a university course outline, with my entry coming in under the Final Word section (People always remember the last thing they read, so that’s a good [...]
Book Review - The Bogleheads Guide to Investing
Sunday, March 18th, 2007Welcome to the first edition of my quick and dirty book reviews, brought to you by your local public library. Actually, in this case, the Los Angeles Public Library system didn’t have the book, so I bought it. Normally, the LAPL has every book I read and even lets you put holds on the books [...]
Prologue to a Phenomenology of Individual Investor Consciousness: Part, the First
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007Heidegger identified time as the horizon from which Being is to be understood. I am not one to reinvent the wheel; and, I am in the mode of standing on the shoulders of my preceding giants, therefore, let us introduce this introduction by way of the temporality of economics, viz. the phenomenon of market timing. [...]
Prelude to the Prologue to a Phenomenology of Individual Investor Consciousness
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007I–by these words–am committing myself to write a series, wherein I will examine the nature of the Consciousness (large “C,” denoting the intended hypostatization of that which is inherently non-substantial and generally, if not wholly, misunderstood) that undergirds the actions of the individual investor, to which class of persons I belong. I do not propose that what [...]
Financial Insecurity in America
Monday, March 12th, 2007On my way home from work today, I happened to listen to an interview with Richard Wolff, a professor of economics with the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was being interviewed on one of my favorite radio programs, Beneath the Surface, on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles. The interview was all about financial insecurity, [...]
A Witty Soul
Friday, March 9th, 2007Well, after my counterparts amazing introduction I thought I should introduce myself to the crowd. I am, was, and always will be the unique individual known as Ryle. I hope to bring to the forefront that which you have not yet contemplated into existence; or perhaps shed some new light on an issue you think [...]
A Soulful Wit
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Although tempted to engage my contemplative counterpart in a spirited debate regarding the rationality (or irrationality, as the case may be) of participating in the lottery–it must be believed, dear reader, that I serve a larger role than that of faithful advocate for the Devil–I have chosen to let my first post serve merely as [...]