“ The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, 1926
US essayist & novelist (1879 - 1958)

posted : Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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“ Charlie and I believe that a CEO must not delegate risk control. It’s simply too important. At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books… If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of misjudgments made by a Risk Committee or Chief Risk Officer.
— Warren Buffett, in his letter to shareholders for 2009: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2009ltr.pdf

posted : Friday, March 5th, 2010

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“ Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.
— Winston Churchill

posted : Monday, March 1st, 2010

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“ Tech•nol•o•gy (noun): New stuff that doesn’t work very well or that works in mysterious, unknown ways.

Donald Norman’s definition, from his new book, Living With Complexity, due out in October 2010.

http://jnd.org/dn.mss/living_with_complexity.html

posted : Sunday, February 28th, 2010

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posted : Monday, February 22nd, 2010

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posted : Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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“ You wait for the good moment—the infamous first thought—but nothing happens. There is a thought of giving up the whole thing, or else trying to crank something up artificially. But neither one of those things works. Then you sort of become distracted by something else—and when you come back, there it is!
— Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, True Perception

posted : Sunday, February 14th, 2010

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posted : Monday, February 8th, 2010

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posted : Friday, January 29th, 2010

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posted : Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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posted : Monday, January 25th, 2010

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posted : Monday, January 25th, 2010

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I don’t make the rules…

I just live comfortably beneath them.

— John Oliver—Terrifying Times

posted : Saturday, January 16th, 2010

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A History of Home Values: historical prices from 1890 to 2006. The run-up to 2006 should be somewhat alarming. :)

A History of Home Values: historical prices from 1890 to 2006. The run-up to 2006 should be somewhat alarming. :)

posted : Sunday, January 10th, 2010

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posted : Monday, December 28th, 2009

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