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Jul.14.2012 End of marathon--TAKE 2 [The mystery of the disappearing photograph has not been sovled, but I want you to see Rachel's fine illstration for this entry. She also took a picture of the Pfaff which I promised to tell you about in the next blog entry. Just can't do that until you see the quilts it helped make. So here is...	Jul.20.2011 Getting Free One of the reasons the GTD (Getting Things Done) approach can be so empowering comes down to a simple, primal dynamic: When something is named, it is known; and when it is known, its hold on us is released. When things we have allowed into our inner or outer world are appropriately and accurately...
Sep.30.2009 The True Price of Health Care The real problem with government, doctors, hospitals, insurance companies and the people of this country can be summarized in one word, "selfishness." If I were given the opportunity to glue an adjective to the front of that word, I'd use the word, "childish." The main issue we...	May.03.2009 A flat tax proposal I think one of the biggest problems with the federal government is its total overhead. It costs so much time and money to run the government that it accomplishes a whole lot less than it should. I heard on NPR a few weeks ago that one of the ways Congress likes to encourage changes of behavior in...
Oct.13.2008 Plunder Blog! Close Wall Street! Belle and Avi gave me the first coments on the Plunder Blog. They fit well together. What will happen if we close the stock exchange in emergency/ What is the criteria to be adopted in ascertaining the consequences of such a bold move? Can our thoughts on this still be groundede in efficiency? The...