Diary
Priests tell us that revenge is a base motive. But if your husband (or wife) cheated on you with a dozen of other people and you end up in tabloits for months looking like a fool, wanting to get even may be therapeutic. Elin waited to speak out until the divorce from her Tiger was finalized. Now she has given what she calls an exlcusive inteview with People Magazine. She describes the common emotions of any person whose trust was fundamentally violated. “I felt so stupid. How could I not know any thing. ... I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children.” Elin says this was her first and last interview. In true American fashion, despite obvious physical problems caused by the divorce stress (isomnia, weightloss, hairloss, etc.) she ends the interview with this statement: “I also feel stronger than I ever have. I have confidence in my beliefs, my decisions and myself.” Elin wants to finish her college degree in psychology. If she does, she will find that psychologically this is not over even though divorce papers are signed. Will Tiger ever regain his golfing ability? I hope he does not rush into another mariage in a quest to recature his golf mojo. What this episode shows once again: reason does not rule the world!Tiger Wood’s ex Elin Speaks out: Life afer the Cheetah
Diary, Curious News
I had lunch at a Thai Restaurant today. On the front side of her T-shirt, the attractive waitress had a daring message printed. I could not resist asking her: “What does ‘Meaningful Overnight Relationship Wanted’ mean?” She smiles and says innocently: “I don’t know.” This answer left everything open…T-Shirt Message: “Meaningful Overnight Relationship Wanted”
Diary, Curious News
I am spoiled. I admit it. But in my defense, I shall say: In the industrialized world most of us are spoiled! We are living in far greater comfort than the kings of the middle ages who lacked modern medicine and ipods. If you don’t believe me, read on this story about the locust epidemics. The Writer’s Almanac reports: Should we mourn the disappearance of the Rocky Mountains locusts?
It was on this day in 1875 that the largest recorded swarm of locusts in American history descended upon the Great Plains. An estimated 3.5 trillion locusts made up the swarm. It was about 1,800 miles long and 110 miles wide, ranging from Canada down to Texas.
Swarms would occur once every seven to 12 years, emerging from river valleys in the Rocky Mountains and sweeping east across much of the country. The size of the swarms tended to grow when there was less rain, and in 1873, the American West began to go through one of its driest periods on record.
Diary, Astute Observations
If you have been studying the business pages of major newspapers and business magazines, you will realize that a fierce battle is being waged by believers in demand or supply side economics. Everyone after the Great Depression used to be a demand sider; then Milton Friedman and his conspirators convinced many politians that government spending created short terms fixes but long-term growth problems. I would like to have someone spell out for me what evidence made the majority of economists swing the the demand side camp only in the 1970s and 1980s. David Brooks paints a thoughtful portrait, sympathiszing with demand siders, of the difficult positions Barak Obama and David Cameron are in. With regard to Cameron’s proposal to cut government spending by 40%, I think this is simply a negotiation ploy with the British bureaucracy. If not, God save the British people from the economic pain that Cameron will inflict on them in the short term.I’m glad I am not David Cameron or Barak Obama
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