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LEGION

“If the idea of illness can become illness, what else about our reality is actually a disorder?”  The comic book superhero character of Legion albeit obscure is not new, he’s the sometime mutant son of Professor Charles Xavier of the X-Men. … Continue reading

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THE BIG SHORT (Part II – Packages Of Risk And Reward.)

Have assignment, will brb… ————————————————————————————— Cont’d from Part 1… Mark Baum and his little hedge fund team of nerds are on an investigative trip to decide whether there is a Housing Market bubble and they should take on that massive short position … Continue reading

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THE BIG SHORT (Part 1: Mispricing. Do you really see what you think you see?)

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble, it’s what you know that isn’t so.”  – Mark Twain, but also a bunch of other humorists.  Incredibly apt opening for the movie. I feel the need to step … Continue reading

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Live By The Sword……..

Ok time for more play… Inspired by the renewed interest in various weaponry floating around Rockstar now, from medieval European armour to the more exotic Asian stuff, that trend of fairly harmless (if you consider fidget spinners also fairly harmless) replicas … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Series (And The Talent Code)

Some writings are praised, others are read…. It occurred to me that historically there is a disproportionate number of impoverished writers and artists out there, who only get famous, their productions selling for big bucks, posthumously. The plebes who create for screen … Continue reading

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Miss-Speak #92 – Marriage Has To Be To The Right Person

Haven’t done one-a these in awhile.. #92 So the wabbitdog likes to do things like dig in the plant pots to get HN’s attention, and like with any of the other kid messes, we always try to clean the worst … Continue reading

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“Boy, Have We Got A Vacation For You!”

“There is no threshold, that makes us greater than the sum of our parts, no inflection point at which we become truly alive…”  – Sir Anthony Hopkins as genius “puppeteer” programmer Robert Ford in Westworld “Awake, wood inanimate, now you’ve … Continue reading

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More Asians In Da White House. Or At Least In Standup.

Blog been getting way too serious lately… Let’s lighten it up, shall we? “Robots are causing all the Robot Crime in Robot Chicago…”  Ronnie Chieng, Johore (Malaysia) born, Singapore and Aussie-educated standup comedian, recently went on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show … Continue reading

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How To Lose.

Ok, you win. You get what you want. I lose, I fold. The next two words are a game changer. What are they? “What glorious fun!” said the wicked sprite, for he had created a mirror that failed to reflect … Continue reading

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What You See Is What You Get. (So See Differently!)

**Have assignment, will brb… ————————————- Dedicated to anyone who thinks their job sucks (and don’t many of us have one-a those days)… “Hey, my name is Jim, where did I go wrong My life’s a bargain basement, all the good … Continue reading

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