I was Thinking, or Not

Another G+ comment I thought might have a wider appeal than to just the particular thread. I am not sure if you are aware of the cost involved in starting even a small business.  Take that lemonade stand, seems simple enough, but how much would it cost.  Go to the store buy some lemons, at about 3 for a dollar ($1.00) that's about one pitcher of lemonade, agreed.  Now you need sugar, about 1/2 pound, at apx. $2.00 per pound at the local market, that's another $1.00 added to the pitcher, plus your stock is over now because you had to buy 5 lbs of sugar, so you are in for the full $6.00 on the bag of sugar. No problem, you can make now 10 pitchers of lemonade, better for your bottom end anyways.  Except now you have to buy 30 lemons, now you are in for $36.00, just on base materials.  Let's not forget the knife for cutting the lemons, another $2.50 for a cheap paring knife on eBay.  You are going to need a pitcher, or two, that's $2.00 any day at Walmart.  Cups for ser

I made this comment on a post on G+ (although for the life of me I can't seem to figure out how to link to the particular post on someone's thread).  I can however link to the original story , and hopefully that will help explain some of the comments herein. Back thirty or so years ago a good hack writer could make an honest living writing for local rag publications and publishing a few dime store novels, as long as their work was up to snuff, and they produced a new story every time.  When JRR Tolkien published the Hobbit it took him quite a bit of work with the publisher, and he was a great writer, well versed in languages.  He was no superstar.  Hemingway was no superstar either, he did well, and made a few dollars, but his estate is doing much better on the catalog than he ever did.  Jump ahead to Anne Rice, who rehashed the Bram Stoker story, sexed it up, and dumbed it down for the near illiterate masses, and you have stardom, go figure, Bram a star in his own right, ha

Today there is no real new news, it chugs along with nary a blip of real import.  Checking the social scene, ssdd, as usual.  Whew blog done, now on to something completely different. Colorado Shooting (or Col Shooting as most news sources are calling it, does a few bits of type or digital bits really cost that much that they really can’t write out Colorado?) Anyway it nags on me and I am watching this one for some sense of why this is news.  On the heel of the UN gun control paper, this happens, but it does not seem to make a strong case for gun control in the US.  It does open the debate a bit, and with additional support from many overseas commenters, who keep calling the US a dangerous place where everyone has a gun, there are problems that may come out of this. The second amendment does not allow US citizens to take the law into their own hands, it helps protect them from a rogue state militia.  This is apparently a point that seems to be misunderstood by gun advocates and adver

Note: in looking for a place to place this, I put it here, but I think if the response is sufficient I will make a new blog for it, maybe on its own server, if someone is willing to donate the server to host it upon.  Thank you and enjoy, and look for more.  Oh and the title is just something I am calling it for now, I will give it a better name at some other time. What the hell is going on here?  At what point does the insanity end?  Still sitting here, hands tied, with nothing left, and I am still without the energy to dream. I keep looking for new information, additional information.  Something to collaborate the stories that float around.  I keep seeing stories coming out of many places, most of which seem to have common themes. Unemployment The unemployment rates around the world are bad, but not critical yet.  Even in the US unemployment which has increased this last month, is not highly critical.  The majority of people still are employed .  Those who are still employed are ha