Take 2. I tried to embed the video, but it didn't fit correctly.
This link shows a video asking about all the unanswered issues in Lost. A good recap.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
For All You Losties
This article has a nice summary of the blogosphere's reaction to the Lost finale.
Personally, I vacillate between satisfaction and frustration. My question is still Why? I wanted to feel resolution, knowledge, why it all happened. It's almost as if we need a spiritual book explaining the meaning of the characters' alternate reality in Los Angeles and why it was created by/for them. Even if "Lost" was never meant to refer to the island but to their lives it doesn't make much sense of the alternate reality in Los Angeles.
Sigh. It was fun while it lasted though and gives us something to discuss, which is all we want to do with Lost in the first place.
Personally, I vacillate between satisfaction and frustration. My question is still Why? I wanted to feel resolution, knowledge, why it all happened. It's almost as if we need a spiritual book explaining the meaning of the characters' alternate reality in Los Angeles and why it was created by/for them. Even if "Lost" was never meant to refer to the island but to their lives it doesn't make much sense of the alternate reality in Los Angeles.
Sigh. It was fun while it lasted though and gives us something to discuss, which is all we want to do with Lost in the first place.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Too Good to Pass Up
This article about despotism serving a purpose is "enlightening."
It is the natural progression of republics: freedom and prosperity shrink unless guarded.
It is the natural progression of republics: freedom and prosperity shrink unless guarded.
Time Well Spent
Good to know what the House is up to these days, beer is pretty important.
My family recently drove to the Bay Area of CA for my aunt's wedding. I wish I could have been in attendance, but was honored to be in my roommate, Matt's wedding the same weekend in New Mexico. It was great.
But while my family was driving home on Sunday I was talking with them on the phone, and my dad said he had trouble hearing me due to the poor condition of the roads. This was along a major interstate highway, the famous I-5. He made the (I would say correct) connection between the poor road conditions and the state's budget crisis. California is a case in point of what happens to governments that do not operate within the realm of economic reality. Things simply cannot be doled out or consumed without some cost. Pretty soon governments must face reality, usually in the form of recessions, inflation, collapse of the state, etc. The Federal government has a little more time to delay the inevitable due to their ability to print money, unlike states. If a state does it, it's illegal. But somehow the Federal Government can do it through the Federal Reserve which is overseen by congress. The Fed produces a valueless paper rather than a valuable coin. The Constitution permits congress to coin money and fix the standard of weights and measures but prohibits states from coining money. Illusions rarely remain illusions for long.
My family recently drove to the Bay Area of CA for my aunt's wedding. I wish I could have been in attendance, but was honored to be in my roommate, Matt's wedding the same weekend in New Mexico. It was great.
But while my family was driving home on Sunday I was talking with them on the phone, and my dad said he had trouble hearing me due to the poor condition of the roads. This was along a major interstate highway, the famous I-5. He made the (I would say correct) connection between the poor road conditions and the state's budget crisis. California is a case in point of what happens to governments that do not operate within the realm of economic reality. Things simply cannot be doled out or consumed without some cost. Pretty soon governments must face reality, usually in the form of recessions, inflation, collapse of the state, etc. The Federal government has a little more time to delay the inevitable due to their ability to print money, unlike states. If a state does it, it's illegal. But somehow the Federal Government can do it through the Federal Reserve which is overseen by congress. The Fed produces a valueless paper rather than a valuable coin. The Constitution permits congress to coin money and fix the standard of weights and measures but prohibits states from coining money. Illusions rarely remain illusions for long.
Monday, May 10, 2010
A Few Interesting Links
The Atlantic has a video posted of a drug bust of a nice looking suburban home. The article has an interesting take on it. I wonder if it's real and what the real back story is on the perpetrator. Either way it's intense. Be aware that it is a little jarring.
Also, this dude has survived for 70 years without food and water?
Obama doesn't like Xboxes. They are bad for democracy.
Also, this dude has survived for 70 years without food and water?
Obama doesn't like Xboxes. They are bad for democracy.
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