Brown Motion

Ever wonder why cosmetics and accouterments sell so well worldwide?  Appearances. Vanity.  the collective human lust for this elusive of all naivety.  Call it what you will but someone's external characteristic's have long been considered a proxy of what the actual individual might deliver or be - as an individual.  I don't get it and don't care for it but hey, who cares what I think. Our president travels this week to a mysterious part of the world described simply as the middle east - which in itself begs the question - how does a direction have a middle?  And if so what is the early east and latest east?  Is the latest east so late that it is the early west?  But I digress. The reason for his visit is literally touted by the touts aka media as to 'Appear Presidential' on the world stage.  First of all who decided that the world stage is in the middle east?  It is like saying the dining table is in the dining hall.  Except this ar...

I don't follow politics, never understood it and don't vote. It is my right to Not Vote.  Therefore I cherish democracy. As the buffoon parade related news gets in the way of my day to day activities I could not help notice that an egomaniac by the name of Donald Trump (both parts of the name could be open to lot of humor) is actually ahead in the early polls where the American public thinks he is a viable candidate for President. For anyone who knows anything about this guy he does represent what made America - brash, hungry and full of oneself and ability to package it so that the slow witted part of the bell curve buys into the magic show.  Majority wins. I have always wanted private sector thinking to seep into the public governance space but one has to be careful what one wishes for.  There are so many shades of grey there and this arrangement might be the darkest. Hey - someone once famously said, 'people get the government they deserve' and if he wins...