Brown Motion

Have you seen a 'Razor' lately? Not the once pop cell phone - no, no not a 2 wheel contraption that kids and adults alike seem to hover on (used to anyway - nowadays its a different gadget with 2 wheels I think) - I am actually talking about the ubiquitous device many males (human kind) on this planet use with a well defined cadence. The mighty RAZOR - as in an implement designed to reduce the keratin based growth also called facial hair (growth from other parts of anatomy are optionally eliminated with said device) from the front end of the user. This device started its growth (notice it actually retards hair growth) with a hard edge perhaps made from the locally available flintrock and then transformed itself into state of the art stainless steel edge to provide the suave gent with a glide worthy facial texture. It was expected that a relevant species would entertain themselves by rubbing their face on the clean shaven gent thereby making for some enjoyable time spent....

Have you strolled into a Costco lately? The visitor is greeted by a wall of large and larger flat panels displaying variety of sport or nature based activities. Some even boast 3D viewing capabilities while some are streaming the video from the cloud. Could we see a day when the Pulte and the Toll brothers start replacing dry wall from China with flat panels from China? How about the entire house is nothing but a flat paneled box? One thing it will do for the conspicous user is they will not need to heat the place in winter with the amount of heat it will generate. Not to mention that the light it exudes will also allow for other mundane activities like cooking or cleaning happen with ease. The more I pontificate on this subject the more I think this may be a good idea. There will not be a need for remote controls either since the resident can merely watch what they want, when they want all the time in any part of their abode - from the toilet seat to the shower to the din...

Is it 'out of the wood' or 'woods'? Anyway, while I contemplate the right use and etymology of this cliched expression, the reason I mention it is that the media loves it and has recently been observed to use it in context of the US and perhaps global economic status. To digress - the one time golf great with an eponymous title certainly has gone deeper into it (the woods I mean) and sees no chance of being back on the green anytime soon (in a manner of speaking of course). De - digressing to the topic at hand - What they refer to as the wood or woods I am not sure - since from a macro economic standpoint nothing material seems to be happening. Sure the equity market has reached a point in its trajectory not seen for the last 30 or so months but ask an unemployed person and they feel left out. There are about 10% of the employable public give or take a few. To them they too are sensing their grass ain't green but are also not sure where it will be and how t...

So it was that time of year again - it was about to end. Well I am always confounded by how the human race has set itself markers to define how they are about to spend their time during the course of their existence on this rock. New Year Eve is one such. It is essentially an arbitrary point in time for the rock that does not much care - merely spinning away as it has done for billions of years taking a leisurely stroll around its mother ship; the Star we know as our Sun. As to the evolved species that occupies the planet their minds suddenly get oriented to defining how they would like to focus on the passage of the one thing they have come to fuss over most - TIME. The switch to another year is marked by variety of anal events like watching a mechanically exercised lit ball descend in a crowded and often very chilly night on the east coast of a particular continent to huge amounts of chemicals being lit in the form of fireworks to shapely and unshapely organisms gyrating to b...

Do people need governing? That is the question that we try to answer every time we contemplate the whole election process. The answer lies in contemplating what might happen if we were not governed by the law of the land. As a species we have evolved to the point that individuals can ascertain what is beneficial to them and their loved ones. In achieving that level of comfort for themselves they seek to extend their sphere of influence in many ways big and small. While pushing this sphere outward or inward, what is beneficial to one can and at times tends to be encroaching on another's sense of freedom and enjoyment at which point the conflict of interest arises. Resolution to such conflicts big and small, local or global, regardless of color, caste, nationality tend to be matters requiring intervention from an astute and experienced individual or a group equipped to navigate the challenge. People believe in the concept (in a democractic society) of allowing the elders ...

Recently survived a 3 day conference of marketing experts and technology crusaders and CEOs (essentially a lot of type 'A' and some D+ personalities) espousing the virtues of what is now commonly refered to as the 'Social Network'. Ah - that is not to say that people did not network prior to the coining of said term - or that they were not social. It is merely depicting a technology enabled access and rapidly scalable version of connecting people that may have at one point been engaged in a relationship - perfunctory or profound; then forgotten of each others' existence after their respective careers or life streams took them afar. Facebook happens to be the 'King of the Hill' and a rapidly ascended King @ that in this space. So what of this concept and its applicability to what are called 'Millenials' (another jargonized word depciting people legal to drink but under the age of 34 today). This demographic (numbering close to 70 Million Ame...

Quite an oxymoron don't you think? I mean - if I did not have anything to say what the heck am I typing for? But such is life these days. Many outlets in the so called broadcasting business or serious journalism for that matter are filling the void with something akin to antimatter. What they publish is actually detrimental for the common good. Of course its just another point of view of where things are. Mine! Take for example the ramblings about the state of the economy. Do we really need a 24 x 7 news channel to make that point? As someone once noted - when you are unemployed the unemployment rate is 100%, no matter what the averages and the government or the so called pundits are yakking. So fear-mongering and ratings battle aside (rated by equally airheaded peers) there is not much that comes our way of intelligent and informed reporting. No matter, the public which is dazed and confused uses it as a tool for passing time - watercooler conversations that again ha...