And now it begins

'Jesus rose after 3 days. Spcogg rises...after 3 months?' - OJ

So, the time's finally come for the revival. After many false starts and dead cat bounces, hopefully this is the real deal. I suppose I just have to work to make it so. In short it means we're back in business: wasting time constructively by writing it down, so future generations won't have to. It's always been for a noble cause, nevermind the fact that I've gone the past 5 days of the exam period without writing down a single thing.

After a 2 year hiatus I have been recently released from an ongoing obligation which partially caused the demise of the original blogs (for anyone that remembers/knows about it). This new and improved version will hopefully cover additional topics to keep things fresh and allow me to exercise more creatively and write across more perspectives. Funny how so much can change in two years but also how things still stay the same.

I have been holed up at home reading a book called 'The Great Deformation' by a certain David Stockman. I'll probably do a full review/synopsis of it because of the sheer length of it clocking at over 700 pages, the book itself is a polemic (I had to look that word up) book looking at the current economic state of the US and by extension, the world economy focusing on the role of the government. The opening chapters are on the handling of the '08 financial crisis, and if you ever thought that there was something fishy about the hundreds of billions spent on insolvent banks, the book attempts to explain why. The argument is that the US has essentially stopped being a free market once the government got free rein over the printing press and started to finance its spendings by borrowing money.


The writing style is very much of a rant against pretty much everyone past or present and the arguments do go around in circles sometimes, but overall would recommend for a perspective of how the state of affairs came do be. Whether it's all true or no I can't say, but it is very logical and definitely puts a lot of new ideas on the table. You will need a basic understanding of economics and US history to get the most out of it.




In other news, I won a trivia night for the first time the other night with K, Bill and Marto. Did you know for example, that the days of the week are named after Viking gods. As in, Thurs day is like, Thor's day. That's this guy:



Which they're making another movie about over in Hollywood.

On Names

I think Names are things that other people give you - you don't really need a name for yourself but without them it gets confusing for everyone. There are only so many me, you, it, him, her, they and thems. In addition if you have multiple names then the usefulness also decreases, as if I had two names (bob and steve, for example), people talking about Bob might think that Steve was a different person and hence derailing the conversation. So they're only useful insofar as they allow people to identify you and people have to agree on their use.

It's amazing how many different things people like to call me. Most people know me by a nickname since it rolls off the tongue easier than the real one, but when people have to put it to paper I get the strangest of results.

So occasionally I get called to look at some things which are supposed to have my name on them.

The following photos may or may not be the result of that.


Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

If you are an internet friend, I challenge you to figure out what my name is from this combination of puzzling renditions of my supposed names. You have a one in 4 chance of getting the first letter right.

Even more interesting (I just noticed) is one of the submissions got not only my name but also the subject code wrong. I suppose the fact that I only realised this now that I'm comparing them side by side doesn't speak well of my attention to detail.

Until Next Time

A public service announcement

Due to the need to break the all important news: the old blogs is being taken offline.I apologise to my cousins in advance for doing so without their warning, not that that a) they cared or b) anyone read it, especially since it was deceased.

If for whatever reason you still want to read it let me know access may be arrangeable depending on the validity of the reason (i.e. fishing for quotes) for delving into the old blog.

The next update is in the works, but work doesn't really leave me much time to do the next update.

You know what

Stuff this. This new blog was supposed to be some new age launch into the new decade with new principles, new insights, new...stuff.

But Alas it was not to be, I suspect it will return to being a tool for procrastination. Such a plebeian blog this will be, serving as a sink for my spare time. There may be future foods for thoughts etc. in the not so distant future but for the time being, minimal time will be dedicated to content selection from my end. You get what you pay for, mkay?

At any rate I suppose it can at least be useful in terms of storing all the interesting places I come across around the Internets for future reference. Who knows, this might even be of interest or use to someone other than myself.

So, without further ado, let me present the places of the day:

Door to hell:
Crazy Russians thought lighting up a gas field would be a good idea...40 years ago. And it's still on fire.

Blue Holes in the Ocean:
They look scary but are friendly, apparently.

Watch some dude dive into one of these things:

Caño Cristales:

It's not supposed to be a hole - supposedly a river that looks like all the colours of a rainbow. Except according to website, feral drug dealers prevent you from getting there nowadays...

Until the next time procrastination urges hit me.