'Tinkering'. What a great word, and one that will assume even greater importance soon. This post inspired by: The Lost Skill of Tinkering from The Travelling Naturopath Blog Only very old stuff can be tinkered with. All new stuff, when it stops working (and often before that), is simply junk. My advice is to keep... Continue Reading →
“Economic Winter Is Finally Upon Us” – JHK
I just couldn't go past this timely article by the erudite Jim Kunstler: Fedpocalypse Now. Excellent stuff. "Welcome to the successor to the global economy: the yard sale economy, with all the previously-bought stuff going back into circulation on its way to the dump," says JHK. I'm not sure he hasn't stepped over the fence... Continue Reading →
It’s A Mystery
So, it's a mystery. Well, not really. The more jobs, the more money is in the economy and the more inflation there should be. It hasn't happened. What's wrong? This post inspired by: The Mystery of Missing Inflation Weighs on Fed Rate Move Photo: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg News It can only be the jobs figures,... Continue Reading →
We Are So Totally Stuffed – Ain’t Life Grand?
My heart grows so heavy every time I try to think about what next year will bring for us. I can only see darkness. No glimmer of hope. And I can't pinpoint one thing, selectively, that I could point to as being the cause of that. Could this be the end? For me personally (because... Continue Reading →
We’ve Already Reached the Tipping Point on Global Warming
"The world I want is a world that does not subjugate, does not separate, does not monger fear and inadequacy in order to control. The world I dream of has clean air, clean water, does not poison its people. Instead it educates them, gives them room and space to dream. It respects the plants and... Continue Reading →
Listen To The Lego Man
Who has not ever played with Lego blocks and had enormous fun? Well, that world of Lego is existentially threatened by the increasing on-the-noseness of continued oil use among the aware in our society, not to mention the imminent demise of the oil industry itself. The Lego company is also well aware of this threat... Continue Reading →
The Great Oil Panic
More on what's in store for the world in 2016. There are another three weeks remaining in 2015 before I have to finally make a stab at my best guess prediction for next year. Here is a major contender for the title: '2016 - the year the oil industry closed down'. Think about what that... Continue Reading →
High Ideals And Forward Thinking
Russia - A nation to look to for high ideals and forward thinking. While other major players on the world stage are bogged down in grubby, costly and destructive, oil centered dramas, Russia is aiming to be self-sufficient in food by 2020. "Ten years ago, we imported almost half of the food from abroad, and... Continue Reading →
Recession/Depression?
I have been thinking recently, as i did in this post, about how to describe the year 2016 before it actually happens. I am finding it to be really difficult this year. There are so many things that I can see happening in 2016 that I can't yet pinpoint one phrase that encapsulates them all.... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 