Mike's slide show on startups...

Startups in the Downturn - Ignite Bloomington

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great stuff...

Irony?

"For too long, our tax laws have rewarded companies that invest and keep their money overseas and turned a blind eye to the use of tax havens by the wealthy," Rangel said.

Oh dear. And he said this ... THIS week. So sad.

yes. I find this really funny.

Shakespeare's thoughts on the current econ crisis..

Really.. check out the link. Because... wow. He got it all right back then...

this guy... wow. G. Brown is still hurt'n

Norton Wisdom...

This guy was in Bloomington last weekend... went to his show... it was quite amazing... after the end of each song he take a picture of it and then just wipe away the paint and do something else... I bought two of his prints. I'm awaiting the prints from the Bloomington show so i can get one or two of those...

And he works with all these different bands ... so each show is different...

Why'd I leave?

Sometimes people will ask why i left Michigan... i mean i do have some family up there ... but they are over packed with lawyers and a job_thing wasn't going on... i suppose i could have stayed up there for a while at least until the bar prep stuff would have happened... life would have turned out a LOT differently had that happened... i think.

But one of the reasons not to stay is just that Michigan is an economic dead zone. Oh you think you have it bad... MI is much worse...

Click the link and see some really interesting photos from some french people (published in Time) that show quite a bit of the ruin. Looking at those pictures makes me think of Mad Max or other post-civilization movies... hell if i was producing a movie like that i'd zip on over to D-troit and film there... save lots of cash on props...

The face of corruption...

post no more?

Yeah. This blog started as a place to collect various thoughts while going thru law school... since law school is done -- hell i was taking the bar exam a freaking YEAR ago... strange.

I'm thinking this might also be done. I mean... this started before something like facebook which is where i post most of the things that would go here - if that didn't exist. Give me a blogroll on the side or something and i'd be a happy clam.

That isn't to say there won't be any more post. BUT as the start of this year - AND everysince my legal employment started you'll notice that the post have been VERY small.

Perhaps i just don't have anything to say... or it is being said much better elsewhere.


RECENT NEWS.
1) My goldfish of 2.5 years died last week. IT was very sad.
2) I'm behind on soooo much stuff. It is scary.
3) I turned down an offer for an interview last week - for a job that would have paid 15K more. Just because I made a promise to the boss ... yeah. Loyal to a fault to those deserving of it.
4) Morrissey came out with a new album last week. Amazing how 15 years ago i would have already heard it 300 times. Right now i'm just on my 3rd run thru. ...
5) shrugg.
6) I worry about the markets, somewhat.

The ending of the world... (pt 14)

On the Bill to allow the rep from DC to vote...

The bill’s sponsor, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), has long been so confident that the legislation will hold up in court that she has challenged the measure’s opponents.

“We’re not afraid of a lawsuit,” Norton said. “The answer to somebody who is against this bill has always been, sue me, rather than vote against it. That is the proper forum for deciding legal or constitutional issues associated with this bill.”

Yeah. Good thing she doesn't have a vote right now.. since congresspeople are supposed to... eh support and defend the constitution.