Author: mktdaf
Wordplay: Today’s word: Arbitrage
I love folks who leave me more informed than when I started. This morning’s xkcd.com comic by Randall Munroe did that…. First of all, look up “arbitrage”…I found: The simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from a difference in the price. It is a trade that profits by exploiting price…
Poetry of music: Across the Universe, with Rufus Wainwright
John Lennon’s version of Across the Universe is a simple, plainitive acceptance of the impermanent world; Rufus adds some energy and wistfulness. See what you think…everybody sing along!
Writings: Where the Ten Things came from…
If there’s a thread that runs through The World According to Brother Ian, and you may have noticed this, it’s that almost everything I post here connects in one way or another to the Ten Things to Teach & Know. Several folks have asked where this comes from, so if you like, I’ll tell you:…
Writings: Going with the flow…and letting the flow carry ya
Last night the phone alarm went off. It was in somebody’s purse in the living room, and I didn’t want to wake somebody to get up & get it & turn it off, because somebody was sleeping & apparently didn’t hear it. It had gone off at 6am (still night, here) the rest of the week.…
Funnier: Online dating & other illusions
First of all, I am a huge fan of online dating. You & I know that it’s not really online dating…it’s just a gateway to real-life dating. When someone signs up for eHarmony or match.com or something, it’s so they can do real-life stuff, not stay online. Just another way to get there. But sometimes…
Poetry of music: “You Ask Me,” by Brother Ian
Got a moment for a song? This is “You Ask Me” which, while I wrote it years ago, seems new to me every time I get to sing it at a gig or event – I put it together with some pictures I took around the islands – let me know what you think! (And…
Thoughts: With some gravity…
“What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” Isaac Newton