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 by J. Peterman |
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 by Holly |
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March 30, 2008
I've gone to my farm in Kentucky for the weekend. It's a great place to relax, do a little hard physical labor, and forget about the rest of the world. If you don't have such a place, I highly suggest you get one.
In the meantime, here's a little something that I found for you to read with your morning coffee.
See you on Monday.
J. Peterman
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still thinking about today...
We live in interesting times. I am reminded of a phrase I read several years ago: "The thin veneer of civilization". There's seems, at times, very little but a "thin veneer" between a cultured life and being a savage barbarian. One of our founding fathers said the cost of freedom was eternal vigilance. Perhaps with the veneer becoming more transparent, we should practice more vigilance.
But perhaps turmoil is the catalyst of civilization. During centuries of European turmoil the Renaissance and Enlightenment were born. During the 20th century we made fantastic technological and scientific advancement despite the numerous and savage wars.
I once read that during 400 years of peace in Switzerland they came up with the cuckoo clock and a nice banking system.
Here's to a little (but not a lot) of turmoil with my morning coffee. And a little more vigilance. Yes, I do own a cuckoo clock (but I stopped it from chirping), and....well, I can't say too much about my Swiss bank account. After all, it's supposed to be a secret.
The corn prices are skyrocketing because of the ethanol bubble. Corn and soybeans that are normally destined for animal feed are now being diverted for eco-fuel usage, with a lot of get-rich-quick mentality around the future of this pseudo-industry. More troubling, the spike in diesel fuel costs is impacting farmers and food distributors alike. Interesting times, indeed.