My good friend John Brown is a teacher and the head of the science department at his school in England. Evidently not that impressed with my reading list. Here’s his email to me: Dear Tom, Just been on your website and great to hear things are going well apart from the insomnia. Mind you having … Read more
My friend Ellen Mullin gave me a book by Wayne Dyer entitled The Power of Intention. I had vaguely heard of Dyer – he is a “self-development” or human development guru. He has a psychology doctorate and has written a bundle of books, the best-known early one being Your Erroneous Zones. I like to read … Read more
On January 2nd we had a very pleasant afternoon dinner with our friends Damian and Jeanne Marie Gagnon, and three of their four children (Nate, Philip and Kathleen; Monica had gone back to college). Here’s a picture of Joe and Brigid (note social lubricant in front of Brigid.) And Jeanne Marie. Perhaps listening to Brigid?
This takes the cake. I took it off the Donald Luskin website, which you can visit yourself by hitting the link on the left, "The conspiracy to keep you poor and stupid." The Hypocrisy of astonishing. THIS IS RICH… From TimesWatch: Business reporter/columnist Gretchen Morgenson loves corporate scandals, and she rounds up the year’s greatest … Read more
I spent more than a few days working through my resolutions and besides the obvious ones (be nicer to the wife, etc), one kept coming back to the front of my thoughts. I need to work with Tim to get him to really enjoy reading. He’s a good reader, but he doesn’t enjoy it. Joe … Read more
Well, a year that was really two tales. The first half was great – visits from friends we hadn’t seen in years (like Thom Hardy and his wife Mabvuto) – a great trip to Jamaica, where we had worked, met, and gotten married (our first trip back in 25 years, the introduction to Jamaica for … Read more
I’d picked up on this book because the author reviewed another book on economics in the Wall Street Journal – and slyly slipped in a little promotion for his own book. So I looked his book up on amazon, read a few of the posted reviews, and bought it (second hand, of course). The book … Read more
We had a lovely visit yesterday from Dan and Kathy Brusstar, along with their three children, Joe, Suzanne and Mary Margaret. I have known Dan for about 15 years, and Kathy worked part-time for me, back when she was Kathy Thompson. And I am Mary Margaret’s godfather. I took a few pictures, and since since … Read more
A summary from the Washington Times – Pope issues call to battle terror, poverty – World – insider.washingtontimes.com
Spending the evening at home with one excited nine year old, and a twelve year old who’s a little excited. And Brigid who’s prepping a turkey for tomorrow Go here to track Santa NORAD Tracks Santa 2005 Merry Christmas!