[scaredyclassic]

calculations change for a 25 year holding period.

[scaredyclassic]

We are on average looking a bit shabby. But I look good.

[scaredyclassic]

So…

My youngest kid invented a Type of toy a few months ago… It’s probably patentable. He has friends who literally go nuts over it. And my kid is obsessed with it. Even I admit it’s kind if cool.

Checked around there’s nothing like it.

Friends dad said… You oughts figure out a way to make money on this….

So… Do I get off my ass and make something happen? How awesome would it be if my family turned a profit.

[scaredyclassic]

i have dealt with a lot of mormons over the years and find them to be good people.

[scaredyclassic]

netflix down 1.56% today. i sort of thought this might give netflix a boost.

i hate going to the movies for a reason separate than getting shot. I cannot bear to pay the entry price.

also, i need to pause and chat.

[scaredyclassic]

the VA provides decent care.

the doctors there are real doctors.

[scaredyclassic]

the federal pony identification program is also going to create jobs.

as to QE3, I’m up for anything massive and crazy, since my spare monies are all (losing money) in gold stock shares…

[scaredyclassic]

i used him. not sure what makes him unique, as its probably first/last time i’ll ever use a home inspector…but he showed up on time and wrote a longreport with lots of things he noticed. and he was nice to talk to.

[scaredyclassic]

i wonder if NJ would extradite.

[scaredyclassic]

is excellence always required?

Sometimes just an ok job is better…

except with mechanical watches…

perhaps im soft because i just want my kids to like me. maybe I am fostering mediocrity and it will all end in tears…

[scaredyclassic]

All the bragging is based on fear and insecurity.

What are we afraid of? Failure. Death. Inability. Lack of capacity to reproduce successfully?

I came up with a brief list of attributes this morning before breakfast that might be worth bragging about, other than grades or athletic achievements?

.does your kid give a crap about others
Do they enjoy their day?
Do they have a sense of duty? Of purpose?
Are they flexible?
Are they capable of real attachments/
Do they have a true friend?
Do they love?
Are they fun?
Funny?
Do they laugh?
Are they anxious?
Are they resilient?
Do they take care?
Are they interested?
Are they independently minded>
Are they incessantly comparing themselves to others?
Do they have a hobby?
Can they stand to hang out with you/ can they bear to talk to you? Does your mere voice fill them with a sense of dread and anxiety?
Are they faithful? Kind? Respectful?
Do they take themselves way too seriously?
Is he enlightened?

At breakfast my wife shot down my list. Basically, she said, parenting, it’s about getting them out on t heir own, and able to make decent money so they can support themselves and others. She was probably being contrary and independent minded..if I had spouted her position originally, i bet she would have come up with an even longer list liek mine…

….i am not sure exactly what is necessary and what is sufficient, what is optional and what is essential…I do feel strong urges to bragabout my kidsrecent high AP scores…i can see that it is insecurity, that i am hoping it all translates into a better life for him. But will it? Who the hell knows? Does it matter? probably no more than him having qualities off the list above…probably much less…

Do tiger moms in buddhist countries worry about how much faster and deeper their kids enlightenment is?

“you will meditate four hours tonight! You cannot get into a decent temple with your half-assed meditation!

[scaredyclassic]

gears. springs. incredibe complexity in a tiny package. A watch used to be a staggeringly amazing thing.

an old school watch, with gears, is still unique — mechanical.

the nonreplaceability of it is part of the charm.

makes me feel better dressed also.

[scaredyclassic]

a fancy automatic watch makes me feel…special…competent…more together…

[scaredyclassic]

dont know. but i was reading this abajournal article about a 59 year old lawyer who committed suicide. he wastops in his field, us supreme ct litigation, but his career took a downward turn, not that bad, just slightlydown and he couldn’t take it.

not sure what the point is, but, success, well, it’s difficult to say….

[scaredyclassic]

i like to wear a hat at most times. at leasta baseball cap, if not something brimmed.

eventually, evolutionarily, only the hatted will survive.

and yarmulkes indoors.

[Author]

Posts