Curt Doolittle

Form: Short Note

  • The Financial Sector And Related White Collar Jobs Will Never Recover

    That’s for sure. Never. Because it was a boom. We will finally get back to making things. 🙂

  • FIRE IN THE HOLE I can’t even begin to imagine how many times I’ve lit nice fat

    FIRE IN THE HOLE

    I can’t even begin to imagine how many times I’ve lit nice fat aromatic candles for an evening, and sometime later fallen asleep, only to wake up in the wee hours, when they’ve sputtered and melted, put them out and gone to bed.

    I’ve laughed at people who, with concerned paranoia, cautioned me that candles are a hazard. Especially at my log house, where there wasn’t much available to burn.

    I’ve literally had fifty candles burning at whole-house parties without incident.

    I’m not sure exactly how it started from the candle on the nightstand, but tonight the mattress, bedspring, and bedding caught fire. And we had a hard time putting it out. It spread so fast I didn’t think we could.

    I’ve had a few small obligatory kitchen fires. I’ve had the usual napkin catch on fire at the dinner table. And helped others put out tablecloths, hair, dresses and shirtsleeves. I did light an enormous rural brush fire as a kid while playing with firecrackers. But never anything really serious before — at least that I remember.

    I’ll remember this one. That gaping hole in the bedspring will remind me. And I’m not going to replace it — just so that I’m sure it does.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-03-08 22:42:00 UTC

  • THE QUIRKS IN AMERICAN CULTURE Just to be fair, now that I’ve commented on Canad

    http://www.capitalismv3.com/2012/03/08/observations-about-american-culture-from-europeans/OBSERVATIONS: THE QUIRKS IN AMERICAN CULTURE

    Just to be fair, now that I’ve commented on Canada, here are a zillion observations about the USA made by others, preceded by a few observations of my own.

    (It’s too long for FB, so sorry for the link)

    Source date (UTC): 2012-03-07 20:15:00 UTC

  • all for anti-war sentiments. But pragmatic reality is pragmatic reality. And mor

    http://www.capitalismv3.com/2012/03/06/the-american-conservative-a-phony-case-on-iran/I’m all for anti-war sentiments. But pragmatic reality is pragmatic reality. And moral ideology takes a back seat to strategic consequences.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-03-06 09:54:00 UTC

  • Watching The Progressive Bloggers

    It would be painfully easy to make a career out of criticizing the left. Plenty of people do it. It’s entertaining but it doesn’t further the cause. Unfortunately I have real work to do, and can’t sign up for a daily routine. Maybe now and then I’ll just make the rounds.

  • Watching The Progressive Bloggers

    It would be painfully easy to make a career out of criticizing the left. Plenty of people do it. It’s entertaining but it doesn’t further the cause. Unfortunately I have real work to do, and can’t sign up for a daily routine. Maybe now and then I’ll just make the rounds.

  • FILLICIDE STATISTICS “Among children under age 5 years in the United States who

    FILLICIDE STATISTICS

    “Among children under age 5 years in the United States who were murdered in the last quarter of the 20th century, 61% were killed by their own parents: 30% were killed by their mothers, and 31% by their fathers. … 72% of the mothers had psychological problems.” — From 39 combined studies.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-03-02 06:26:00 UTC

  • Up The Euro Is Possible, Practical, and Advisable

    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/02/a-primer-on-the-euro-breakup-2/Breaking Up The Euro Is Possible, Practical, and Advisable.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-02-28 19:24:00 UTC

  • SMART CAR BLOWN OFF THE ROAD TODAY We’re driving in the blowing snow behind a pl

    SMART CAR BLOWN OFF THE ROAD TODAY

    We’re driving in the blowing snow behind a plow on a rural road between scrubby corn fields where the vicious wind is easily defeating the plow’s futile but diligent attempts to keep the road clear. A green Smart Car is stopped at an intersection parallel to the wind. The driver tries to get across before the plow piles more snow in front of her, and accelerates to the left, putting her car perpendicular to the wind, and is abruptly whisked way into the ditch like so much snow off the roof of a passing truck. Of course, being rural Canada. young men fall out of cars (and all over themselves) to help her. She’s unharmed.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-02-25 20:09:00 UTC

  • ON BEING QUOTED I’d like to say I’m aloof enough not to care when someone quotes

    ON BEING QUOTED

    I’d like to say I’m aloof enough not to care when someone quotes me. Especially when it’s favorable. But I’m not. It makes me happy. It’s evidence that laying one little brick at a time makes a difference. Thanks.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-02-25 19:25:00 UTC