which way is up?

October 20, 2008 in new normals

I’ve read two different versions of the same statistic in the last week. It seems that these days everyone’s looking for a yard stick against which to measure the state of the spluttering economy. One of the measurements in fashion right now is this; the ratio of household debt to GDP.
If, like me, you virtually [...]

the end of life as we know it?

October 10, 2008 in we can do better than this

Now, I like this guy called Steve Strang. Personally, I find him to be pretty good company. Of course there’s plenty that we would disagree on, but I get the feeling that had he been born in Mumbai and found his faith, Steve would have ended up being one of those remarkable influential nobodies that [...]

not so great

October 2, 2008 in Uncategorized

This is plagiarism, but since I can’t remember whether or where or when I read, heard or overheard someone saying this I’ll just have to go ahead and spew it;
In years that followed it  the 1914-1918 war was the seen as one of the most brutal periods of human history. It was the war to [...]