Ramen Review

So, on May 20th, 2010, I said in a private conversation (that was duly noted down) regarding the economy:

the significant index values of the coming ?weeks:
dax 6500 and rising
djia 10000 and falling

Meaning that until one of these marks is breached, and robustly so, the global economy will remain in limbo, and other matters of concern may be leisurely regarded as utterly more important.
Almost 3.5 months later, I have no reason whatsoever to change my opinion on this issue.
The last week … read more

It will be pretty interesting to see how Capitalism will digest that Greece thingy. And to see how many of the PIIIGGS will go down before this is over.
In any case, those that had already deadsaid Teh Kryzys[en:/pl:] stand corrected.
Big things do need a lot of time to proceed after all. And it is not like we could not have told that this’ll take some time, ね?

As regards the funny things in life, Jane Buergermeister’s[*] lil old click-grabbing … read more

We didn’t go to the demonstration 2day, but I went to where they had their final speeches and cultural programme. Met w/a few ppl I know, though I’d hoped I’d meet some other folks who weren’t there. One guy is a local activist, in whose case his non-presence represents quite epic FAIL. Or I have not understood his methods and he’s in a weird tree-hugging magickal cult that hopes to bring civilization as we know it crashing to its knees … read more

Ah, the eternal challenge to actually discuss cooking on a weblog originally intended to be about the culinary only. So… what did I make for Hanukkah? Searching for something similar but not alike to latkes (which I had been advised to prepare), I came across some pakora-style concoction incorporating peas; I figured that given the fact that this would not be unknown to the Bene Israel, it would be adequate. Being probably as goy as goy can be, what would … read more

I have not discussed markets a lot lately, because they have not changed much. It may be taken as saying that the pattern has stabilized, but I think the Fed interest adjustment may still shake things up quite a bit in the second half of the week. Though I cannot imagine how it ought to make a major and long-term impact, the occasional interesting behavior might still be witnessed. In any case, the apparent pattern is a decline of about … read more

Ayn Rand on how Good Sex ought to be:

“…an act of scorn. Not as love, but as defilement…”
(The Fountainhead)

Hilarious Ayn Rand quote (compare to the above) where she claims to “know” stuff:

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.

Ludwig von Mises after doing some pretty good rock on profits:

The greater the … read more

Alan Greenspan admitted today yesterday that he

“found a flaw [...] in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works”.

Found a Flaw: Alan G. (82)
Ayn R. and her buddy the Cancer Stick: Taught economy to Mr. G. when he was little.Friend of Mr. von Mises.Suspected to have been a Very Naughy Bitch.
A few days ago I met with a friend of mine, a rather bright girl aged 23. She had been travelling a … read more