hello all, and welcome back for the newest edition of the El Goldo Times! that's right coming to you from under the flight path to the world famous austin-bergstrom airport (and no, no one know who or what Bergstrom is) it's me and my wonderful life.
well my wife and I just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversery (anevadaversery to all you Friends fans out there) and I couldn't be more ... stunned. Really? 8 years? where did the time go? I mean I don't feel like I've been married for 8 years. I feel like I'm only 22 or 23. But no, at last count I seem to be 27.... and climbing! Don't get me wrong, I love being married to my wife and she knows this, but wow. I used to think people married almost 10 years were... well, old. Does that make me old?
I always used to say that age was nothing but a number. (at the time I was chasing older women) and while I still believe that, I have one small problem. I was blessed/cursed with looking more.... mature than my age. when I was 18 people thought I was 25, in my early 20's, around 30. People now ask me do I remember shows from the 70's. I have lost count on how many people ask me about sanford and son, or the jeffersons, or all in the family..... really!
anyway, on to more philosophical musings. I read a gread book this week called "the gryphons skull" by H N Turtletaub (you can find it here). Its a historical fiction about ancient greek seafarers and philosphers. Very interesting and a good read. I recommend it highly.
it does bring into question some philosophical issues. For instance in ancient greek society women had to be covered from head to toe and veiled so that "lustful men " wouldn't see them and be tempted. You can look at this two ways, one they were being protected from men, or second that men were "holding them down". I think that the real problem was (and is in some cultures today) that that philosophy only taught men that it was ok to be lustful animals. That a man obviously can't control himself so let's limit his temptations. It just seems to me that all this does is teach men that it's ok to be that way. maybe it's just me.
My wife asked me a question about stocks today and seemed a little confused by my answer. I explained that the stock market is all a confidence meter. If I feel confident that a company is worth the 20 bucks a share I buy it. If I am not confident in that company I sell it. How a company builds confidence is by good financial history and new developments (think Apple and Texas Inst.) Some companies have good histories but no new developments, so I'm confident they will stay where they are Value wise, but I am not confident they will develop anything new so I don't expect the value to go up. Here is a good example of how confidence drives the stock market. Enron stock crashed to the floor (around 25 cents a share) the day after all the news broke about the fraudulent financial statements and fileings. Someone asked me what I thought about it and I told them it sounded to me like a great time to make money off of Enron. I told them to but abut $10K worth of enron stock at $.25 a share because it would rebound the next day. I told them to sell it about noon to 3:00 on the next day because people wouldn't want to believe that it was a real crash. They didn't take my advice but sure enough the price jumped to 1.75 a share the next day. why? because people still had confidence in the company although all this stuff was going wrong. They felt that the company was worth the 1.75 investment. I don't think that I am explaining this very well this time either, but my point is that all the number crunching and all that is good, but what matters is confidence in an investment.
This is a long and drawn out post, and I apologize for it being all over the board but bear with me for one final paragraph. I want to challenge everyone who reads this to think outside of their confort zone today. we all get so stuck in ruts and routines (especially in our minds) that days can go by without us having even a thought that is origional or creative. I have the blessing of working in a job that requires much creative thinking and It has helped me in the rest of my life tremendously. Just stop today and instead of doing things the same way you always do, try it a different way, find a new position, take a different route. You never know what doors you might unlock in your mind.
a quick funny before I go (because people seem to expect it from me for some reason):
a man(corenor) was in court testifying and was asked how sure he was that a man was truly dead. the coroner replyed that the man's brain was in a jar on his desk at that very moment.
the lawyer replied But did you check for a pulse, or hook up a heat monitor to ensure he was dead? The coroner replyed, no I didn't , I suppose he could be out practicing law somewhere!
Goldo out!
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