Morning Thoughts

Seattle's Top Walkable Neighborhoods

I stole this from this morning's PI

Bison Killings in Colorado

I lived in Colorado from 2001-2007, and am convinced it's one of the best places to live and raise a family. The people are passionate about the cities they live in, and nearly everyone is in tune to local news and events. I always have a tough time convincing people to take a look at Denver when thinking about relocating, mostly because you never hear about it.

People don't understand why Colorado is such a beautiful place, but that's the way I liked it. The entire state is quiet, clean, friendly, and conscious. The only real problem with Colorado is, it only gets press coverage when things go bad. Columbine, Kobe Bryant, Police beatings, the Rockies losing, and now this. C'mon Colorado!

7 year old, Latarian Milton, steals grandma's car...

I love his recommended punishment...

A Response to Gas Prices

This morning, Sterling Terrell posted about our current gas prices, and questioned if they really are in fact high prices.

Terrell argues that the increases in gas prices is dependent on inflation, taxes, and the fluctuations in supply and demand.

In general, Terrell does a decent job explaining the basics of gas prices, however I would take it with a grain of salt. He first discusses how inflation impacts the gas prices:

First, we need to take into account inflation. The result of the Federal Reserve printing too much money is a loss of purchasing power of the dollar: something that cost $1.00 in 1950 would cost about $8.78 today. As for gas prices, in 1950 the price of gas was approximately 30 cents per gallon. Adjusted for inflation, a gallon of gas today should cost right at $2.64, assuming taxes are the same.

Environmental Money Tree

I am a voracious reader. I have an insatiable appetite for learning and expanding my general knowledge of, well, anything. I am absurdly interested in everything. Reading is my lifelong pursuit to understanding the world and, whether healthy or not, I am never satisfied with my knowledge. Like everyone, I have my favorites, but one day I may be reading Phillip Sidney's 16th century Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, and the next day will be full of James Bond adventures, of course in comic book form. Reading allows me to keep an acute mind and helps me to become a better informed person.

One of my favorite books is F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This morning I wanted to know a bit more about Fitzgerald, and I found this article (a self analysis) he wrote in the February 1936 issue of Esquire. The second paragraph really hit me hard. I have a little notebook I carry around with me everywhere I go. It is full of ideas I have, quotes I like, random thoughts, doodles while waiting for my coffee, you name it. A piece of this article is my newest entry, and also what led to this posting:

One Mean Executive

I came across this today and thought I would share it with everyone. The audio company Monster Cables has demanded that the Blue Jeans Cable company cease and desist selling, advertising, and basically anything that "violates the intellectual property rights" of Monster. In addition, Monster "insists" that all such products are recalled and all accounting records from these sales be turned over to Monster. I don't know much about audio cables, but they all seem to be pretty similar to me.

The beauty of all this is, Blue Jeans Cable's owner is a lawyer by trade, and judging by the name of his cable company, he is a pretty laid back guy. Not only did he post the official cease and desist letter on his website, he also released his response to Audioholics, an online A/V magazine for everyone to see (and pasted below). I found it pretty funny, but it's long. I say read the first 2-3 paragraphs, then the final 3. That will give you a good overview of the tone, as well as Mr. Denke. : (taken from an Audioholics blog)