2010-08-17 Tuesday - The Power of Intuition

I trust my intuition. 

Here's an example of why....

True Story:

1987...working at a bank in downtown Little Rock.  Walking the few blocks each day after work to my car...I usually passed by a bus stop.  This time, from a distance of two blocks, I sensed that one person among the crowd waiting for the bus - just. isn't. right.  The feeling of tension grows.  A sense of approaching danger.  I shift my briefcase from my right-hand to my left-hand...timing my motions so that as I come abreast of the fellow, the motion of my arm will be on an upswing.  As I pass, he leaps up from his seat and throws a wild kick toward my face.  I continue the momentum of my arm - raising the briefcase to block his kick. Perfectly timed.

Here's the thing.  In that instant - a flash of thought and intuition told me that if I turned...and acknowledged his presence...he would continue his attack...but if I cleared my mind and took one more step...removing any emotion/thought - his negative energy would evaporate.

And so I did. And that's how it ended.

2010--08-10 Tuesday - Financial Tsunami, Part-2

In early 2007, while sitting with friends at the marina clubhouse in Mazatlan, I raised a concern of a looming financial disaster that I compared to a terrible tsunami that could be seen on the horizon.  Last year, I heard from my friend in Mazatlan - that the local businessman sitting at the table with us on that day still remembers that conversation quite vividly. 

The financial tsunami I see now looming on the horizon will dwarf that one by orders of magnitude. 

We still have a little longer for the music to play.  But keep your eye on the chairs and the exits.  Prepare now.

U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know: Laurence Kotlikoff
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-11/u-s-is-bankrupt-and-we-don-t-even-know-commentary-by-laurence-kotlikoff.html

Taleb Says Government Bonds to Collapse, Avoid Stocks
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-11/-black-swan-author-taleb-says-he-bets-on-collapse-of-government-bonds.html

The Long-Term Budget Outlook June 2010
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11579

2010-08-08 Sunday - Signed-up for a Spanish language class

Signed-up for a Fall 2010 evening class at Glendale Community College to improve my Spanish language skills...one of the items on my checklist of skills to improve before taking off on another voyage! 175 days to go...

http://www.glendale.edu/