Economics
The "Right" Stuff
Submitted by the_Old_Woman_i... on Fri, 2008/05/02 - 13:50.It's not that we don't have stuff. To the contrary. This farmhouse is exploding with stuff. I give away and throw away truckloads of stuff, and still we have way too much. We have so much stuff that there's barely room for us in this joint. So why are we constantly going out to buy more stuff, to haul back here and add to the groaning, teetering piles we already own? My kids could tell you. It's because none of what's crammed in here is the right stuff.
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Just Don't Say the "R" Word
Submitted by the_Old_Woman_i... on Fri, 2008/04/04 - 19:26.I used to date this guy who brought takeout food to my kids. This was back when a tank of gas for the minivan was $50.00, not $80.00. A nice roast cost $10.00, not $25.00. This was a year and a half ago.
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Land Stewardship Competition Announced
Submitted by tarvid on Sun, 2008/03/23 - 17:03.Grayson LandCare, Inc., a local non-profit organization, is sponsoring a Land Stewardship Competition. The competition is open to all students in grades 8 through 12 who are enrolled in a school in Grayson County (Grayson County Schools, Galax City Schools, Oak Hill Academy) or who are residents of Grayson County and are homeschooled. Students can enter individually or in teams of two to five persons. The goal of the competition is to encourage the young people in the county to gain a better understanding of the economic and environmental problems that Grayson County faces and come up with real solutions that can help solve these problems. The competition starts March 17, 2008. Entry forms and short summaries of the projects are due April 30, 2008. The Land Stewardship Fair, where students will present their projects for judging and prizes will be awarded, will be held May 10, 2008.
The wholesome soul
Submitted by DeepGeek on Tue, 2008/03/18 - 21:33.The world offers more than black and white — and scales of grey. Jeffrey Miller embodies an attractively rich palette.
Attractiveness is more than visual; Jeffrey is pleasantly beholding. Attractors include wit and humility. Attractors include consideration, stewardship and charity. Attractors include reliability, warmth, honesty and attentiveness. Mr. Miller has integrity — he is the attractor paragon.
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Knowing alternatives
Submitted by DeepGeek on Mon, 2008/03/17 - 20:55.Most people wander through life without a sense of living. Sufficient said, "Charles Shaffer is different."
There is strength in numbers. The strong are more than men of might; they are also: the meek, the curious and the cautious, the promising and the pale, the rich and the ragged, and the visionaries. There are not many like Charles; he isn't overly quiet, but there are times when his audience should listen. Charles listens to a different voice — Mr. Shaffer's voice is prophecy.
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Vekon Associates - Professional Websites.
Submitted by webmaster on Thu, 2008/01/31 - 10:42.All aspiring webmasters with a keyboard like to think of themselves as "professionals". http://vekon.com is about a professional consultant not about a professional webmaster.
The content is all about the owner of the website not the people implementing it. In this case, Rob Varley has written dozens of articles about the economics of international development. His portfolio is best rendered, in large part, as a bibliography. His interests are best served when individual citations can be downloaded and incorporated into new articles. The greater the number of references, the better search position. Better search position leads to more retainer possibilities at better rates.
So how did we do it?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Submitted by tarvid on Tue, 2008/01/15 - 19:09.
Today would have been Martin's 79th birthday. It will be celebrated on the third Monday in January - January 21st.
Everybody's Got a Water Buffalo
Submitted by the_Old_Woman_i... on Wed, 2007/12/19 - 08:34.So I got this catalog in the mail. And before I even get this blog underway, I want to plug Heifer International with great enthusiasm. It is a great charity, a worthy charity, one of the most fantastic charitable endeavors I know of. You should ante up for Heifer I. this very minute via their web site, http://www.heifer.org. My church youth group once solicited funds to buy a cow to send to an impoverished family in the developing world, and I ponied up $50, which bought a shank of cow or maybe even a hindquarter. Or maybe it was a pair of goats we sponsored, in which case I supplied at least a third of a goat. With any luck, it was the front third.
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Local Commerce Experiment
Submitted by tarvid on Wed, 2007/12/05 - 01:38.The idea has been around for ages and we just started doing something about it - "it" being the promotion of local commerce. By local commerce we mean the exchange of goods and services between members of the local community. That includes individuals, groups, businesses owned by local people, etc. but not chains and big box stores owned by non-local corporations.
The first seeds can be seen at http://downtowngalax.com/. We are pretty sure the eCommerce module will be replaced. Auctions are difficult. I envision a system where local people can publish "goods" and other people can contact them with an offer. The seller can accept or reject any offer, make a counter offer, publish the best offer and see if anyone wants to make a better offer. Settlement will probably be off-site; remittances look like a nightmare.
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