Category: Miscellanea

  • Taking a Break

    I am taking a break. I love blogging, but I’m frankly a little too crushed to do much of it right now. Between current events and my own take on where things are going in various arenas, I’m just not feeling like doing much blogging. I am happy to discuss just about any current topic…

  • An Economic Record for the Ages

    When the Bank of England does anything for the first time – it’s 315 years old this year, after all – it’s worth noting.

  • Crazy Busy

    Sarah and I were laughing just yesterday at how recently, as very new associates, we were waiting to get staffed on enough cases to stay busy. We both have all we can handle, now, and it’s not busy work. Some of it is less than glamorous, but it’s all real legal work that has to…

  • Crazy Christmas

    We just got back from spending Christmas with my family. It was a good Christmas, but a crazy one, featuring: Eight members of my family, two of whom are named Nick Five friends making an appearance Five dogs One wedding proposal Yes, you read that last one right; my little sister got engaged. Hilariously, it…

  • Slope of Hope – We’re on it

    My favorite new (but not new favorite) blog is Evil Speculator (tagline, “bent on market domination, one nefarious trade at a time”). It posted a fantastic and disturbing chart from Gold-Eagle. The chart is one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of a concept called the “slope of hope.” The idea is that (in significant…