AIG

Investment Banking Explained.

Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.

The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.

The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry Chuck, but I have some bad news. The donkey died last night.'"

Chuck replied, "Well then, just give me my money back."


The farmer said," 'Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Chuck said, "OK, then, just bring me the dead donkey."

The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with a dead donkey?"

Chuck said, "I'm going to raffle him off."

The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Chuck said, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?"

Chuck said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and made a profit of $898.00."

The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?"

Chuck said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."

Chuck now works for AIG.

Oh, Possum

My friend Horst walking the dog, I mean possum.

Preparing for the Last of the Mohicans in My Private Daneil Day-Lewis Film Festival

Learn Astrolgy- Venus Retrograde Inferior Conjunction

This is a typical Venus Retrograde Inferior Conjunction Experience

Nancy -

Man, yesterday was a very explosive and emotive day in my world. Discordant anger at the perceived withholding of love-money-appreciation reached a zenith, with very sharp words and devastating emotional consequneces. Talk about power struggles and disappointments, fear of not ever getting what you want, and resentment. It was like being a tornado that doesn't care about the consequences until the damage is done. The same thing that frustrates satisfaction prevents real change. Here's the perfect analogy - people who no longer love one another still can't get a divorce and leave because they can't sell their property and split the proceeds because the economy won't allow them to do so. Stuck together, they feel trapped in a situation that amplifies their emotions but doesn't allow for real permanent change. This can obviously lead to heightened destructiveness - or to the recognition of a shared problem that has to be endured until the conditions are more favorable to a permanent resolution.

Lebanese Baby Troupe

Wow - The Love Affair with the Dollar isOver

Today, the inferior conjunction of Venus, retrograde, we read ... United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke dismissed on Tuesday suggestions by leading emerging economies that the global economy move away from using the dollar as the main reserve currency.

Hafiz on Fame

Two Bears

Once

After a hard day's forage

Two bears sat together in silence

On a beautiful vista

Watching the sun go down

And feeling deeply grateful

For life.

Though, after a while

A thought-provoking conversation began

Which turned to the topic of

Fame.

The one bear said,

"Did you hear about Rustam?

He has become famous

And travels from city to city

In a golden cage;

He performs to hundreds of people

Who laugh and applaud

His carnival

Stunts."

The other bear thought for

A few seconds

Then started

Weeping.

~ Hafiz ~

(The Gift - versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)