Friday, October 10, 2008

They Will Be Missed

People are born and people die every day. To families and friends, both events are of great significance and emotion... one of joy and the other of grief. But then there are famous people who die and their passing is felt world-wide. Recently the world lost two of it's great artists, each as different as could ever be.

Richard Wright, founding member and keyboard player from Pink Floyd recently passed away from cancer. His music was the sound of a generation and he was a part of one of the most influential groups of all time. In a hundred years people will still listen to Pink Floyd and marvel at the genius of Richard Wright, Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters.

At the other end of the scale we also lost comedian, philosopher and irreverent social commentator George Carlin. George was funny but he also had a take on life and religion which appeals to many in it's simplicity and logic. It works for me.

Both will be very much missed.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

A Short Take on the Financial Crisis

In a nutshell.... here's what's happened.... according to Brian Yap (yeweni).

1. A person in the great depression decided the government should lend money to those who the banks would not.
2. A person many years later decided to sell these loans to the banks.
3. A banker many years later decided to guarantee these loans.
4. Many people many years later discovered that there was a reason why it was the government making these loans and why the banks would not.