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Monthly Archives: February 2009
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: The Second Maxim
The second maxim in Baltasar Gracian’s book, The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a frustratingly short one. ii Character and Intellect: the two poles of our capacity; one without the other is but halfway to happiness. Intellect sufficeth not, character is also needed. On the other hand, it is the fool’s misfortune, to fail in [...]
Sean's 18th Tip for Saving the Economy
Tip #18 Home maintenance.Β I know that with the whole real estate bubble popping, the idea of putting money in your home isn’t all that thrilling.Β In one way it may feel like you are throwing good money after bad, but the truth of the economy is it will recover.Β Prices for the material to [...]
Valloween
Originally Published in Ariadne’s Thread 1999 Love inspires grand feats in art,Β music, and valiant action. The Great Trojan War, according to Homer, was fought for the love of Helen. St. Valentine’s Day is the day on which we celebrate and honor love. St. Valentine served a prison term in Rome for being Christian. While [...]
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: The First Maxim
Since this blog takes its name and tagline from the works of Baltasar Gracian, I thought I could also utilize this space as sort of a virtual discussion and meditation on his work, The Art of Worldly Wisdom.Β I do prefer the direct translation of the title, though: A Manual of the Art of Discretion. [...]
The Geek Index
I’ve spent some time looking at the economy and determined that while I know very little about the auto industry, the financial industry, and pretty much all of business world as a whole, but I have a pretty good sense of Geekdom.Β I’ve taken this keen insight and started building what I called a Geek [...]
Sean's Tips for Saving the Economy
Tip #37 Buy local.Β Money spent at a local business that also buys local products has a higher multiplier effect.Β Β When we are in an economic downturn and are told that we need to spend more money to help the economy but the money is tight or we are losing jobs at a frightening rate, [...]
