Because of unprecedented interest in the daily thoughts, confusions, and erroneous conclusions reached by the Curmudgeonly Professor, here is a sampling of the ruminations for the day:
- The Powell Tribune (WY), my home town, reports a bar brawl caused by a Maryland man. What is a Maryland man doing in a Powell WY bar? The Curmudgeonly Professor thinks he might have been comfy hanging out at the Long Branch with Marshall Dillon, Doc, Miss Kitty, and Festus, jawing and drinking 7Up. Only problem, 90% of all evil activity in Western oaters (movies to the uninitiated) took place in saloons and they were always scraping corpses up off the floor. Fortunately, in the movies and on TV, none of them were really dead, they were just pretend dead, so they all got up laughing and hee-hawing after the final camera shoot and went up to the bar to have a drink and slap each other on the back.
- Watching the 25th Anniversary Les Mis concert on public TV. Incredible.
- Olympics over. Suffering withdrawal pangs. Must now go back to BBC series and maybe watch Downton Abbey over again. Have Rosemary and Thyme series newly acquired to watch.
- Blessed relief to have politics diluted for a couple of weeks. Now the messages of brotherly love and constructive plans to resurrect our tired economy and our slumbering Congress surfacing again.
- As an economist, I tend to judge politicians by whether their economic proposals would pass the first two weeks' lectures and study material of Econ 110. Many politicians bask in discredited political dogma, not economics, from decades ago, not knowing the difference between said political dogma and sound economic thinking.
- Many people were coming in the EXIT door at WalMart last time we were there, just as we were attempting to exit ourselves through the crowd who cannot read signs.
- Air quality in Salt Lake Valley is sad, sad, sad. Hardly dare go outside.
- Looked for some flowers to photograph the other day. Came up with nothing.
- Should I buy an iPad along with my Kindle? Or not?
- Many people were exiting through the ENTRANCE door at WalMart the last time we were there. Why doesn't WalMart just wise up and do like Costco does to make sure folks can only enter and exit properly and mannerly fashion irregardless (sic) instead of randomly and haphazardly and rudely? I like to use the bad word irregardless to see how many people think I am stupid and kindly correct my grammar. Irregardless, it's fun to try using it anyways (sic).
- My sons keep running into people who, when they note that my sons are named Blood, ask them if they are related to Professor Blood, from whom they took economics? I cringe every time this report meets my ears, since a few of my former students still have vitriol and bilious memories of how much I did them in for not knowing a blasted thing about economics, but thinking they deserved a higher grade, irregardless.
- Have a nice day. Remember, marginal costs must equal marginal revenues to maximize profits.
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