tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post6182316811311551135..comments2023-03-29T10:32:29.473-04:00Comments on Pink Salmon: The GiftWill Watmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567091788078786459noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post-79544895135964454552010-12-10T15:13:14.908-05:002010-12-10T15:13:14.908-05:00As for myself, not if, but when I end my career as...As for myself, not if, but when I end my career as a full-time Scrabble player I intend to travel to several international locations with my wife and son (for no less than 2 months) before I shuffle off this mortal coil. The memories we make together will be my gift to not only them but myself as well.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07592833165960314298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post-32224260691255710702010-12-10T01:12:51.596-05:002010-12-10T01:12:51.596-05:00Will--
I know this tangential to the point you...Will--<br /><br />I know this tangential to the point you're <br />making, but there are some economists (Robert Prechter)<br />who have made very compelling arguments for <br />deflation in the near future. Have you heard <br />them? <br /><br />AdamAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999214335097590745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post-53968515569545773932010-12-09T18:16:49.681-05:002010-12-09T18:16:49.681-05:00Will - I hate to burst your bubble but I find quit...Will - I hate to burst your bubble but I find quite a bit of hypocrisy in your gift. For one who touts "community" you sure are looking to find a place well away from the community. Yeah, let's create our own little ivory tower just for the experience of doing "something" together, as a team, group, friends, whatever. There seems to be all kinds of community involvement with young parents and their children today. I've seen it in different geographical areas of the country. Today and the day before the daughter of the family next door called (out of the blue) from her apt. in town to ask if we could give her a ride to/from work (it takes a village). She called because growing up she felt she was part of a whole community; a community that felt like family to her. My daughter has a myriad of friends that band together with their children to do all kinds of experiential things together without having to find a secluded track of 20 acres in order to gain a "community" experience and learn about trust and friendship. And it is done interactively in the community, not just among themselves. I have some great financial planning ideas if you want to leave your grandkids with some financial security ... give me a call. They could use it by the time they grow up.<br />In the meantime take the blinders off and look around you. Community is what you make of it. To really learn about community is to work in the community you live in presently and work with all different kinds of people ... not the kind who either can afford to do what you want to do or the ones that you pick and choose to be part of "your" community.K. Segalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post-78074756816530095192010-12-09T18:13:29.109-05:002010-12-09T18:13:29.109-05:00An interesting idea.
First, I'd like to sugg...An interesting idea. <br /><br />First, I'd like to suggest that anyone who doesn't get the point about tuition above look quickly at this: http://www.finaid.org/savings/tuition-inflation.phtml The charts are stunning (not like Jane Birkin is stunning, like a stun gun is stunning), and the idea that tuition increases at twice the rate of inflation makes saving to pay for it seem like a losing proposition. It's a bad way to funnel money, and it's really very clear that the kid would be better off with 400,000 dollars than a 400,000 dollar education. <br /><br />I think that if this is an idea that is to be pursued, it must be framed and shaped not in regards to what it isn't (it isn't a commune, it isn't a group grope) but in regards to what it actually is. What's a camp? What does that mean? What's it for? What do people do there? Let's talk function, goals, outcomes, and shape.Max Watmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101245696875393492noreply@blogger.com