Fade to ... Dark Green
March 29, 2006
12:42 p.m., MT

Not fading to black because it ain't permanent yet. But I have recently become aware that my stress has crept up over the course of this month to levels where it's affecting my physical health. I have to get a handle on this, now.

A new acquaintance reminded me that living free involves finding and maintaining some balance. One must keep up with what the Agents of Death are doing, in order to dance away from their outstretched fingers. But too much is toxic (which I already knew). So, while it's morbidly entertaining to read such awful information as:

Off to my left I see figures furtively sneaking around, and it is the action in the Treasury Department. These guys have borrowed, in the first 24 days of March alone, almost $100 billion dollars! In three weeks! My eyes have a glassy look in them, and I am gurgling incoherently as my puny little Mogambo brain (PLMB) refuses to accept the fact that the government is borrowing money at a rate that equals, on an annual basis, 10% of GDP! Gaahhh!

All of this ties in with Ben Bernanke, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, the evil place from which too much money (TMM) is magically created, which pushes prices up, which destroys economies and countries, which is the Iron-Clad Lesson Of History (ICLOH).

it's also stressful. And I've overdosed on it of late, as this place attests. [That excerpt is from My Reason to Live Long and Prosper, published at Kitco.] Add to that my own personal stresses, which I've publicly shared rather overmuch of late, and ... well, you get the picture. I am in desperate need of some balance.

I've found a couple of things that look promising for attaining those goals of stress reduction and balance. I'm going to be devoting more time to them over the next several days. Concurrently, I'm choosing to disengage from here for a while, so that I can focus on those efforts, as well as returning with a better perspective.

I'm aiming for a return date of Monday.

And now, I'm off to remove the hardtop from my convertible, so that I can experience a first: driving one with the top down. Hope the sun lasts long enough to accomplish that!

Sunni

Comments: 6 people have contributed to the conversation

On Wednesday, March 29th, at approximately 1:31 p.m. Mountain time, Kirsten said:

Have fun!

On Wednesday, March 29th, at approximately 3:34 p.m. Mountain time, B.W. said:

Don't let the bastards get you down. Have fun, and don't click on anything that looks like a news story! Better yet, unplug this machine!!!

(I'm good at giving advice ... if I unplugged MY machine, I'd be blithering by nightfall.)

On Thursday, March 30th, at approximately 6:52 a.m. Mountain time, Michael said:

While you've got that top off go Root Beer stand hunting. Or just hunt for that little hidden wonder you haven't seen before, gas prices be damned! Delightful discovery is good for the soul!

On Thursday, March 30th, at approximately 7:58 a.m. Mountain time, Jorge said:

Have a great time!

On Thursday, March 30th, at approximately 1:57 p.m. Mountain time, Kristopher said:

Buy gold.

Laugh at the fuckers when it all crashes down around their ears.

Revenge is the second best stress releiver.

On Sunday, April 2nd, at approximately 9:24 a.m. Mountain time, Wolf DeVoon said:

Buy gold with what? -- and how do you suppose life will be any easier when it all comes crashing down?

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