Resolution 2010

For 2010, only one Bill-resolution... improve my meditation quality and quantity.


Three Big Stories
Three big stories this year for my money:

1. Rebound of the stock market and economy
2. Passing of the crappy health care bill... could be the worst piece of legislation in my adult lifetime
   
3. With the ClimateGate emails and guys like Bjorn Lomborg, we saw the first significant (I fucking hope) chinks in the global warming armor that been allowed to see the light of day by the main-stream media
   

We shall see what 2010 holds for all 3 of these stories.

Here's another global warming article... we don't know what fraction of man-made CO2 goes into the atmosphere. This guy suggests this ratio/fraction has remained stable.

No Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years, New Research Finds

Desiderata
I got this poem or tome or whatever called "Desiderata" in a Christmas card this year (from Aunt Phyllis). I like it. Preachy and blah blah, but it's worth a read. Here's an online version:

Desiderata

My fave QOTD from that is...

QOTD

"Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass."
- from Desiderata

Happy New Year!
yow, bill

PS - Marisa all 40-something crinkly and hot hot hot: