Comments on: Connecting things up . . . http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/ The strange world of finance as seen by someone who doesn't have them Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: rhbee http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-221 rhbee Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:29:52 +0000 http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-221 LA sprawls out in front of you like some vast field of lights, spreads from the Pacific all the way east to San Berdoo, North past the San Fernando Valley and South to the OC. Once when we were driving through on the way to Santa Barbara, my son observed that sometimes spread out like that it made you just want to step on it. But on a clear day, and we have quite a few of them now that the fires are over for the year and the enviromnental standards have limited our smog alert days down to almost zero, it is so great to realize that in just a few minutes of driving time you can see that deep blue ocean in one direction and the snow-capped mountains in the other. Actually though, LA can be seen in one sense to be a series of little seaside towns backed by an urban city that stretches itself flat rather then up. But then just as you think that, you remember downtown and its skyscrapers that defy the earthquake gods. Listen to Randy Newman's "We Love LA" and you'll realize how most of us who live here feel about it. Be ready to see every nationality, every cultural possibilty, every level of artistic expression, and every opportunity you can imagine. That's LA. LA sprawls out in front of you like some vast field of lights, spreads from the Pacific all the way east to San Berdoo, North past the San Fernando Valley and South to the OC. Once when we were driving through on the way to Santa Barbara, my son observed that sometimes spread out like that it made you just want to step on it. But on a clear day, and we have quite a few of them now that the fires are over for the year and the enviromnental standards have limited our smog alert days down to almost zero, it is so great to realize that in just a few minutes of driving time you can see that deep blue ocean in one direction and the snow-capped mountains in the other.

Actually though, LA can be seen in one sense to be a series of little seaside towns backed by an urban city that stretches itself flat rather then up. But then just as you think that, you remember downtown and its skyscrapers that defy the earthquake gods. Listen to Randy Newman’s “We Love LA” and you’ll realize how most of us who live here feel about it. Be ready to see every nationality, every cultural possibilty, every level of artistic expression, and every opportunity you can imagine. That’s LA.

]]> By: Minimum Wage http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-217 Minimum Wage Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:49:13 +0000 http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-217 I have a friend who does IT work for a large religious organization. He usually works (intensively) about three days a week and commutes three hours to Chicago. (They host him while he's there, so he makes only one round trip per week.) Occasionally they fly him out to LA for longer stretches. He tells me he finds LA very depressing. I've never been there so I have no clue. How would you describe LA? Sorry to hear about the SoCal water. That's definitely a bummer. Water is one of those things Americans take for granted until it's scarce or has problems (taste, contaminants, etc). I have a friend who does IT work for a large religious organization. He usually works (intensively) about three days a week and commutes three hours to Chicago. (They host him while he’s there, so he makes only one round trip per week.)

Occasionally they fly him out to LA for longer stretches. He tells me he finds LA very depressing. I’ve never been there so I have no clue.

How would you describe LA?

Sorry to hear about the SoCal water. That’s definitely a bummer. Water is one of those things Americans take for granted until it’s scarce or has problems (taste, contaminants, etc).

]]> By: rhbee http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-209 rhbee Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:32:14 +0000 http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-209 We here in SoCal have no water supply (except the occasional rain storm) of our own. It's mostly shipped in from the Colorado River and by the time we get it it tastes slightly sour and smells like a toilet bowl. So unless it's boiled or filtered, aint no way you want to just drink it. We here in SoCal have no water supply (except the occasional rain storm) of our own. It’s mostly shipped in from the Colorado River and by the time we get it it tastes slightly sour and smells like a toilet bowl. So unless it’s boiled or filtered, aint no way you want to just drink it.

]]> By: Minimum Wage http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-204 Minimum Wage Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:16:19 +0000 http://financeisfun.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/connecting-things-up/#comment-204 Buy a reusable water bottle and use tap water. Buy a reusable water bottle and use tap water.

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