I Do Dis Cuz I Can

1. Last week or so I was told about an article in the Oklahoma Gazette about the biggest users of water in Oklahoma City.  There were acknowledgements both for Commercial and Residential consumption.  I have not seen the results but here are a few observations:    1)  the people telling me thought the residential consumption was impressively high.  2)  The commercial user was government.  3)  The picture of the car in this article says "I Do Dis Cuz I Can" which is of course their right to do and for me seems silly but appropriate for this post.  4)  I am much better at judging others behavior than my own ;) 5)  Is whoever has the biggest pipe, the strongest pump, gets there first, best lawyers etc. the "I Do Dis Cuz I Can" mentality the way we want to do Water?  

Death by Spoon?

It doesn't come to me the context of our conversation at the time so be gentle with me on this one.  While talking to my 10 year old (double digit) friend recently the question came up "If you knew you were going to die would you rather die from a spoon or a sharp knife?"  This question has now been repeated to several boys of a similar age to which each responded much the same--A SPOON.

How Would You Vote?

Today, it was announced that the Greek Prime Minister (not going to try and spell Pop and Drayo) is going to put the Euro Zone bailout plan to the vote of the people. The European Union came up with a plan to bail Greeks out from their significant debt and make it possible for them to repay.

In a separate conversation, it was also mentioned that when you look at total debt for the United States, including Social Security, Medicare,  consumer debt, corporate debt, and government debt, our ratio is eight to one. That'd be eight times more debt than we have in income.  According to the commentator, that is worse than Greece. 

So, my question is. How would you vote if some kind of an austerity

Rock and a Hard Place

About two weeks ago my 14 year old Little Brother (LB) needed money for a school trip.  We sat and talked for awhile about the situation and why there was no money available at his house to pay for something like this.   His grandmother and her boyfriend have never worked in the 3 years I have known them.  The money in the home comes from State and Federal support mainly for the two grandchildren.  I told my LB that our relationship is not going to be about money and that if he needed the money for the trip i would give it to him under the promise that he would earn enough to pay me back by Halloween.  My goal is to encourage him to work for his money and make good on a promise. 

GCI (grandchildren conscious investing)

Today on a phone call with a thoughtful couple from Utah, the topic of SRI (socially responsible investing) was mentioned.  Since they used to live in Oklahoma we usually do a weather check and I told him I was going to have a hard time sympathizing with his getting ready for the snow remarks after the summer we had here. 

Come to find out Utah is one of the driest states in the USA and relies totally upon snowfall melt and capture for water.  Good snowfall equals good  recreation in the winter and farming in the summer.  I asked what the drought plan is for Utah and he said "prayer if you are a religious person and hope if you are not."