Here we go

I work in interior design. For a textile company that sells high-end decorative fabrics only to interior designers. Over the last 15 years the size of the industry has remained relatively flat. $1 Billion in fabric sales to designers. But the size of the luxury market has grown. So interior design is losing market share of the American consumer's wallet. Stores like Pier 1, Crate & Barrel, West Elm, etc. They all allow some level of customization. Choosing the fabric or choose a look for a room. That is what has eaten away at the market share of interior design. And the ASID (and other organizations) have not fought back.

It is in the long term best interest of my company to acknowledge and plan for this transition.

This blows my mind.

Bongs and Water

Are bigger bongs better because of the higher volume of water. Perhaps the more water the cleaner the smoke. Worth considering further.

A Whole New Game

It would be an interesting game if you could do the following:
Set up timing computer to:
Establish length of game
Establish number of "round" (or equivalent) during that time period
the timing of the rounds would be random. and the duration of each round (given a LOT of time) would be such that people would relax again between rounds. Thus it would test reaction-to-readiness as another factor of skill. It could be applied to anything from board games to team sports.

It might be difficult to keep the audience engaged though. But it's worth further consideration.

Interior Design

In its highest form Interior Design at its best is installation art in which people live.

America on Sale

"Anheuser-Busch Takes InBev Offer." Urgh. Difficult to even type that. I sat down with a highly successful money/headge-fund manager today. His perspective was that the US economy has a fundamental problem--the savings rate (-20%...so people spend 120% of what they earn).

And the savings rate comes from the attitude towards consumption in the US. Consumerism is the most popular past-time in America. And if nobody is saving eventually things will end up hitting a wall. The current global macro-environment is accelerating the pace of the American economy hitting a wall. In his words, "It's invigorating. It's the end of an empire."

I suppose to be a fantastic macro investor (where you bet on countries and economies) you have to be a "world investor." Some people have to know the health care market works, but a true macro-investor has to basically be able to have a mental understanding of how the world works. Odd...as understanding how the world works is basically the mission of many eastern religions.

Weed

I smoke too much weed. There are subtle effects like I stay up a bit later and get to work later. I'm not quite as intense...which is detrimental because i'm not intense that often. if i don't have weed around it's not a problem. i just can't have it around and not avail myself of the nightly toke.