Nothing like stating the obvious. There is no faster, easier fix for America’s energy crisis than to simply begin living within rational limits via The Harsh Realities of Energy SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

I’m trying to post something original at least once each day. A picture is worth a thousand words. This one is from earlier this year in Kuwait on the beach at the Hilton.

Our house is somewhere down there in Fintas, Kuwait. Click on the image for a larger version.

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next [...]

Stay tuned for the reason for this statement by Sumati.

Starbucks is continuing to close stores. Will they recover. I think so, only because they already own the best locations. Location is everything. I saw last week even in Kuwait that Starbucks is closing some stores in Kuwait. The one in Salmiya by the International Clinic is closed down.

I found these sites via The Strobist. Kiva and here’s a documentory. Wikipedia says: Kiva allows microfinance institutions around the world, called “Field Partners”, to post profiles of qualified local entrepreneurs on its website. Lenders browse and choose an entrepreneur they wish to fund. Kiva aggregates loan capital from individual lenders and transfers it to [...]

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo. Best to view at full screen. Via John Nack at Adobe

I’ve always liked this Rumsfeld quote. As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don’t know We don’t know. [...]