The Championship Club

I ran into the homeless guy who bought the Book of the Future from me.

Turns out he hasn't burned all the old pencil shavings and wanted to trade them for a rainproof tent-in-a-parka-in-a-heated-grocery-cart.

Thus, because I still have the pencil sharpener, I can combine the old with the new to accurately see the future again!

Glory be!  Hallelujah!  The South shall rise again!

Oops, sorry.  Wrong song.  That's what I get for believing Daniel Day-Lewis is the perfect Lincoln.  He's a better dentist portrayer.

Some say Hendrick is ruining the sport of racing by dominating for so long.  I still wonder about his so-called cancer recovery, conveniently letting him off the hook for financial obligations.  Can't have everything, I guess.  I love NASCAR but it continues to be an insider's semi-regional sport.  Support your local track.

Back to the main storyline.

Now that we accept the fact that the public dole is no longer the status quo, will we begin to eliminate other entitlements obligations, doing away with social support networks altogether?

In other words, if you can't make your own mini-empire the hard way, you don't get to suck off the pig of a public teet, no matter how hard your luck or case may be.

It's an interesting experiment we're conducting, forcing people to do away with creature comforts at the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder in order to focus on their future through making wise investments instead of buying quasi-luxury goods.

That is, if people want to climb the ladder.

Otherwise, it's a simple task to keep them fat, dumb and happy amassing stuff that depreciates and deteriorates quickly, increasing the wealth of those building and selling the cheap goods to the socially unmotivated masses.

Life is what it is.  I'm not here to change it.

Observe and report.

Meanwhile, ensure that my wife and I are increasing our holdings while satisfying the cheapest of our desires in the moment (i.e., a practical form of delayed gratification).  Also, while on holiday, buying more than one of items we like so we can share them with others in the future.

Like the old saying goes, "Jesus saves.  Moses invests."  It's never too late to have the best of both worlds.