Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

Random Thoughts – 37

Random Thoughts – 37

1. In trading, prices go up. And prices go down. They go down faster than they go up though, it seems.

2. Here is a great example of bad customer service.

3. Days like today in West Texas make me want to move to San Diego. Or, Key West, maybe.

4. On being creative.

5. “Always question why this particular event has happened, what the motives of the various actors are, who really is in control, who benefits by this action. Often, it will revolve around money and power—that is what people are usually fighting over, despite the surface gloss they give to it.”

-Robert Greene, The 50th Law (Amazon)

Random Thoughts – 36

Random Thoughts – 36

1. There are few cases in writing where the word “that” should be used. I try to avoid it when I can, but I am not always good about that.

2. The plates for chicken, and the plates for shrimp, at Pappadeaux should be larger. Just saying.

3. I do not think the economist’s role in public policy should be all that special.

4. How can driving home after a 4 day weekend be so depressing?

5. “I no longer believe love works like a fairy tale but like farming. Most of it is just getting up early and tilling the soil and then praying for rain. But if we do the work, we just might wake up one day to find an endless field of crops rolling into the horizon. In my opinion, that’s even better than a miracle. I’d rather earn the money than win the lottery because there’s no joy in a reward unless it comes at the end of a story.”

–Donald Miller, Scary Close (Amazon)

Sterling Terrell