tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post1726227822474956107..comments2024-02-26T05:51:17.859-05:00Comments on Economic Disconnect: Friday; It's What's for DinnerEconomicDisconnecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-37757314382450907532013-03-10T20:51:51.503-04:002013-03-10T20:51:51.503-04:00Nice mealNice mealQUALITY STOCKS UNDER 5 DOLLARShttp://www.zipleaf.us/Companies/The-Manhattan-Calumet-Value-Stock-Hotlinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-70107257702743215052012-01-29T19:58:55.009-05:002012-01-29T19:58:55.009-05:00Well, it's a little thick but worth a read, if...Well, it's a little thick but worth a read, if you're into that sort of thing. Migatory habits and their cultural influences, I mean.<br /><br />Most people on this side of the pond don't really understand the UK. You'd have to be an Anglophile and a Medievalst like me. There's Britain, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. When peoples from those different areas immigrated to the US, they formed different cultural communities. Same with the French, the Germans, the Italians, the Russians, the Poles, etc.<br /><br />By the way, and this is an interesting historical fact. Do you know who the first slaves imported to America were? They were the Irish. Yep, early 1600s.<br /><br />Imagine that. The first slaves in America were white.GawainsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719480047404817864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-8882127567747187192012-01-29T17:34:09.720-05:002012-01-29T17:34:09.720-05:00May need to check that book out Gawains, thanks.May need to check that book out Gawains, thanks.EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-55671429345387347882012-01-29T15:24:45.797-05:002012-01-29T15:24:45.797-05:00David, there's an interesting book titled Albi...David, there's an interesting book titled Albion's Seed. It's about how peoples from different parts of England migrated to different parts of the US. This is why northeasterners are distinct from southerners and midwesterners. They come from different parts of Britain.<br /><br />It's a fascinating subject, on which there are several books. The British, the French, the Italians, the Germans, the Polish, what have you, they all immigrated and relocated in areas of the country that most resembled their homelands.<br /><br />It's the same in Texas, which really is basically five states--north, south, east, west, and central. Each has its own unique ethnic makeup. The north is mostly Anglo, from the northeast. The south, while largely Hispanic, was actually developed by midwesterners, mostly Scots-Irish in the early 1900s. That's why the towns have names like Edinburg and McAllen. The east has a large French influence. Galveston, for example, is a sister city of New Orleans and holds its own version of Mardi Gras every year. The west is mostly unpopulated, with large swaths of desert, but with a predominately Mexican influence. The central is mostly German and some Polish.<br /><br />It's funny, but I took a linguistics course in college. People in some parts of the state pronounce Houston as "Hew-ston." In other parts of the state, people pronounce it as "Hoos-ston."<br /><br />Go figure. Different peoples, different pronunciations. What I've noticed in my travels, is that no matter where you go, if you ask someone, anyone, where they're from, they will tell you the city. If you ask someone, anyone, from Texas where they're from, they will tell you the state.<br /><br />We're a little weird about that.GawainsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719480047404817864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-92120355241241599942012-01-28T22:36:54.093-05:002012-01-28T22:36:54.093-05:00Love that migration map! Right down my alley, in f...Love that migration map! Right down my alley, in fact. I've always found genetic revelations like this so fascinating.<br /><br />And i09 rocks! Yet something else we have in common. :)David Batistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447011239238933425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-51894689971421965802012-01-28T21:49:21.837-05:002012-01-28T21:49:21.837-05:00Good summary of the week. What seemed most amazin...Good summary of the week. What seemed most amazing was not just Apple's blowout quarter, but that they now have US$97.6 billion on thie books!alternative investmenthttp://www.greenworldbvi.com/alternative-investments-options/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-20270458931026753022012-01-28T07:51:06.987-05:002012-01-28T07:51:06.987-05:00Well, back in the day, late 60s, early 70s, this a...Well, back in the day, late 60s, early 70s, this area was a quiet hippie hideaway. I'm not talking about communists. These guys were radicals.<br /><br />It was my friend Sean's older brother, Clayton. He turned me on to Black Sabbath, and he took us to see Steppenwolf.<br /><br />This guy was really cool. Long hair, tattered jeans, tie-dyed t-shirts, underground music, he was the prototypical hippie. But he was an American, a lover of freedom, through and through. I learned a lot from him.GawainsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719480047404817864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-6717679823419783782012-01-27T21:19:00.044-05:002012-01-27T21:19:00.044-05:00Eve, agree genes dont lie! Thanks for stopping in....Eve, agree genes dont lie! Thanks for stopping in.<br /><br />Gawains, you write so well, love to see your comments.EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-64465176261476612462012-01-27T21:03:14.424-05:002012-01-27T21:03:14.424-05:00You know, there used to be this little theater dow...You know, there used to be this little theater down here, called the Last Picture Show. Steppenwolf played there. I was, what, maybe 13 when I saw them play.<br /><br />Nice touch on the Nazareth. That was the album in the 70s. You had to live through that decade to really get it, but that was the album. We used to go this club in Reynosa named Eddies, because they served alcohol and stayed open till 4:00 AM. Whenever they played Nazareth, it filled the dance floor.<br /><br />Then we would all go to Armando's for giant tacos. But that restaurant burned down years ago.<br /><br />The memories of childhood, they really make you think.GawainsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719480047404817864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-79757829183926953082012-01-27T20:56:11.917-05:002012-01-27T20:56:11.917-05:00Spot on observations here and an action packed ent...Spot on observations here and an action packed entertainment to boot. Thx for heads up on this post. Agree with the migration map, since reading recently that some Native Americans share a disproportionately large pool of genes with modern Greeks. -EveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-18439559329770390392012-01-27T20:37:40.507-05:002012-01-27T20:37:40.507-05:00Agree 10000% Alex.Agree 10000% Alex.EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-42665329704222484792012-01-27T20:36:24.527-05:002012-01-27T20:36:24.527-05:00Thunder Kiss 65! Damn cool song.
And the best part...Thunder Kiss 65! Damn cool song.<br />And the best part of the Heart video? One word - Nancy.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com