gingrich and myself

I like his merchandising of ideas, sometimes.  Realize also that we share a common trait - not being able to shut the mouth. Whatever idea comes, if it seems interesting,  spill it out.  Gives a look of high inconsistency and was accused of being everything, from right to left, from high to low...Just trying to be entertaining. Mostly entertaining myself....

No bananas, giving thanks.

I buy banans from this stand. The guy who sells is of dark skin, from India or from the islands. Not sure if he owns the stand. Sells everyday of the week. At all hours. Went to buy bananas today, Thanksgiving day. For my mother.  He was not there. Spending the day with the family. A good holiday. Whatever his other gods and altars, this immigrant peddler understood the spirit of this American day.

99%

I was about fourteen and good at math. My mother, a psychologist, was using me to do all the stats for for her research papers as statistics had penetrated the social sciences.  Since then the doctoral hierarchy in humanities has shifted towards those good at numbers. Statistics provide these arts a scientific gloss. And penetrated the popular culture. Now most people describe social and human  situations and conditions in terms of percentages or other simplified statistical terms. The deeper understanding gets lost. Due to misunderstanding or manipulation, even the simpler explanations associated with the statistics are more often wrong. Less than 50% right!   SEMIDOCTS