Thursday, December 22, 2011

Euro Bells

Euro Bells (by aLV)

Dashing through the debt
In one bearish open sleigh
O'er the contracts we go
Crying all the way
Debt on derivatives ring
Making leverage bright
What fun it is to default and sing
A bearish song tonight

Oh, euro bellls, euro bells
Euro all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In one bearish open sleigh
Euro bells, Euro bells
Euro all the way
Oh, what fun it is to default and sing
In one bearish open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Timmy Geithner
Was seated by my side
The bull was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a defaulted bank
And then we got bailed out

Oh, euro bellls, euro bells
Euro all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In one bearish open sleigh
Euro bells, Euro bells
Euro all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In one bearish open sleigh

Oh, euro bellls, euro bells
Euro all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In one bearish open sleigh
Euro bells, Euro bells
Euro all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In one bearish open sleigh

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Reading List 2011

Dec 18, 2011

Here's another list of books I found very interesting to peruse
through this past year. The list is weighted towards Dogs,
Astrophysics, and Financial Economics. A great many subjects
have piqued my interest over the years, and as I read, I realize
that my level of ignorance about most things reach abysmal levels….


--- DOGS ---

Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn and How Best to Teach Them
Pamela J. Reid

Dog Insight
Pamela Reid

Dogs
Ray Coppinger

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
Alexandra Horowitz

Der Schutzhund (The Protection Dog)
Helmut Raiser

The Dogs of War: The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs
Lisa Rogak

Schutzhund: Theory and Training Methods (Howell reference books)
Susan Barwig, Stewart Hilliard

Advanced Schutzhund (Howell reference books)
Ivan Balabanov, Karen Duet

Schutzhund Protection Training
Gary Patterson, Linda Jackson

Schutzhund "Top Working Dogs", Training Manual
Dietmar Schellenberg

Decoys and Aggression
Stephen Mackenzie

Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats
Kymythy Schultze

51 Puppy Tricks: Step-by-Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Puppy
Kyra Sundance, Jadie

Dr. Pitcairn's New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats
Richard H. Pitcairn, Susan Hubble Pitcairn

Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs: The Definitive Guide to Homemade Meals
Lew Olson


--- ASTROPHYSICS ---

How Old Is the Universe?
David A. Weintraub

The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Houjun Mo, Frank van den Bosch and Simon White

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction
P. Schneider

Astrophysics is Easy!: An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
Mike Inglis

Astrophysics in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (Princeton))
Dan Maoz

The Early Universe: Facts and Fiction (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)
G. Börner

An Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics
Francis LeBlanc

Foundations of Astrophysics
Barbara Ryden and Bradley M. Peterson

Galactic Dynamics: (Second Edition) (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)
James Binney and Scott Tremaine

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Brian Greene

The Black Hole War
Leonard Susskind

The Cosmic Landscape
Leonard Susskind

An Introduction to Modern Cosmology
Andrew R. Liddle

Astrophysical Concepts (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)
Martin Harwit

Quantum Mechanics and Integrals
Feynman and Hibbs

Quantum Physics
Glimm and Jaffe

Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom


FiNANCE/ECONOMICS

The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy
Warren Mosler

Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods (Cairoli Lectures)
Barry Eichengreen

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Liaquat Ahamed

Understanding Modern Money:The Key to Full Employment and Price Stability
L. Randall Wray

Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
Nicholas Wapshott


Free Money: Plan for Prosperity
Rodger Malcolm Mitchell

The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japans Great Recession
Richard C. Koo

Stabilizing an Unstable Economy
Hyman Minsky

Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession
Frederick Sheehan


--- OTHER SUBJECTS ---

The Elements of Style: The Original Edition
Jr. William Strunk

Walden
Henry David Thoreau

Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Expanded Second Edition

Napalm & Silly Putty

Why American History Is Not What They Say

Voices of a People's History of the United States

About Behaviorism
B.F. Skinner

Escape from Freedom
Erich Fromm

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Edward Osborne Wilson

What Makes You Not a Buddhist
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
Chogyam Trungpa

Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel, Daisetz T. Suzuki