December 2006

“Water is a very malleable substance. Its physical shape easily adapts to whatever environment is present. But its physical appearance is not the only thing that changes, the molecular shape also changes. The energy or vibrations of the environment will change the molecular shape of water. In this sense water not only has the ability to visually reflect the environment but it also molecularly reflects the environment.

Mr. Emoto has been visually documenting these molecular changes in water by means of his photographic techniques. He freezes droplets of water and then examines them under a dark field microscope that has photographic capabilities. His work clearly demonstrates the diversity of the molecular structure of water and the effect of the environment upon the structure of the water.”

http://www.life-enthusiast.com

I have a friend who is obsessed with the number 23. I like to call it the Viginti Tres enigma, mostly because it gets me more hits in google searches when people try to understand the lyrics to the song of the same name by Tool.

Turns out, Jim Carrey is also obsessed with the number, and even has a movie coming out - yup, you guessed it, February 23rd, 2007, or 23/2/07, which is a 322, one of my obsessions.

The psychological thriller “The Number 23″ stars Jim Carrey as a man whose life unravels after he comes into contact with an obscure book titled The Number 23. As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is based on his own life. His obsession with the number 23 starts to consume him, and he begins to realize the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have ever imagined.

http://www.number23movie.com/

RELATED (Hilarious):

23 Conspiracy, Part 1

23 Conspiracy, Par2

I’ve measured it, buffed it, hammered it and put epoxy on it. It’s rock hard and everyone uses it - it’s cement. All that cement knowledge has finally paid off. I’ve spent many summers surveying concrete foundations, and now I’m a cement economist. Nice coincidence. I’m learning tons of stuff about the North American cement and ready-mix concrete industry, and while your average person doesn’t find it interesting, I think it’s awesome.

To show you how much I know, I commented on the Portland Cement Association’s recent opinion poll on a study done by some dudes who conclude the pyramids of Egypt were not built out of limestone, but a pourable concrete-like limestone slurry.

From the PCA:

Egyptians Lacked Concrete Know-How
A Drexel University study concludes that the Great Pyramids of Egypt are made of cast concrete blocks rather than cut limestone. What do you think?
Responses (percent)

“They would have had to use steel forms to get the joints between the blocks as tight as they are. Where are the forms?”

Yeah. That last comment ‘of note’ was mine.

Grandinite: Like cement, only way smarter.

lolz

Basic economics: when real estate doesn’t look so hot, put yer cash in equities.

There’s a nice little housing slowdown happening in the US, and the speculators have exited the market. They’re probably throwing that cash into the stock market, driving it to all-time highs.

Meanwhile, those at the top are selling like mad, waiting for the next bubble to burst.

Then, just repurchase the shares back at a lower price.

Dang, it’s almost too simple.

http://www.bloomberg.com

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — Stock sales by America’s corporate chieftains exceeded purchases last month by the widest margin since 1987, suggesting they don’t share the confidence of investors who sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a six-year high.

Executives including Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates, Google Inc.’s Eric Schmidt and Kohl’s Corp.’s William Kellogg in aggregate sold $63.18 of shares for every $1 they bought in November, an analysis by Bloomberg of data from the Washington Service showed. That’s the highest since at least January 1987.

“They’re pretty savvy market guys,” said Wayne Wilbanks, who oversees about $1.2 billion as chief investment officer at Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management LLC in Norfolk, Virginia. “They see things are slowing down, and they’re like, `Man, I’m taking some money off the table.”

George Bush Sr., for his stealth use of Refresh Tears in a speech.

This caught my eye.

http://www.nypost.com

December 7, 2006 — America’s corporate chiefs are unloading their own stocks at one of the boldest paces in 20 years.

In cases of the very rich, such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Google’s top brass, the executives are selling a whopping $63 for each $1 of stock they bought, says a report by Bloomberg.