When Obscene Wealth Becomes You…

In a scene in an elevator, divorce lawyer Miles Masser (Clooney) encounters his one-time divorce victim, Marilyn Rexroth-Doyle (Zeta Jones) in the elevator. She has just divorced her oil billionaire husband. Noting that she looks good, he breathes: “Obscene...

Who is in your BaZi Kitchen Cabinet?

This is one of the BaZi ideas that I have been kicking around in my head. (Have not been posting much of late due to an unfortunate encounter with the #5-#2 stars). The BaZi Kitchen Cabinet idea is something I have been personally trying to make use of and which I...

On being Geng…(and Jia)

I recently came across this book, Hagakure: The Art of the Samurai (by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, translated by Barry D Steben) in the bookstore and bought a copy. Loved it. But more importantly, I thought it was a book that really illuminated the thinking of two types of...

The Definition of Bad Luck?

General Motors is running out of money as we speak. AIG just got 40 billion, but is that enough? DHL canned 9,500 jobs in Ohio and is pulling out of the country. Defence spending needs to be cut back. Stimulus package needs to more money. The Catholic Church...

Revisiting the Obama-McCain BaZi analysis

A number of readers sent me emails about my prediction that McCain would win the US Presidency. As I wrote in my comment in response to one of the comments, I was pleasantly surprised but as I have stated in the entry, elections are really hard to call. There are...