tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post6565420059320055877..comments2023-12-03T20:07:04.781+11:00Comments on Lexicon Harlot: Don't move, anybodyAlexis, Baron von Harlothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-5098784722551649322007-05-03T00:20:00.000+10:002007-05-03T00:20:00.000+10:00A belated hi to Bernhilde!! Isn't it a great book ...A belated hi to Bernhilde!! Isn't it a great book title? (For cunning actuarial types who are in the know, Life is an adjective in this context).<BR/><BR/>One of the memorable topics in the same course was entitled Multiple Decrement Tables: Sickness, Marriage, Etc. What a barrel of laughs that was.<BR/><BR/>The curly-haired pup had a splendid birthday and is still jumping up and down and wagging her tail with glee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-49198966410248213412007-05-02T21:40:00.000+10:002007-05-02T21:40:00.000+10:00It's a very interesting - and quite a troubling - ...It's a very interesting - and quite a troubling - variation, but that's another conversation. This is the page for poetastry about economists.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-86606891830259461562007-05-02T21:38:00.000+10:002007-05-02T21:38:00.000+10:00Good old Germany. Three cheers for the country tha...Good old Germany. Three cheers for the country that invented Romanticism, Black Forest cake, and cumulative titles.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-85989158012951835542007-05-02T21:16:00.000+10:002007-05-02T21:16:00.000+10:00Yes, a little strange, but it was a break from the...Yes, a little strange, but it was a break from the heated argument over abortion or contraception Catholic scripture class usually ended up being.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I have heard that about Calvinism. I'm mostly familiar with your stock-standard Catholic guilt, so it struck me as an interesting variation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-82930690583561503872007-05-02T19:23:00.000+10:002007-05-02T19:23:00.000+10:00In Germany it is quite standard to use all your ti...In Germany it is quite standard to use all your titles. So if you're a professor, you are Mr Professor Schmidt. If you are a woman then you are Frau Doktor (Mrs Professor/Doctor). Kinky or what?Torshyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619345210034606549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-85345639202607656002007-05-02T17:13:00.000+10:002007-05-02T17:13:00.000+10:00Golly. That's a little strange. In Calvinist theol...Golly. That's a little strange. In Calvinist theology, at the same time as you need to strive to be less unworthy of the salvation God's given you (although you can't be quite sure if he has), there's actually nothing you can do about it: God has decided who'll be saved and who won't since before the beginning of time, and it's only by his grace, not on account of any impressive deeds you might be reckoning up.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-60910464988607918532007-05-02T17:08:00.000+10:002007-05-02T17:08:00.000+10:00Oh, thank you, Alexis! I love it!It may interest ...Oh, thank you, Alexis! I love it!<BR/><BR/>It may interest you to know that when I had Catholic scripture at my supposedly secular state school, one of the scripture teachers suggested we think of praying as being like depositing something in a bank account, but it was a collective fund, apparently, a fund upon which everyone could draw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-29283782935347789412007-05-02T16:57:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:57:00.000+10:00Here's where my dad would ask if you've heard abou...Here's where my dad would ask if you've heard about the constipated accountant? Apparently he worked it out with a pencil.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-91994411733932085292007-05-02T16:55:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:55:00.000+10:00EnnuiIt's such aborebeing alwayspoor.- Langston Hu...Ennui<BR/><BR/>It's such a<BR/>bore<BR/>being always<BR/>poor.<BR/><BR/>- Langston Hughes.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-69141298224775120642007-05-02T16:53:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:53:00.000+10:00Epigram on modern day economistsDavidKochIs full o...Epigram on modern day economists<BR/><BR/>David<BR/>Koch<BR/>Is full of<BR/>boch.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-64850264740191414412007-05-02T16:45:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:45:00.000+10:00Offensive and inaccurate, that was. Sorry, Calvin....Offensive and inaccurate, that was. Sorry, Calvin. Sorry, Calvinists. Sorry, Catholics.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-81918296695668646842007-05-02T16:29:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:29:00.000+10:00The Protestant Work Ethic, according to Max WeberT...The Protestant Work Ethic, according to Max Weber<BR/><BR/>There once was a chap called Calvin,<BR/>A serious chap was he.<BR/>He couldn't be certain his soul was saved,<BR/>So he plunged into self scrutiny.<BR/>He drew up a jolly big ledger,<BR/>To weigh up redemption and sins.<BR/>He counted and fretted and worried and worked,<BR/>And here's how the ethic begins.<BR/><BR/>While Catholics are pondering vocation,<BR/>And swooning 'neath incense and bells,<BR/>The Protestant works for salvation,<BR/>He buys cheaper things than that he sells.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-24949741482988565172007-05-02T16:17:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:17:00.000+10:00Oh Post 1950s economy, Why is it that you fill me ...Oh Post 1950s economy, <BR/>Why is it that you fill me with such bonhomie?<BR/>Yes, you truly are my mon ami,<BR/>Oh Post 1950s economy.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-81235033969191977232007-05-02T16:14:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:14:00.000+10:00A merchant banker, she did sing,With a hey nonny n...A merchant banker, she did sing,<BR/>With a hey nonny nonny!<BR/>Oh bring me loot and a diamond ring,<BR/>With a hey nonny nonny!<BR/>I'll invest in shares at ten per cent!<BR/>And recoup in interest what I've lent!<BR/>Oh negative gearing pays the rent!<BR/>With a hey nonny nonny!Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-2245196588751839582007-05-02T16:13:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:13:00.000+10:00Great! All my favourites gone, so I can't write a...Great! All my favourites gone, so I can't write any economic poetry at all- but, Alexis, could you possibly whip me up something about the Protestant work ethic, if you've got a spare moment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-61886924476058812462007-05-02T16:12:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:12:00.000+10:00A crazy old Austrian, Hayek,Was economically laiss...A crazy old Austrian, Hayek,<BR/>Was economically <I>laissez faire</I><BR/>Which was quite a contradictory title, really,<BR/>That people like Keynes couldn't bear,<BR/>Who in a moment of levity, dubbed it<BR/><B>Laissez JOLLY UNFAIR!</B>TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-91544319771794716422007-05-02T16:11:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:11:00.000+10:00The upper level of the gels' loos! God, how I wis...The upper level of the gels' loos! God, how I wish we had known each other better then!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-24401875635444715222007-05-02T16:09:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:09:00.000+10:00John Maynard KeynesWas wracked with painsWhen brig...John Maynard Keynes<BR/>Was wracked with pains<BR/>When bright young beans<BR/>Misnamed him "Keens".Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-66643832410507003432007-05-02T16:03:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:03:00.000+10:00Men who wear great coatsAnd hang around in parksQu...Men who wear great coats<BR/>And hang around in parks<BR/>Quite frequently have beards<BR/>That make them look like Marx.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-34582122100111788242007-05-02T16:01:00.000+10:002007-05-02T16:01:00.000+10:00Poetry about economics.This iron law around the wo...Poetry about economics.<BR/><BR/>This iron law around the world applies: <BR/>Demand goes up at falling of supply;<BR/>But if demand goes down, then in reply<BR/>Supply will lift. <BR/>--This is the very pith<BR/>Of the Philosophy of ADAM SMITH.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-74874669896916667262007-05-02T15:15:00.000+10:002007-05-02T15:15:00.000+10:00They were and it was, but as the night wore on we ...They were and it was, but as the night wore on we were obliged by the chill to relocate into the upper foyer of the gels' loos.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-22986994422706892472007-05-02T15:08:00.000+10:002007-05-02T15:08:00.000+10:00What wonderful friends! Was it a quadrangle affai...What wonderful friends! Was it a quadrangle affair?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-51972624599566384052007-05-02T12:20:00.000+10:002007-05-02T12:20:00.000+10:00P.S. I very much like the idea of kicking off a na...P.S. I very much like the idea of kicking off a name with "Professor Sir".Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-53628875724634237092007-05-02T12:19:00.000+10:002007-05-02T12:19:00.000+10:00Mathematics is (are?) undoubtedly creative at its ...Mathematics is (are?) undoubtedly creative at its (their?) higher levels. Even at the mezzanine.<BR/><BR/>"Life and Other Contingencies": reminds me of my 20th birthday do. Some friends organised an al-fresco, nocturnal, on campus performance event in my honour. Some sang madrigals, some performed in verse, and my friend, Alan, recited from the opening pages of "Econometrics 1". Sheer poetry.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-87154686963978014742007-05-02T10:46:00.000+10:002007-05-02T10:46:00.000+10:00Wills are such unpleasant things that the lecture ...Wills are such unpleasant things that the lecture might really be quite "humanist" in intent. And, I'm sure, there's an economist's poetry, just as there's an engineer's poetry, acccording to Thomas Pynchon in <I>Gravity's Rainbow</I>). Mathematics can be very creative at its higher levels, I'm told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com