All Blog Posts Tagged 'boom' (3)

During the past few weeks I’ve frequently been reminded of the 1634–1637 tulip mania. In the early seventeenth century, French ladies at court would pay hundreds of guilders for a tulip flower, which they wore in their décolleté at gala evenings.



The tulip market in Haarlem collapsed on a dark February evening in 1637. Suddenly people became aware they were dealing with a scam. It was the first well reported boom and bust; they called it tulip mania.



I had two dreams last…

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Atlantis Found By Clive Cussler Smoothie Review

Overall Rating: Only Meant For A Audience Who Like Things That Go Boom

Clive Cussler. I really don’t know much about this author other than he tends to write these Indiana Jones like adventures. A friend in high school was a real book worm. (Bigger than I am, if you can believe that) said I might like him since I like Crichton and Ludlum. So she gave me three books. Vahalla rising, Sahara and Atlantis Found. I read Sahara way back…

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…..“One of the things I’ve noticed about getting older is that often the anticipation

of getting your ambitions realized or your fantasies fulfilled is better than the payoff.

Or maybe it was always that way. But having sex with someone isn’t like winning an

Emmy or seeing the sun set over the Nile with Omar Shariff (back in the day, that is).

It comes with its own set of anxieties, especially when you’re not, well, young

anymore. Forget the vague worries in the back of… Continue