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I was referred to ET by my son who thought I should be aware of many of the posts and diaries here about a year and a half ago.  I had expressed my concerns about the direction of the economy and my dissatisfaction with the Orange place.  I lurked as a visitor for a few months and then created my account and began commenting about 14 months ago.  Since then this site has come to occupy more and more of my time.  

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon May 25th, 2009 at 11:52:11 PM EST
i was always looking for a fun way to learn about the murky world of macroeconomics, and have been fascinated by alternative energy for decades, so when i started reading jerome's pieces at dkos, i resonated with them.

dkos opened me up to political blogging, and i still love reading there, but the scale of it is overwhelming, it lacks immediacy also because of the time difference.

so when ET formed, i heard about it from jerome's sig, came over to check it out, and here it is.

dkos' firehose is one of the reasons you won't find me amid the growth-pumpers here. i like a peaceful neighbourhood, where you get to know people, and that gets swirled away so easily as popularity grows. what's the point of a decent diary if it's swamped and buried by 500 more that are less than essential?

nationality wise, i'm half italian, half brit, and (n)ever the twain shall meet...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue May 26th, 2009 at 02:16:56 AM EST
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