i assume so, as diaries here are interesting and provoke me to look deeper into events and how they connect.

European Tribune - Comments - What is the point of writing diaries on ET?

Do we expect to foment change?

foment, i don't know, but maybe learn to dance with it better!

change happens, fomented or not. seems most of the trick to living well consists of getting out of the way of change you don't want to happen, and helping nudge what you do if you can.

commenting is more my bag, but there are always fascinating diaries to groove on, and the salons and OT's fill it all out nicely.

a nice info-salad with a tangy dressing of wit, what's not to love?

helen said it best, perhaps!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty