Strangers With Good Ground Srokes

You just never know who you might meet while walking in the park. While basking in a beautiful spring Wednesday over at Prairie Winds Park having pulled myself from a tax file, I strode across the singles tennis back board and stumbled into brief pleasantries with a quiet spoken British fellow. It was his first day out and without a partner and assuming he was a novice, I introduced him to a web site where he can pick up a hitting partner. I did one of those - "and one more thing" exits and gave him my card mentioning that I play.......a splendid move indeed 'cause we just got off the court. The fellow has played for over 40 years and his ground strokes are excellent. He competed here in Calgary as a youth and I'm blessed to have made a new friend and hitting partner. Let's continue spinning the ball between the baselines Sandy Man.

Pragmatism or Passion

You wake up and go about your day doing the things you enjoy, the things that make you responsible, and the things that hopefully make a difference in the lives of others. Routines and rush hours take hold and then the slippage of time prompts some pondering of best utilization of your uniqueness. Plan A becomes Plan B and the rational overtakes instinctiveness in a complex world muddled by expectations of others. You breathe in the context of a summation of past decisions - oftentimes stymied instead of stirred. Your innocence darkens like the extinguishing coals of fire meant for future promise. The belief in the invisible spirit comes under question until you emerge yet this time rebuking all things logical all of the time.

Collegial Governing

Sentiment among market prognosticators this week is that all things economic are on the rebound. It doesn't appear conducive to one's political career in Washington right now to speak ill of Obama's policies and plans. Hence; I see trouble brewing. Rarely, have we seen such dramatic growth in government in such a short time span. Not only have we witnessed a gargantuan increase in the size of U.S debt but we've seen the federal U.S government become a large stake holder in banks and auto companies which must gnaw at the ideals of market capitalists. The ABC - This Week's round table this morning was all punditry and spin with respect to a political appointment but lacking in candor on the merits of taxpayer bailouts and equity stakes in corporations. Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, this morning exclaimed that the Canadian bank rate will remain at 0.25% until mid 2010 which leads me to wonder about the confidence economists have in Canadian business to exert risk capital efficiently in an environment of government prolificacy.