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The Housing Trilemma | Oregon Office of Economic Analysis

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Every city wants to have a strong local economy, high quality of life and housing affordability for its residents. Unfortunately these three dimensions represent the Housing Trilemma.  A city can achieve success on two but not all three at the same time.

Source: The Housing Trilemma | Oregon Office of Economic Analysis

Check out the graphic above courtesy of the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis.  I may have been biased about life in the middle but never had the facts to back up my opinions.  But after reading this article I now have facts.  This analysis demonstrates a city can have success on two fronts, but rarely on all three.

I started life in New York and grew up in New Jersey.  A sizeable amount of time was also spent in Dallas.  For over a decade I’ve held the belief that my family could not replicate our lifestyle and quality of life anywhere else in the country.  Well, I admit to being wrong.  We could probably do as well in Cincinnati, Omaha, or Des Moines.

If you can stand the weather, OKC is not a bad place to live in.

HT – Calculated Risk.

I Decided Not to be a Writer – I’m OK With That

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Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.

Source: Many Middle-Class Americans Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck – The Atlantic

Neal Gabler is a visiting professor in the MFA Creative Writing and Literature Program at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of a forthcoming biography of Edward Kennedy and five other books.

Ever since my undergraduate days I’ve dreamed of being a writer.  Not only do I love to write but I have to write.  I write almost every day.  I just don’t get paid to write.  Having just read Neal Gabler’s article I feel the decision to pursue a different line of work and become a non-writer was a good decision.  I just never thought that 40 years later I would be doing what I did for a living as a 22 year old kid fresh out of college.

No regrets.

32 Oklahoma quakes in 24-hour period could foretell stronger temblor, experts say – Tulsa World: Latest Earthquake Information From The U.S. Geological Survey

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In a new 24-hour period, the United States Geological Survey most recently reported a 3.7-magnitude earthquake about 20 miles south of Alva at 8:01 a.m. Friday, about a mile and a half north of a 4.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred 25 minutes earlier. Those were preceded by a 2.7 quake 16 miles southwest of Medford at 3:54 a.m.

Source: 32 Oklahoma quakes in 24-hour period could foretell stronger temblor, experts say – Tulsa World: Latest Earthquake Information From The U.S. Geological Survey

The article above was from January 8.  They were right.

Source: Oklahoma rattled by state’s third-largest earthquake; 5.1 recorded near Fairview – Tulsa World: Latest Earthquake Information From The U.S. Geological Survey

My personal definition of a good day has changed.

A good day is a day without earthquakes.

 

 

Choose to Make a Difference | Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Journals & Articles

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“We don’t need to spend days ladling out food in the soup kitchen and traveling overseas to an impoverished land. We can make a difference every single day in the everyday life that we live.  The universe we live in is billions of years old. Our lives here are a blink of an eye in comparison. Many of us travel this journey merely existing. Others live the adventure and find the purpose. The difference we make in the lives of others is tremendous. Yet, many of us fail to react to this calling.”

Source: Choose to Make a Difference | Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Journals & Articles

This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University

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Dr. Everett Piper, President Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Source: This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University

TRIGGER WARNING

If you believe in trigger warnings this is your trigger warning.  Don’t read this article because it will piss you off and make you hate me.

Update 03.25.16

The president of Emory University has met with 40 to 50 student demonstrators who said they were concerned and frightened after someone wrote ‘Trump 2016’ .

Source: Emory University students scared by ‘Trump 2016’ chalk signs | Daily Mail Online

It’s enough to make you root for Trump. Well, almost.

Source: At Emory University, Writing ‘Trump 2016’ on Sidewalk Is a Racist Microaggression, Unsafe – Hit & Run : Reason.com

After the GOP front-runner’s name was written in chalk on a campus wall, students said they ‘feared for their lives.’ The school vowed to identify the taggers. But professors at the school are now pushing back.

Source: Emory University Students Think Donald Trump Is Out to Kill Them – The Daily Beast

“They’re living in a cocoon bubble, and the university is validating their fears. If these students are frightened by someone writing ‘Trump 2016’ on campus, they need to see a psychiatrist.”

Harvey Klehr professor of political science at Emory

We are starting to see some of these young men and women leave the bubble and figure out how to make it in this world.

From what I’ve witnessed psychiatry and counseling may not be enough to help these victims of a higher educational system gone awry.