Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
I’m not going to post the graphic here, since it’s absolutely gargantuan, but here is a scan of one of my favorite images ever (I’ve got it framed and hanging in my office). It is a gorgeous representation of world powers, although it ends around 1970 or so, so it’s badly outdated. All the same, it is absolutely fascinating, especially if you might be an amateur history buff like I am.
Here are the initial public offerings that have been rolled out for bag-holders the retail investors so far this year:
Not that anyone was asking, but I thought I’d say a few things about this newest project of mine, which is a novel.
I’ve written a couple of dozen books in life, and about 20,000 posts, but I’ve never written a piece of fiction before. Indeed, I’ve hardly even read a piece of fiction in my life. It was never my thing.
This would instantly disqualify me, I suppose, from the ability to write a decent novel, but by God, I’m giving it a try. It’s exceptionally difficult – – orders of magnitude harder than the stuff I crank out here day after day – – and I’ll just come right out and say that the novel doesn’t have a satisfactory ending yet. Based on absolutely no evidence, I am trusting that the muse will set things straight, sooner or later, and I’ll have something good.
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