ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL 2.0

Hi! Just a reminder that George Sinkler will be playing at Jim and Sue McCauley's this Sunday evening from 6 to 10. Bring your drinks, a snack to share and don't forget something for George. DIRECTIONS: From Buckingham, at the intersection of Rts 263 & 413: Take Rt 413 south toward Newtown. Go 1.5 miles. Look on the right for the entrance to "Village of Buckingham Springs". Go in the entrance. At the stop sign turn left, then the first left again onto Juniper Circle. The 6th left is Elder Ct. Hope to see you! Art (Suzie Bartel's Assistant!!!!!!!) A tomato and sunflower stall on the PA side of the Delaware opposite Frenchtown Shad festival, Lambertville NJ The bridge across the Delaware at Stockton,NJ Old-fashioned Truckstop near Coopersburg PA The bridge that links Lambertville NJ with New Hope PA A street in Doylestown, Bucks County PA Farmer's market, Doylestown PA The email above, from a friend who did not know that I had moved back to Singapore, bring...

* image of a complex system taken from http://www.necsi.org/ , the New England Complex Systems Institute.Nassin Nicholas Taleb's book The Black Swan [ see http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ ] is about the great impact that highly improbable events can cause in financial markets, in history, in natural events, on our working life, in our personal relationships etc. Taleb makes us aware of and fear black swans. But not all black swans are bad. There are good black swans too. In life, highly improbable events can lift you up to heights never imagined in your wildest dreams. The obscure writer/musician who was 'discovered' and rose to stardom. The small businessman who had a lucky break, a chance meeting that led to success. That first job interview with an interviewer who liked you. The lonely Blog or the YouTube video that, by word of mouth,and being in the right place at the right time drew a million visitors a day. These are all examples of riding to the sky on a black sw...