Saturday, June 23, 2012

Ominous omens...




...they're all around us really but do we ever connect all the dots? "An omen can be good... or not. It can be a harbinger of positive change or a warning of impending doom." writes Dale Sinner (D Sinner, honestly!) in International Man. [Update Monday: please see Dale's comment about this]. Talking of the events - now 4 years or more ago! - leading to the current financial crisis; I think I agree with his sentence: "I don't think I'm a superstitious person, but there are times when events excite some kind of primitive, back-brain sense in me that seems to say, 'Get ready'", almost a fatal attraction or curious fascination like an inability to take ones eyes off an impending disaster: watching a train crash or something. The article is from a US perspective but I'm guessing in many countries, especially the UK, you could write something similar but with details adjusted to local events: "Americans continue to object to bailouts while the government continues to hand them out."...see what I mean?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Money not going into peoples accounts . Not good ,but gave me an " I told you so" moment to mates at work .

Anonymous said...

Hi, thanks for reading. My hope is my weekly columns are at least somewhat entertaining. I try to make them informative as well.

However, I don't write the 'teasers':

"An omen can be good... or not. It can be a harbinger of positive change or a warning of impending doom." writes Dale Sinner.

I didn't write that -- the editor did. My writing begins below that teaser section.

Cheers,
Dale

Span Ows said...

First Anon...yes indeed. No one will bet this isn't the last time that will happen!

Thanks Dale. I figured as much! These things are often re-written. Very interesting though and thanks for popping in here.