Monthly Archives: January 2015

Growing Up in America: Boy to Man and being a Father

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Rian Nejar

Fatherhood My son bet me five bucks that Boyhood will win ‘Best Picture’ at the Oscars. I took the bet; I think the story is really more about fatherhood…have you listened to the wonderful song in the background? “Let me … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary, Parenting | Tagged Alcoholism, Angst, Boyhood, culture, Fatherhood, Humility, Infidelity, Parenthood, Promiscuity, social, Teenage | Comments Off

Politician Reveals Last Page of Good Book: “Our God Wins”

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Rian Nejar

On ‘Face the Nation’ again today, or was it ABC’s ‘This Week’ by George Stephanopoulos, I heard something bordering on sacrilege, blasphemy, but not heresy…for a secular, democratic, tolerant nation. A politician claimed, at prayer gathering where he announced exploring … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy | Tagged absolute, american, Black, continuum, culture, Defeat, discontinuous, Divisive, God, Humility, immaturity, Lose, Nature, Our, Politics, Spirituality, Their, Victory, White, Win | 1 Comment

Surfing Waves of Market Volatility Late January

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Rian Nejar

I have to admit to breathing a sigh of relief over the past week and a half…in a prior analysis on market volatility, I’d put my money on volatility easing in the short term. The blue ellipse in the picture … Continue reading →

Posted in Markets | Tagged DJI, Humbling, Humility, invest, Market, S&P500, Stocks, Surf, Trade, VIX, Volatility, VVIX, Waves | 2 Comments

A Probationary Officer’s Interest in Indian Culture

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Rian Nejar

A sequential excerpt from Humbling and Humility Sid’s query, about clarifications members may need regarding the counseling group and sessions, pulled me back to the day’s session from troubled memories. No, I thought, recalling Sid’s wife-in-bed-with-another question, I had not … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary | Tagged betrayal, Children, counseling, culture, DV, Experiments, Family, Freudian, Gandhi, home, Humbling, Humility, Infidelity, Nonviolence, passive-aggressive, probation, Truth | Comments Off

Marital Infidelity: Shock of Discovery

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Rian Nejar

An excerpt from Humbling and Humility My own thoughts drifted to that mid-July night in 2007 when I chanced upon my wife’s extra-marital affair. It was a hot monsoon night, and a lightning storm was active over a part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary | Tagged Abuse, Affair, Confront, Discovery, Domestic, Extramarital, Family, Homewrecker, Infidelity, Intervention, Marital, Nocturnal, Shock, Tryst | Comments Off

A Group of Twelve Angry, Gullible, Violent Men

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Rian Nejar

An excerpt from “Humbling and Humility“ The Group Sid greeted the gathered bunch of morose men in one of the small windowless session rooms. The room had chairs around three sides, a large whiteboard on one wall, with a door … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary | Tagged Angry, civil, Domestic, freedom, Gullible, Infidelity, Intervention, Men, society, State, Violence, Violent | Comments Off

SP500 Volatility and Simple Technical Analysis Mid-Jan

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Rian Nejar

The trend, discussed in an earlier post on diminishing market sensitivity, continues…while the market has seen 350+ point swings (2% for the DJI) in the past couple of days. As in Fig. 1 above, VVIX is declining for rising peaks … Continue reading →

Posted in Markets | Tagged analysis, convergence, divergence, Earnings, Fear, Index, S&P500, technical, VIX, Volatility, VVIX | 1 Comment

Arrest, Prosecution, and Education: A Humbling Journey Begins

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Rian Nejar

An excerpt from “Humbling and Humility” – the prologue. Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible in the indifferent by the incompetent. –John Maynard Keynes Walking in, on a pleasant southwest December afternoon, to my court-ordered intervention program, I harbored … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary | Tagged american, Arrest, culture, Education, Humbling, Humility, Indian, Injustice, Journey, justice, legal, prosecution, system, Truth, Wall | Comments Off

Empathy, Sympathy, and Accountability: The Drawbridge Story

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Rian Nejar

Responsibility and Accountability In the next class, after the usual roll call and payments, Sid said he wanted to talk about responsibility. He took an example, that of a Baron and Baroness, with the Baroness involved in a clandestine love … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Accountability, consciousness, culture, Drawbridge, Empathy, Exercise, Humbling, Humility, Infidelity, Love, Responsibility, Sympathy | Comments Off

Emotions, State Intervention, and Cultural Differences

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Rian Nejar

An excerpt from “Humbling and Humility,” and related scientific research on emotions: My intake counselor was personable enough. He asked me to describe the series of events which led me to this private establishment that employed him. Uncomfortable over answering … Continue reading →