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Mike Brandl's Personal Page.
Here are some of the weird things that I find interesting:
Think about this for a minute (click on the statement for an explantion):
He who dies with the most toys...dies.
Robert Kennedy on what GNP means.
Mark Staff Brandl's art work. My first cousin and an internationally famous artist.
Click on the picture to go to Mark's web page, or click here to go to his fanclub.
The Green Bay Packers. I have been a fan since the late 1960's.
The Houston Texans. Finally, pro football has returned to Houston.
The 1939 Chrysler Imperial Coupe that my father & I restored.
Eric Clapton (Thanks Slick!)
Where I spend most of my summer...
KMFA Commercial free Classical Music in Austin
The University Catholic Center at the University of Texas
The University of Wisconsin's Economics Department from which I earned my B.S. in Economics in 1986.
The University of Houston's Econ Department from which I earned my Ph.D. in Economics in 1996.
National Public Radio. Sure their politics are a little left of center, but....
Famous economists (most of which are dead):
Here are some nice quotes:
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated and drunkness sobered, but stupidity lasts forever." -attributed to Aristophanes.
"Great ambition and conquest without contribution is without significance." -Professor William Hundert from the movie "The Emperor's Club."
"Not to know what happened before you were born is be forever a child." -Roman orator Cicero.
Stop back again soon!!! -MB