Posted in Humor, Life, Photography on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
*roughly translated as “look at all the f—ing snow.” Yes, I know it’s March, and it’s Maine, and that complaining about the weather doesn’t serve any constructive purpose.
Too bad.
Yes, another 4 to 8 inches between tonight and tomorrow. Someday, someday, it will be spring.
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Humor, Life, News, News and Politics on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Actually, the title should be “How to Be a Millionaire and Never Pay Taxes.” Money Magazine has half the secret. Steve Martin has the other.
Posted in Government, Life, News, News and Politics, Politics on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
4,000 U.S deaths in Iraq since the war began five years ago. The Associated Press has one way of calculating the death toll, The New York Times and Department of Defense another. Regardless of the exact number, it is exactly that number too many. Of course, this is just the number of U.S. dead in [...]
Posted in Blogroll, Business, Computers and Internet, Humor, Internet, Life, News, News and Politics on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Been following the financial markets lately? Stocks up, stocks down. Gas and oil prices up, up some more, and yet still more before pausing for everyone to catch their breath. Falling interest rates, rising anxieties.
I have noticed in recent day that the mainstream news media seem even more intent on characterizing daily events as some kind [...]
Posted in Business, Government, Life, News, News and Politics on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, it’s been a week. Let’s take stock (no pun in ten did). Or better yet, let’s not.
Earlier this week, economist and New York Times op-ed contributor Paul Krugman said, “In a worst-case scenario, the Federal Reserve would find itself owning around $200 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities.”
Then, what happens? You guessed it - the [...]
Posted in Humor, Uncategorized on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in News, News and Politics on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Feeling a little uneasy lately, kind of like the proverbial frog in a pot.
Economic news, the “r” word, unemployment claims, global warming (don’t give me just this winter as proof that it isn’t happening ’cause that’s nonsense), the credit crunch, oil prices, heating oil prices, gas prices, all prices (since almost everything has a petroleum-related [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Despite having another round of wintry weather over the weekend, and more to come this week, today provided at least some cause for hope. Leaving a meeting this afternoon just as the sun was setting I caught a whiff of softness in the air that comes with spring.
Oh, could it be? The weather pattern is [...]
Posted in Automobiles on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Recently, I was lamenting the apparent lack of urgency on the part of automakers to adapt their products to a world where being stingy with fuel is a plus, not something to be sniggered at. While I held the Jeep Renegade concept out as an example of where automotive technology should be headed, I also [...]
