I scanned the first paragraph of a front page Wall Street Journal article, and had somewhat of an epiphany.  The article talks about Cisco Systems, a telecommunications-oriented technology company, issuing $4B in corporate bonds because the bond market has thawed and the money is cheap right now… Read full post »

As a child I remember a guy by the name of Don Kent who stood by a simple board with moveable objects to denote the weather.  The sun had a happy face on it, is all I can recall from the dim recesses of my mind.  I wasn’t really paying too/… Read full post »

Networks love reality shows.  They cost infinitely less to produce than an hour long drama series of some, minimal artistic value such as the recently cancelled Boston Legal.  Get a bunch of nitwits together, toss them in the human rat maze of your choice, place the cheese where you want an… Read full post »

The Agony of Defeat.  Father Time Never Loses.

I have skied for 38 of my 49 years.  It comes with the territory when living in New England.  Our Puritan forebears might not have been so keen on the endeavor, given that it does qualify as recreation, but I/… Read full post »

Price is the market clearing mechanism.  So it has always been; so it shall always be.

We do not pay the true cost of petroleum product consumption in this country.  We do not pay enough to support the infrastructure needed to consume it, or to abate the pollution associated thereto. … Read full post »

The first day in the middle of this thing was a tail chasing exercise.  After the aforementioned wake up call from the Chief of Police and the viewing of a limb falling on my car, I seemed to hurdle from one event to the the next.  During this time, my mind… Read full post »

A previous submission had me complaining about New England Winter.  One of my closing lines was "New England Winter: Bring it!

 I should not have done that.  I threw the gauntlet down to Mother Nature, and she picked it up and slapped me.  HARD.

I own two homes.  One, a fully… Read full post »

Every once in a while something happens in life that startles you as if you were slapped about the head and shoulders with a cold, dead mackerel.  Sometimes it is all internally driven like staring at the old man in the mirror or realizing reading glasses have morphed from being/… Read full post »

Thanksgiving absolutely represents the best holiday we have.  The only requirement happens to be to visit relatives and engorge oneself.  We all know relatives can suck, so that is why we have made sure we have football games to watch to avoid any in depth discussions with relatives we want/… Read full post »