Holiday Parties
My company’s holiday party is tonight … and where am I? At home, in bed, watching TV and typing this blog entry. And for once, it’s not because I’m feeling anxious about showing up … I pretty much just...
View ArticleMarket “corrections”…
So the past couple days, the stock market has been down; including a little mini-crash (or “market correction”) yesterday … what does this mean? Well, for me it means that since Friday, I’ve lost...
View ArticleCatching up …
It’s a good thing I’m not planning on retiring anytime soon … with the way the markets have been moving the past few weeks, I’m only $195.00 “richer” than I was on January 1st … pretty much every dime...
View ArticleSpeaking of Adnausea …
From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required): On the Web, Signs of a Click Recession Google Feels Pinch As Ad Growth Slows; Sweeter Deal for Yahoo? By KEVIN J. DELANEY February 27, 2008...
View ArticleHistorical perspective
The financial system | What went wrong | Economist.com “A COMPANY for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.” This lure for the South Sea Company, published in...
View ArticleCommunication Day
Much to our surprise, today was Communication Day at work. Management buttered us all up by bringing in a good lunch from outside, before telling all of us that we are getting no raises, and no bonuses...
View ArticleJason Chaffetz is an idiot
Jason Chaffetz is the freshman Representative from Utah’s 3rd Congressional District; primarily southwest Salt Lake County and Utah County. He has been documenting his first year in Congress for...
View ArticleA quick recap
Friday – Airport, then Citris Grill for yummy miso beef salad. Saturday – Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah, then Oasis Cafe … then a homecooked meal of chicken, sautéed in olive oil...
View ArticlePoetry Friday
DESIGNER KISSES I’m glum about your sportive flesh in the empire of blab, and the latest guy running his trendy tongue like a tantalizing surge over your molars, how droll. Love by a graveyard is...
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