Saturday, November 29, 2008

Deals still not worth it


I looked at the inserts, I saw the deals. I didn't think that they were worth breaking a door and inadvertently killing someone. 798 for a 50" plasma is cheap, but with circuit city going out of business, I'd imagine there will be deals equal or rivaling that.

"When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling `I've been on line since yesterday morning,'" she said. "They kept shopping."

Hands down, I don't like mobs and rallies. They never succeed in enlightening the ideals they support. Sure, there can be a speech associated with it, but that speech is usually preplanned and could have been given on the radio or in a controlled setting.

If I was thirty years older, I would (hopefully) make an exception for Woodstock, though I can see I'd be fighting with myself.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Creditors Revenge - Old Testament Style



Maureen Dowd is off today, but Tom Friedman is beating the financial pony. Why? A pound for every penny. On a personal note, I remember meeting someone from upper echelon Citigroup and was impressed by the pompousity. "Citigroup has more money than a small country," she said. "Citigroup bailed out--and lost--in Argentina's currency crisis." (That this person was trying to brag was part of the sorry affair).

On another note, things were not always like this. Both my father and an old friend of his worked in Citibank Operations and, a few years ago, when I wanted a piece of the pie, my father's friend relayed to me that "you couldn't make near as much money in banking as you can now."

Mo money. Mo problems.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Have a Heart Files: Puppycam for you




With really important things going on in the world, it can be hard to remember that there are very critical time wasters that show that you're not all business. Learn about them, they make you look like a human being.

This site is getting like 6 million views a day.


Wellsmus2000, terminating operating procedure.

But one more look shows they're doing different stuff!

Ismyblogrelevant.com


“I think people are beginning to look at it differently, I know it’s happened for me,” Feinstein said of gay marriage. “I started out not supporting it. The longer I’ve lived, the more I’ve seen the happiness of people, the stability that these commitments bring to a life. Many adopted children who would have ended up in foster care now have good solid homes and are brought up learning the difference between right and wrong. It’s a very positive thing.”

Maureen Dowd, "Marriage on the Rocks."


These are the family values that make a society strong.