Greetings from Tucson. Long day today as I had to get up early for some teleconferences, meetings, and get some reports out that should have been done yesterday. (Got to unpack and drag the S.O. to where she wanted to go yesterday). Then to home and have the S.O. take
Author: Skippy-San
Letter from Mom.
Today was busy and so at the end of it, the S.O. and I went out for a well deserved Mexican dinner. Today was the day I had to tackle all the stuff that had come from my long term storage-which had been in boxes for 8 and 1/2 years.
Continue readingWelcome to 1973…….
Now if only I could be 16 again In 1973, the Vietnam war came to an end for the US, the Arabs started one in the Middle East, and the stock market lost half its value and the world went into a world wide recession. Oil prices doubled. I also
Continue readingThe road to perdition…..
Spike found this instructive slide show. Of note is the scary similarities to the Japanese “bubble” which burst in 1991. They are still recovering from that. It is worth you time if you want to see how your company is going to use its cash in the next year. “Every
Continue readingA prescription for John McCain………..
Just released:
Continue readingWatching old movies…..
Finally , got my man-cave put together . So rather than blog, I watched old movies as I cleaned it up. My plaques are up, shadow box mounted-I’m still hunting for a place to put the table I got from my squadron, a long time ago in a galaxy far
Continue readingTaking a stroll down memory lane……….
Another day another 600 points. So much for building up my war chest to return to Nihon. I wish I knew what to do about that. The advice to not panic is not working at this point. However, today was a good day. On the way home via Philly airport,
Continue readingAnother long day……..
And the market continues to sink. But John McCain says that he can take the bailout-that the greedy bastards on Wall Street don’t give thanks for-and use it for mortgages. And then he thinks it’s ok to treat my health insurance from my employer as income. For that there are
Continue readingNo time left for you…….
A song from the Guess Who and also a comment on my day. Talk about that 500 point drop among yourselves. Back tomorrow.
Continue readingUngrateful.
Warning Notice! Unhinged, emotional, non-factually supported rant follows! Greetings from Filthadelphia-home of a baseball team that is going to the NLCS. As I transited airports and changed planes, the market experienced another rather large drop. Which can only lead to one conclusion: YOU UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS! Now I know how these
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