What a guy! We’ve been working jobs on opposite sides of the state for about seven weeks now. With the economy down in our neck of the woods, it was rough for him to find a job that paid enough to pay all his bills. It wasn’t an easy decision, but mutually, we decided that […]
Today Chicken Little called out, “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” The panic began and Wall Street plunged, but eventually came to it’s senses a bit. When the final trades were counted, the index was off 363.35 points, or 3.5 percent and closed at 9,962.03. Still not a good day for the market, but not as bad as […]
It’s not stopping, folks. The New York Times just reported that the Dow is down 700 points and Standard & Poor’s is down 7.7%. The Dow has lost more than 1,100 points — or about 10 percent — in slightly more than a week. The S. & P. has lost more than 15 percent in […]
The New York Times breaking news is bad news on the financial front. The Dow just dropped below 10,000 for the first time since 2004. You can read about it at Stocks Fall Sharply on Credit Concerns. There are also two related stories, Full of Doubts, U.S. Shoppers Cut Spending and Europe Tested by Financial Crisis. This […]
Not really, but it will be soon. Pumpkins are part of our autumn season. Harvest. Halloween. Thanksgiving. The Rockville Covered Bridge Festival. Today I’m going to share two of my recipes for pumpkin bread. These recipes are from the ladies of Casa Grande, Arizona. These come from the book that my friend Jeannie Vestal gave […]
I will be taking my PC to the shop for a tune up in about an hour and don’t know when I’ll be able to post again. I’ll see you back here in a few days. Enjoy the sun, sand and surf while I’m off the island.
We know that the Queen of Mean, Leona Helmsley, was a wealthy lady, but the Queen of Trash left her as well as Oprah and Martha Stewart in the dust. It was only a few years ago that Zhang Yin and her husband were driving around the States in a used minivan, begging garbage dumps […]
I’m talking about Alex of AlexShalman.com. Alex is making arrangements to study at Machon Shlomo, which is an Orthodox yeshiva located in Jerusalem. In order to be accepted for studies there, a student must show exceptional academic and/or professional accomplishment on the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as in the business world. Please click through to Alex’s site and […]
I’ve always known that malls are interesting places. I just didn’t know how interesting they could be. I just read a United Press article about the Mall of the Americas in Miami. Mall crawling takes on a whole new meaning there. It seems that drug agents found a pot growing operation in a second floor storage area. […]
This is just a short post to let you know that I will not be back on the island until after Fay has passed. I’m in the midst of preparations to get the money pit ready to meet whatever happens. It’s unlikely that I will stay in the area. I am in an evacuation zone that is […]