November 2008
25 posts
October 2008
35 posts
My Wife is Six Months Pregnant Today.
You’re amazing in every way, baby. I love you.
There is a big difference between "economic...
“Economic policy” is derived from the Federal Reserve, Central Banks of other countries, the World Bank, and the elected (or appointed) government officials within those countries. [Democratic] Governments propose and vote to levy and collect taxes, spend on services and infrastructure for their people, and borrow and lend to meet their capital or trade needs. The act of doing so is...
Mobile Internet World Opens Today →
OMV client Yankee Group opens Mobile Internet World 2008 today at the Boston Convention Center with pre-conference sessions filled to capacity as Yahoo, T-Mobile, and Google present trends and…
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”
– Warren Buffett, in a New York Times op-ed piece. Great advice when it comes to investing.
“Go vote now. It will make you feel big and strong.”
– Bob Sheiffer, at the end of today’s Presidential Debate, remarking on what his mother told him when he was young. Best quote of the whole thing.
Dear Mom...
Dear Mom-
Four years ago today I said goodbye to you for the last time. I remember that morning like it was yesterday. For many days and weeks and months after that, I didn’t know how to feel. Some days were really, really hard. Watching someone laugh made me angry. Watching someone cry made me think, “you don’t know what pain is.” Some days I can’t even remember.
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Mobile Internet World 2008 Anticipates Thousands... →
The nation’s leading conference and expo for connecting the people, technologies and trends that are shaping the future of the Anywhere network to feature over 150 thought leading speakers.
BOSTON,…
Declining Fuel Prices Cause Losses at Alaska...
This one just made me laugh out loud. An article on Bloomberg this morning talks about how Alaska Airlines will post a record 3rd quarter loss today - $200 million of which is attributed to FALLING crude oil prices.
See, all airlines saw a trend over the last two years - skyrocketing fuel prices. So they made hedge investments in the other direction. If fuel prices continued to rise, the hedge...
“What I learned tonight is that McCain wants to buy everyone a house, Obama wants...”
– CNN correspondent after tonight’s Presidential Debate.
“Effective capitalism requires equal doses of fear and greed.”
– Rob Arnott in today’s Financial Times
Claudia is 20 Weeks Today
We’re halfway there baby. I love you!
2 Quotes By Two American Leaders
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the...
We Reap What We Sow
There is something very, very scary when the only thing the public can say about the candidate they plan to vote for is something negative about the candidate they’re not voting for. I’ve got Democrat friends and I’ve got Republican friends, and I am noticing (even more than in 2004, if to be believed) no one really knows in detail (or no one is talking about) what their...
WaMu CEO: 3 weeks work, $18 MILLION paycheck →
Any questions about why the financial services industry is in crisis?
“I’ve always believed that America’s government was a unique political system —...”
– Thomas Freidman in a New York Times editorial this morning.