Annie’s right – when we don’t know who to believe on economic questions, we do know we can trust our oldest, smartest friend, David Yermack, a professor at NYU business school. Apparently, David says Congress needs to Pass the Bill. He also says — and this is important — that the taxpayers stand […]
The groundhog saw his shadow . . er, or something. It’s about the moon, anyhow. Ramadan ends tonight, which means vacation starts today.
We are having something of a “staycation,” although we will likely spend a night or two at a local hotel that has a wave pool. We had considered Luxor (no […]
That’s when the first debate of the Presidential candidates is scheduled to take place in our world.
If we hosted a debate watching party — per the suggestion of the e-mails we get from the Obama campaign — would anybody come?
Update: And, indeed, would John McCain be there?
This six-hour time difference can be agonizing sometimes . […]
We are perennially six months behind all Official Trends (see, e.g., Crocs and Webkinz), but we tend to catch up, eventually. For example, we learned this summer that there is a lady named “Hannah Montana” and she is very famous and you can sing her songs around the house all the time (which we […]
The Big E continues to get up early almost every Friday for golf with Diddy and some others at the pyramids. I wouldn’t dream of objecting — the game and the rapport always put him in a great mood for the rest of the weekend. (Unless, of course, his swing is off, and then […]
Maadi Grand Mall (multi-tiered, generally crummy shopping center not far from our house), 11:30 a.m., Saturday, September 20: Dark; nearly void of customers; about 16 out of 80 shops open for business.
Road 9 (multi-block shopping district featuring stark contrasts in crummy and chic, also not far from our house), 8:30 p.m., Saturday, September 20: Twinkling […]
These are our issues:
1. Money Market Funds Enter a World of Risk:
On Tuesday, the Reserve Primary Fund, a giant money market fund whose parent helped invent that investment, said its customers would lose money. Instead of each share being worth a dollar for every dollar invested, it said its customers’ shares were worth […]
Strike that — we are merely being good Unitarians, as we "get into" the spirit and practice of some other religion’s treasured holiday. To be specific:
• During Ramadan, one becomes very conscious of the moon. As in, did you notice that it is full about now? Which means the thing is half-over. So, we […]
Anyone who knows me, particularly those who have had to live with me (Bobby), are well aware of my long-held passion for the musical Evita. A certain line from the show has been flitting through my head recently, one that is tragically whispered by our erstwhile heroine when she is just beginning to fall […]
Apparently, Wall Street is collapsing. For those of us who aspire to the Four-Hour Workweek, this is not good news.