It’s a strange thing when Republicans are openly and aggressively lobbying for offshore oil drilling. Not that they were ever opposed to it; it’s just that in the political environment I’ve been used to for my entire adult life, Republicans… Continue Reading
The progress of retail chain expansion marches on in Georgia.
Today’s earthquake got me thinking. If a really bad quake hit, and the house got knocked down, or all the stuff in it got burned up, what would my reaction be? I’d be bummed, of course. But assuming that The… Continue Reading
Americans are, at last, driving less. This is almost undoubtedly due to the continued increase in the retail price of gasoline. Things have even declined moderately recently, but I still paid $4.20 a gallon at Costco today (California is usually… Continue Reading
The best beers I’ve ever had have all come from Belgium. (The second-best have all come from the Czech Republic, and French beer is damn good, too.) But I don’t think that a Belgian company buying Anheuser-Busch is going to… Continue Reading
I bought a couple of new suits yesterday. The Wife insisted and forced me to go to the Men’s Wearhouse, and it was a good thing she did, too, because she’s right that I needed some new suits to wear.… Continue Reading
I got this “open letter” in my e-mail today, from United Airlines. It would seem that the airlines are calling for regulation of the oil market in an effort to reduce the skyrocketing cost of their fuel. If I’ve uploaded… Continue Reading
The look: a charcoal or navy suit, with a French blue or pink shirt, and, here’s the key — an off-white patterned tie. The question: Is this acceptably professional business dress? The reason: If the answer is “no,” then I… Continue Reading
Normally, a discovery order in a lawsuit, even one between two big companies, would not be particularly newsworthy. But when a federal judge orders Google to turn over to Viacom every record of every video ever played on YouTube, including… Continue Reading
Coffee lovers may be shaking in their boots as Starbucks announces today its intention to close about 600 of its stores nationwide. Could it be that the market is over-saturated with places to buy four-dollar lattes — most of them… Continue Reading