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Abiding through Georgia. With donkeys.
Conference in Atlanta, a town I’ve never visited. Never really wanted to, but there’s fun everywhere, so I made a week of it, blew in on Sunday and a transplanted old friend introduced me to her adopted city. I was … Continue reading
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Soon we’ll be making our own…clothespins?
When we moved to this house, it came with a wicked cool clothesline. I wrote about it then. https://theporchview.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/summertime-and-the-laundry-is-hangin%E2%80%A6/ I bought some clothespins at the supermarket then and have enjoyed line-drying clothes when possible ever since. Until recently. This summer, … Continue reading
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Sunday Morning 38: looking for grownups
April 3, 2011, home My weekend started with a day off on Friday, the better to follow the budget battle, e-mail my elected officials, sign petitions, and just seethe. I don’t like being angry. I’d like us all to get … Continue reading
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Sunday morning 32: challenging
Like anyone whose job requires them to write about financial matters, I’ve used the word challenging a lot in the last few years. You know, that dreaded challenging economic environment, which we substitute for the economy stinks (for older writers) or the … Continue reading
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Stupid things of the week
One story this week provided multiple stupidities. According to the Wall Street Journal, Nestle is testing the idea of pumping tap water into a spring to determine the effect on trout, so that it may extract the spring water the trout live … Continue reading
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You know the economy’s bad when…
Microsoft wants me to come to dinner. Not a specific person at Microsoft, but Microsoft the entity. It sent me this e-mail: From: Microsoft Jineane, Invite you to a complimentary dinner in your area for business leaders to discuss key … Continue reading
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What’s in your CEO’s office?
My CEO’s office is “decorated” with white business plan binders, economic reports and business books. The only ornaments really are all those plaques and little plastic crystal thingies presented to him for his business and civic achievements. These are jumbled in an inexpensive bookcase … Continue reading
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Take this technology…please
I just answered my phone. The voice on the other end droned “The mobile number XXX-XXX-XXXX has sent you a text message. Text message reads: “Hi! Guess where I am! I’m at the Philadelphia Art Museum! What are you doing? … Continue reading
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I’m shocked at the ignorance
Alan Greenspan is shocked, shocked, to find that institutions, like the human beings that run them, do not always act in their own best interest. I heard the great financial guru’s words yesterday as I drove home. “I made a … Continue reading
A Communicator’s Rant
Get the headline (forget the typo double negative) and follow up quote for this brilliant piece from CNBC. Morgan’s Mack: Crisis Unlike Nothing Seen Before Morgan Stanley Chief Executive John Mack said Thursday the current financial crisis is like nothing … Continue reading
The View from the Porch 