Starbucks (see chart here)announced earnings - well sort of (read article here).  Accounting rules are the only thing determining whether Starbucks had earnings or losses.  Let's say the company broke even - because we don't know for sure given the financial machinations.  Starbucks was on a gro...

What to do with GM and Ford?  It sort of sounds like "what do we do about our miscreant son ______?"  The reality is that both companies are on the brink of failure - and no one believes they can survive without some sort of government bailout.  The national news is now active in the debate about...

First of all, thank you all for your comments both on the blog, in person and via email. This has really been the only place I'm able to really talk about Grandma without a lot of pressure for it to be one way or the other. Grandma is stable.  She is mostly not in pain.  We have incr...

What a day this Monday is turning out to be.  Circuit City files for Chapter 11 (read Reuters article here, and Marketwatch article here).  Sirius radio looks like it will follow soon (read article here).  And Deutsche Bank analysts are predicting GM will end up wiping out shareholders through e...

Being comfortable is something everyone enjoys, especially our pets/furry family members. The other day before work the Niff opened the bedroom window about 8 inches so our littlest kittah Lola could sit on the sill before we went to work. The window wasn't cracked for more than 2 minutes when w...

A not so subtle celebration of the frustrated Republican attempt to win another four years in the US White House, this week’s Extended Play kicks off with decidedly non-moose dressing Klaus Nomi (one of the first celebrities to succumb to an AIDS-related illness). Check this! http://www.youtube.co...

It's hard to tell but Grandma was actually holding her a bit, rather than simply laying next to her.  The few minutes she held her she cooed at her and told her how lovely she was, saying she hoped Noa had blue eyes like she (Grandma) does....

More exciting news coming out of the medical community this month! A second pilot study into the effectiveness of penile extender devices has now been completed and approved for publication. The results? Penis extenders (a.k.a. penis traction devices, a.k.a. penile stretchers) do, in fact, work. Whi...

Circuit City (see chart here) has announced it will close another 155 stores (see article here).  Here, right before the big holiday buying season, Circuit City is contracting drastically.  The company is almost out of cash, and is running into problems obtaining inventory.  And with the likely ...

When times are hard, people really feel the strain financially. When the economy goes down people start to get worried, and sometimes crisis follows. One of the best ways to thrive, not just survive economic downturns, and hard times......