Pumpkin carving
Published on 10/31/2008
I have a one word recommendation for pumpkin carving: rotozip.
Archive for October, 2008
Was it just me?
Published on 10/30/2008
Tonight I watched Barack Obama’s infomercial. The majority of the time is spent on anecdotes where American citizens explain their “distress.” Am I the only one that noticed that each of stories featured very well-fed people in comfortably appointed homes with late model automobiles? I can only conclude that I wasn’t the target audience for those [...]
betting against VW costs $38b
Published on 10/29/2008
In the most eloquent of ways, Porsche thanks short sellers for driving down the cost of VW shares, whom they have been slowly acquiring.
Schadenfreude was not the driver of that car, basic economics was. When the value of an asset drops below fair market value, someone will step up to the plate and buy. I feel [...]
vw reliability?
Published on 10/23/2008
I have always wondered why Consumer Reports and other rated VW’s below average for mechanical reliability when my experience, and that of my TDI owning friends like Michael Surls who owns two of ‘em, has been nothing short of splendid reliability. Today I read this:
While Volkswagen has had a somewhat spotty record with the mechanical [...]
for everything else…
Published on 10/22/2008
Neiman Marcus $49,426
Saks Fifth Avenue $75,063
Bloomingdale’s NY: $5,103
Macy’s Minneapolis: $9,448
Trips for kids $21,012
Losing your Hockey Mom cred: Priceless
McCain, on the Attack
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John McCain YouTube video where he states that Negative Attack Ads Show You Have No Vision.