I've given up. I can no longer resist including a thread entitled "Is this a Great Country or What!" because there is just too much material to pass up. One of my latest faves is the New York scalpers selling tickets for $750 on eBay to attend Jon Bon Jovi's…
You mean $5 Billion? Yes, if you live in Zimbabwe, that's about the value of an American dime. You know the old saw about "if you're out of checks, you're out of money" - no, I'm not talking about your spouse's money laundering skills – but in Zimbabwe, they're not…
In my column running today in the July 14 edition of the North Bay Business Journal entitled Sound Cash Management 'cheapest investor you'll ever find, I referred to a graphic that better explains the Sales Cycle or Operating Cash Cycle. You can click on it, below, to enlarge it and…
The NY Times recently published an article entitled “If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow“, a summary of research completed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck and published in her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Her mission was to try to better understand why certain people achieve their business potential while others fall short.
After thirty years of careful research, she concluded (more…)
The NY Times recently carried an article that defines conventional wisdom - and illustrates how gas, fuel and other energy costs have been much higher as a share of personal consumption expenditures than they are now. Who knew?
In 1886, Keokuk, Iowa celebrated Independence Day with a parade and the usual festivities. Samuel Clemens (better known to most as Mark Twain) was present and was asked to say a few words during the celebration, which he did, mixed with the laughter of the citizenry who hung on his every word:
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ESPN the Magazine recently reported on the “oldest ongoing sporting event in the world”. It started in 1362 with two simple rules: no water breaks and no timeouts. Short matches? Quite the contrary . . . how about the Championship match that took 60 minutes and required that the loser be carried out by his friends?
Ping pong you say? Bocce? Curling? (more…)
Sitting in the doctor's office recently, I found a old copy of a Reader's Digest issue (did you think there would be a current issue?) and browsed the humor sections, stopping on the Humor in Uniform section. Here's the Defense Dept's definition of a "first page", taken straight from the…
That's some kind of lunch, even if it's for 8 people at the venerable NY steakhouse, Smith & Wollensky's. See who paid $2.1 million - no, that's not a misprint - to dine with Warren Buffett.