Jiggidy Jig
As in Home Again, Home Again. I went off on a journey with my son and his girlfriend this weekend. Â No, no markets involved — rather, it was colleges. They’re […]
March 2009
Lo-Mein, or my love affair with the noodle
According to the Oxford American Dictionary which is built into my Mac, to noodle is to “improvise or play casually on a musical instrument.”  For me, noodling is playing casually […]
AIG paying $1.2 billion in bonuses
That’s right. Not $121 million. Â Not even $165 million. Â $1.2 BILLION, in bonuses and retention payments, a big chunk of it to the very idiots in their Financial Products unit […]
Restart: Fast and Furious
No, not these guys, though I wouldn’t mind meeting Vin Diesel. Or Paul Walker, for that matter… Remember back in early February (that long ago?) when I said I was […]
Piggy Banks, or Banks as Pigs
Last October, I posted about a terrific explanation of the mortgage crisis that had been done on This American Life. Well, they’ve done it again: Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam […]
Why I don't Tweet
Never say never, but really… The Daily Show With Jon Stewart   M – Th 11p / 10c Twitter Frenzy  Â