Posted in Shameless Self-Promotion, holiday, prescience on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Predictions are hard, especially about the future, but I have proved my worth. Here’s what I said two weeks ago:
My keen observation of the ruling American zeitgeist in the past few months permits me to make the following predictions vis-à-vis Halloween costumes:
For the ladies, the most desired will be Sarah Palin.
For the gentle-men, the most [...]
Posted in finance, perception on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes all it takes to swing from loss to profit is the stroke of a pen:
Changes in accounting rules allowed Deutsche Bank to avoid a loss for the third quarter.
The new rules enabled the bank to reduce its write-downs by nearly $1 billion, giving it a net profit of 435 million euros, or $573 million. [...]
Posted in me, politik on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My poll was a success, dear readers!
After examining the votes cast in my poll, I have arrived at a decision as to who will be my write-in candidate. Though the plurality of votes went to Stephen Colbert, in the end one person’s vote made all the difference–touché, Hollywood celebs!
My choice for write-in candidate will be [...]
Posted in me, politik on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the most important election in human or non-human history just days away, I am still one of the undecided voters whom political operatives consider to be abjectly stupid. My indecisiveness is, however, of a different flavor than many others, for I was long ago decided not to vote for any main party nominee, instead [...]
Posted in bookular readings on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In my post on Paul Flagon-man, I pledged that his book, Peddling Prosperity, would be the next on my reading list. Unfortunately the county library does not carry this particular work of his, and though Amazon is peddling the book, I would rather wait for another paycheck to make the purchase. What’s more, after just [...]
