Archive for February, 2009
Dogs and Cats Living Together, Mass Hysteria!
February 23rd, 2009At times like this when the financial world seems to be ending, I think its important to have a bit of humor. I just got an email from someone saying to prepare for the end of the world. It reminded me of this scene from Ghostbusters:
$12 million bonuses are the problem
February 20th, 2009Someone please tell me how exactly GE has set up a pay package so that its CEO, Jeff Immelt, gets a $12 million bonus in a year like 2008. The only reason GE is not in bankruptcy is because of the Federal Government and Warren Buffett. Without these two lenders of last resort GE is […]
Grizzly Bear Fancy Fancy footwork
February 19th, 2009Great article and video on Grizzly Bears “dancing” to get fish.
Grizzlies dancing
Tycoon’s beauty contest for mistresses ends tragically
February 17th, 2009File this story under Bizarre (this one deserves the capital “B”). This credit crisis continues to unearth ridiculous behavior.
Beauty contest for mistresses
I feel sorry for Microsoft
February 13th, 2009I feel sorry for Microsoft. They sooooo want to be liked and be cool, it is painful to watch. Like the awkward, dorky kid who does all of the wrong things, they just want to fit in. The latest announcement that they will open stores like Apple is particularly telling. Instead of coming out with […]
What is Gold telling us?
February 12th, 2009Great blog post on gold by Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis (mouthful, right?):
You can’t fool gold
Great Rant
February 12th, 2009This is a great rant by Congressman Capuano:
A new Number discovered
February 11th, 2009This is hysterical. I got this from the Little Green Footballs Blog:
New number
Musical Punctuation
February 11th, 2009Some old school humor courtesy of Victor Bourge…
Rail Shipments of Cars and Metals
February 10th, 2009This post from Paul Kedrosky is absolutely stunning. A 63% drop in car shipments in January?
Janaury Rail shipments