Monthly Archives: August 2010

Spent most of today’s continuing to rebuild my address book, changing passwords, checking with my credit card companies to make sure there was no monkey business there, etc.  What a pain!  Oh, well…could have been much worse, I suppose. The … Continue reading →

My e-mail account was hacked today and everyone in my address book received an “I’m in London, UK and the credit cards in my suitcase were stolen” e-mail.  Spent the better part of the day recreating my address book (which … Continue reading →

With apologies to Pink Floyd, “Welcome…to The Machine.” That verse kept running through my head when I tested the newest offering from The Connors Group, called “The Machine.”  In case you were wondering, ‘Connors’ is Larry Connors, one of the … Continue reading →

Thanks, Homer. Just when the popular media was screaming about Hindenburg Omens, the market falling below 10,000, and a week of negative economic reports, Uncle Ben says the U.S. central bank “will do all that it can” to ensure a … Continue reading →

Important lows were taken out today as the market sold off on news that existing homes sales plunged a record 27%.  Paradoxically, home builders rallied on today’s housing data, the last to be negatively affected by the expiration of a … Continue reading →

You can tell it’s the hazy, lazy days of late summer.  The kids are starting back to school while the Street tries for 1 – 2 more weekends in the Hamptons…are the LIRR Cannonball parlor seats all sold out yet? … Continue reading →

Yup, it’s Friday again.  Comes the same time each week, too…. The markets closed mixed today although there was a half-hearted rally attempt in the afternoon that never gained traction.  The Dow Industrials fell 57 points to close at 10,213.62.  … Continue reading →

A few years ago I took a Monday off to visit an art museum in Dallas.  Trying to be green I took the train from Ft. Worth to Dallas and then hopped on the light rail trolley (“DART”) to the … Continue reading →

One of our neighbors owns the cutest little Cairn Terrier you’ve ever seen.  Her name is Molly and she loves to chase things.  When she sees a bird flying overhead she runs in a tight circle to the left and … Continue reading →