September 2008

Up, Down, Up, Down

September 30, 2008

With the stock market rollercoastering like it is, I have a feeling someone or a whole group of someones is hoping this yo-yo keeps going for awhile. The Dow is down 777 one day, up 250 the next.  I’m no financial whiz, but it looks to me like you could make a killing in the [...]

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Negative Thinking Seeping into the Mainstream (Which is a Good Thing!)

September 25, 2008

The New York Times writer Barbara Ehrenreich has finally caught on to my philosophy that negative thinking (labeled here as “realism”) would have avoided the financial mess we’re in. I, obviously, agree. From New York Times: The Power of Negative Thinking By Barbara Ehrenreich Nice title by the way. J GREED — and its crafty [...]

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Corporate Criticism

September 22, 2008

Saw this at David Boyle’s blog as I was browsing online. It is about corporations embracing criticism on their forums and comments. It came about from this Washington Post article that I will now excerpt here: Welcome criticism. The first step is supporting interactive conversation, where site visitors can communicate with you. That’s easy. The [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: Feeding the Beast

September 18, 2008

Life in Houston is slowly coming around to normal. The only problems I run into now are traffic related. The 4-way stop issue is a mess. People are out right idiots in their cars. I’ve already seen 4 accidents because no one takes the time to think about whose turn it is to go. Its [...]

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Ike Update – Final Post

September 15, 2008

This will be the final post regarding Hurricane Ike. The water came back on! Let the random toilet flushing begin! My office is still without power, but I grabbed a computer from the office and set it up here at home, so the office is mostly up and running. Forwarded the phones and viola! Back [...]

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Ike Updated – Aftermath Photos – Pt. 2

September 14, 2008

Just a quick update. Here’s a friends house with a tree resting on it: And in Highland Village on the way to my office: Tweet

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Ike Update – Aftermath photos – 1st batch

September 14, 2008

Today, after getting out, heading over to my office in River Oaks, I see it is pretty bad out there. A tree is leaning up against my office building and many streets are full of tree limbs, high water and debris. I’ll get you some photos later. Here are 2 pics from my neighborhood in [...]

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Ike Update – Water, Water everywhere…

September 13, 2008

We’re fine here at Price Central. We only lost power for about 4 hours last night. Then, during the heart of the storm, when the wind and the rain were at it’s worst…the power came on! My wife and I couldn’t believe it. It flickered on and off a half dozen times from about 4am and [...]

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Ike Update: Serious Issues

September 12, 2008

The first ominous sign…Comcast Cable is only showing local channels. No HD! No HBO! No Bill Mahr!! Oh, the humanity…please send entertainment supplies. All I have is local news. And we know how much I love them… Tweet

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Ike Update – Too much positive thinking going on!

September 12, 2008
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One of the reason’s I’m not too worried about my situation here in Houston is my location. As I said earlier, I live in an area that doesn’t really flood and historically hasn’t had massive wind damage. But for those that live in flood areas, have had their homes flooded before and still are not [...]

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