Archive for November, 2010
Cyber Monday: Let’s Make a Deal, winkwink
Isn’t America great? Today is Cyber Monday. I bet they don’t have Cyber Monday in Peru or France. CM comes after Black Friday which is the day we all drag our asses to the mall to do Christmas shopping. Since cyber sellers know their market, their day is not the day after Thanksgiving, but the first [...]
Lost at Sea: How 3 Boys Spent 50 Days
Did you hear about those three teenage boys who took their dingy…God, I love that word…out into the Pacific chasing a girl. They were lost for 50 days. Women are calling this is a stupid stunt, men are wondering what the girl looked like. How would three boys spend seven weeks, out in the ocean alone [...]
Straight Talk For College Sophomores
Bad word alert. This is directed at you college sophomores. Most of you do not have a genie. It’s taken nearly two years away from home but it looks to me like you are finally getting your shit together. You can’t carry it yet, but you are getting it together. So, good going. So far. [...]
Pre-Thanksgiving: Someone is Going to Get Hurt
by CAL, Curmudgeon at Large My job at the pre-Thanksgiving here is peeling potatoes. Not that I am bad at it, but my suggestion to get the Costco instant version was deemed as me-trying-to-get-out-of-work. This suggestion was offered only because I had heard that a local caterer used Costco’s potatoes. But the professionals laughed and [...]
Tonight’s Bobby Flay Throwdown, 8 pm, CST
It takes a big event to get me to miss Modern Family, but I am going to miss it tonight. My friends, Cal and Jack, own Hancock Gourmet Lobster, up in GodKnowsWhere, Maine. It’s a small business…or at least it started that way…and I lovelovelovelove their food. Calling it “food” is like calling Sarah Palin [...]
Look Who Followed Me First
Lee Meriwether @LeeMeriwether Los Angeles, CA Bio Former Catwoman, Miss America and actress from Barnaby Jones, Batman, Star Trek & All My Children 273 1,502 2,519 tweets following followers
Fix the Little Things First is My Advice
by CAL, Curmudgeon at Large Back in the 19-hundreds, New York City used to be a dangerous place. ’Member? Crime was unchecked. Whole city blocks looked like Detroit and everyone had given up. Gangs roamed and citizens left the city. Madonna lived there. Enter Rudy Guilani. As mayor, he got busy following the Broken Windows [...]
In CNN’s 8 Cities That Want Your Business-LinkUp Reports 86,967 Open Jobs
Today CNN Money published a list of eight cities that want your business. During Thanksgiving week, this might make a great conversation starter around the table, especially if you are looking to start your own business: From mega tax breaks to innovative business incubators, these places offer compelling incentives to would-be entrepreneurs. Before you start [...]
If Privatizing Parking Meters Works, Why Not This?
A couple of years ago, Chicago sold its parking meters to an outside company for…are you sitting down?…$1.15 billion. Billion with a B. Over the years, Chicago had essentially given up on its parking meters. Just like they have given up on snow removal and quality government. Some meters worked, most didn’t. No dummies, [...]
