Month: January 2009
Ways you can tell you are from the Pacific Northwest
1. You know the state flower (Mildew).
2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
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U.S. dollars in circulation skyrocketing
Review of 2008, What’s coming in 2009
Lengthy, but interesting write-up looking back and looking forward – link
How much is a Trillion $?
President Reagan said the best way to understand a trillion dollars is to imagine a crisp, new stack of $1000 bills.
If you had a stack four inches high, youd be a millionaire. A trillion-dollar stack of $1000 bills would measure just over 63 miles high.
$55,000,000,000,000+ U.S. Debt???
If there is one thing I would encourage my blog visitors to read is this one post and take the time to watch the linked video.
A 40-Year Wish List
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.”
Hello world!
I’ve decided to create my own blog. Historically I send emails out to folks – kind of a spammer I guess. I thought I would try this approach rather than sending everything via email.
The topics I intend to cover are miscellaneous things like the economy, finance, sports, advice, humor, etc. I don’t see this being focused on one particular topic, but rather an ecclectic collection of things I find interesting.
We’ll see how it goes!
