Here is my first attempt at home video of the big 2013 Easter Egg hunt at Nana and Gramps. Starring Olallie, Aticus, Jacob, and Shasta, the key players. Not great but much better than I thought it would turn out. Wish I had finished with a good ending. It has Read More
In my mind, for any business or serious blogger WP.org is the obvious choice over WP.com. The power of open source code and access to 25,000 plugins via .org WP sites certainly outweighs the maintenance free slight advantage of .com WP. Here is a good graph created by WPMU.org showing Read More
This video is absolutely amazing, bizarre and seems like something from the future. You have to watch it. Beginning is slow but have patience.
My old 1986 Winnebago had a bit of a mishap back in November of last year. It was my last campout of the 2012 season. As I was leaving Colfax for the ocean, I stopped at the post office to get my mail, parking along the curb. What I didnt Read More
Here are some charts showing the distribution if there were only 100 people in the world. Some things to note: I wonder why French isn’t listed? What small minority we are in the USA 5% What a minority us older people over 65 are Only 7 would have a college Read More
Interest rates have been extremely low for a good 5+ years now. And we know its because of the Fed keeping the discount rate at zero and pumping free money into the sytem. But nothing goes on forever and I have to wonder is the bond market the next bubble. Read More
The S&P is 25 points away from its all time high at 1576, so it has yet to confirm the Dow record. However it put in a strong week and other than the ADX which is giving a cautionary signal, all seems well. The markets are up, not because the Read More
Even though the Dow has made new highs, and looks quite strong here at around 14,300, the S&P still has to exceed 1576 to take out its highs and its just at 1541. This lack of confirmation by the other indices is a bit of a warning not to be Read More
Here is a great infographic on the recent ADP payroll statistics, showing solid gains however not really enough to bring us back to much lower a much lower employment rate. February private payrolls grew 198,000 but that just keeps us from getting worse. We need over 250,000 to really make Read More
This is a great video that shows, in a simplified way, how skewed the wealth distribution in America has become. Its not about favoring socialism by any means. Quite the opposite. However, it does show how dramatically things have changed in favor of the very rich and to the detriment Read More