The Chamber of Commerce is actually in the pocket of just 16 corporations and does not represent over 93% of the 3 million small businesses it claims to represent. Look at this graphic display showing their lobbying efforts and their stands against progressive measures in the past. Why It’s Time Read More
Kate and the grandkids (Atticus and Olallie) took a day off and we went into the mountains looking for a nice place to sled. It was the day after MLK day so the normal spot we go was quite worn down, very icy and hard. We found another place near Read More
We have a whole picasso gallery of the 2012/13 new years eve party however here are a couple pics of kate and me that I particularly like.
Last November I ventured to Wrights beach for 3 days, during a big storm BTW. On the way there I pulled away from a curb, at our Colfax Post Office, only to be surprised by a crunching sound. A low hanging limb of a tree bashed my top right corner. Read More
I just found out about this site whatwpthemeisthat.com where you can put in the url of a wordpress site and it will tell you what child and parent theme it uses, where to get more info on those themes and all the plugins used on the home page. Check it Read More
The Conference board reported that consumer confidence in January dropped to lowest level since Nov. 2011. I find this interesting in light of the stock market nearing its all time high (S&P high was 1576 in 2007). Also in light of the rising retail sales numbers. Maybe fear brings about Read More
On a weekly basis the Nasdaq 100 could be forming a Head and shoulders pattern. It could easily still rise to 2800 (the old up trend line) and then sell off. Key is the break of the neckline or a break above the September high.
The S&P appears to be on its way toward 1576, the high in 2007. Looking at the daily and weekly charts, everything is pointed up and now that it took out resistance at the Sept. 2012 highs, and the debt ceiling issue has been put off for 3 months, or Read More
The birds during and after the storm were amazing to watch. I was firing off photo shots of these almost as much as the waves.
After the storm these two buddies had to do some exploring to see what had been washed up.