Looks like we dodged the bullet one more time and the whole global financial system is not going to implode after all. The stock market has recovered somewhat, and banks are getting assistance from government. The financial life of the world goes on. But have we learned anything from this near-disaster? Is anything going to …
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The financial news is dismal right now, and it doesn’t look like it is going to improve any time soon. Friday’s Dow saw a dramatic drop of 660 points, and the European and Asian markets also took a nosedive in early trading. Banks around the world are in trouble, and Britain is threatening legal action …
I am getting ready to go to Austin to do a talk at the History Center, which is affiliated with the Austin Public Library. My son is the manager there, so he was most helpful in getting this set up. When I was talking to him making final arrangements for when I would arrive, I …
The one or two fans who have been following my career since its beginning, gulp, almost thiry years ago, you know where the title It’s Not All Gravy comes from. For the rest of you who might be wondering, here is the story. My very first publishing success was a weekly column that I did …
The one or two fans who have been following my career since its beginning, gulp, almost thiry years ago, you know where the title It’s Not All Gravy comes from. For the rest of you who might be wondering, here is the story. My very first publishing success was a weekly column that I did …
Morgan Mandel from http://morganmandel.blogspot.com/ tagged me to write six book things about myself. I don’t know where this started or where the rules are, but apparently we are to write six things about ourselves then tag some folks to do the same. Hope the folks I tag are up for the fun and not irritated …
I just read this brief news item on CNN online: California may need a quick $7 billion loan from the federal government to pay for “teachers’ salaries, nursing homes, law enforcement and every other State-funded service” this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned in a letter sent Thursday to the U.S. Treasury secretary. The letter, posted …
Today I am pleased to have as a guest, Mr. Tracy Farr. In addition to being an amazing jazz musician with the Stinky Creek Band, he is a humorist with more than a bit of wisdom within the words. Tracy shares his wit with the readers of WinnsboroToday.com every week in the Periodic Columns and …
It’s not easy to decide how much colorful language to include in a book without it seeming gratutitious, and I always deferred to the characters and the story to decide. Some characters are more prone to swearing than others. But over at http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/ there is a discussion today about using swear words and it started …
