It’s been almost a month since I last posted.  Much has happened during that time.  The stock market has continued to free-fall with slight recoveries here and there.  We have a new President-elect.  I still have a slight cold that is dragging out forever.  My grandfather passed and with him an era seems to have [...]

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Well, you’ve probably heard about the multi-billion dollar loan package that Congress passed this last week.  I’m slightly ambivalent about this.  I wouldn’t have done it but I think I understand the basic workings of the financial system to understand why Congress did it.  Frankly, the extra 100+ billion of pork is a whole lot [...]

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     The last two weeks have been crazy.  We put over 36 hours and 3100 miles behind the wheel of our Xterra.  We’ve been through Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.  We spent a week in Minnesota with family and a week in South Dakota with family. 
     We were privilege to ride a jet [...]

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I’m tired.  Worn out and frankly am about ready to go to bed.  What I planned for this evening and what I did were two different things.  What I ended up doing was fulfilling and what I planned would have been exciting in another way.  The first left me physically worn out and the latter [...]

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What a crazy weekend…

Ran a 5K on Friday, turned out someone didn’t quite get the course length correct.  As a result it was something less than a 5K.  Just not certain how short it was!  Well, I ran whatever it was in 21:44… not bad.  I found myself both a bit depressed and motivated by [...]

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