I’m bidding a very happy fare-thee-well to 2008. Not a very good year for me, and not very good for a lot of people. Unfortunately, I think the economic situation is going to get way worse. If you haven’t noticed your dollar buying you less and less yet you will. Aside from [...]
18
Dec
Posted on 2008 under blog, money, travel |
When I was a kid, I always thought it would be cool to travel by train. I’m not talking from Jersey to Grand Central, I’m talking about a long haul. Seeing the sites. As I grew up, I honestly forgot that Amtrak still existed, and in my frustrating quest for holiday travel [...]
17
Oct
Posted on 2008 under alaska, blog, economy, money, rant, wasilla |
While there are many advantages to living in Alaska. Competition and reasonable prices in the internet provider sector are bleak at best.
I’m not totally picking on GCI in this post, but they are the butt of my anger.
I live in Wasilla. There are two choices for high speed internet here. MTA (Matenuska Telephone Association) or GCI.
MTA [...]
I’ve been listening to DSC for a couple of years now. Many of you should remember Adam from his days as an MTV V-Jay. Over the past year or so, Adam has segued into new territory, learning and waking up to the farce of an existence we’ve all been taught is the “American Way”. I’ve [...]
Thrash, but so perfect, Copied from Bob Chapman’s International Forecaster. Please click on the paragraph to read the full blog entry. Then subscribe to the Forecaster…
“Oh, we must help the poor sheople by easing the credit-crunch so they can get more loans and get deeper into hock (like more loans is what they somehow need), [...]