The baristas at local gourmet coffee shops here in the DC Metro area pulled a lot of extra shots for many of their regular customers this morning, as the resident hordes of federal contractors made bleary-eyed tracks for their office desks. They had all been up rather late for a Sunday in Washington, a town… Continue reading Happy New Year!
Category: Art and Culture
Motorvational Creativity
Regular readers of this Web log already know that the sub-prime mortgage crisis affected my dear sister Rose, her husband Hank and their children months ago. That was when her brother-in-law’s family defaulted on the mortgage to his McMansion, after which Hank and Rose took them in, striking a deal to split Hank and Rose’s… Continue reading Motorvational Creativity
Unsportsmanlike Behavior
It’s been an incredibly busy week, and more remarkable because it’s a week in July, and the stock market has traditionally waited until autumn to deflate the fantasies of greedy investors. The gods of commerce apparently decided to get started early this time, handing all those starry-eyed dreamers the stock market’s worst performance in five… Continue reading Unsportsmanlike Behavior
Bombs Bursting Over There
Cerise and I romped until dawn, so it wasn’t all that pleasant to be awakened at 8:38 this morning by a telephone call, but Caller ID said it was from my sister Rose, therefore filial duty required that I pick up instead of letting it roll over into voice mail. Rose: Tom, Hank’s scared to… Continue reading Bombs Bursting Over There
Millions of Wise Guys Left Feeling Like They Can Only Sing Soprano
Katje, my dear sister-in-law, contacted me last night about 12:45. The poor thing was so distraught, I could even forgive her for being such a silly new-age airhead – which, as regular readers of this Web log know, recently resulted in a visit by my dear brother Rob Roy, who, TC fans will be glad to… Continue reading Millions of Wise Guys Left Feeling Like They Can Only Sing Soprano