"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."
- Professor Irwin Corey
Happy Mid-Morning Monday Mailing list...say that three times fast,
It was my intension to send out my weekend update last night before bed, but for a number of reasons I decided that it would be best to wait until this morning to send out a mass mailing. I apologize to you, your employer, and possibly your professors, I am sure that by now the suspense must be killing you--In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't gotten a thing done today--and thats fine, it is Monday and even worse its January. So without further delay, here are some things that may have slid by under your radar last week:
It was my intension to send out my weekend update last night before bed, but for a number of reasons I decided that it would be best to wait until this morning to send out a mass mailing. I apologize to you, your employer, and possibly your professors, I am sure that by now the suspense must be killing you--In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't gotten a thing done today--and thats fine, it is Monday and even worse its January. So without further delay, here are some things that may have slid by under your radar last week:
Some things that don't suck:
Free Home Phone, This week I tried to go a little light on the gadgets, but I really could not pass this one up. This is a little (but not cheap) device that you plug into your broadband internet and then run telephone lines from it to your existing phone. Just like that you have two lines, voicemail you can access online, caller ID, international calling, tons of other features...and NO BILL. With everyone above the age of 5 having their own cell phone these days, the utility of the home phone line is diminishing, and the $50 dollars a month stings more and more. Conditions are perfect for something like this to really take off, this gets a huge A+ from me if that means anything to you.
Driverless Cars, GM says that these things could be rolling down a highway near us by the year 2018...awesome, that is as long as they do a better job then current drivers at staying out of the left lane!...because everyone knows that the left lane is for those of us who believe driving is more than getting from point A to B, it is the competitive response and sport involved in the trip.
Are you the man? Show it by opening beer bottles with your bare hands. With no more smoking in bars you have to do something to send the message that you are where its at. But if you are like me, and the most significant callose on your hand is on the inside of your index finger and even that hardly protects you from too much writing, then you are going to rip your hand apart trying to pull off this stunt without this discrete and cool bottle opener ring.
The Ninja Bandit, He is a New York city burglar suspected in 19 recent break ins. I know you are probably thinking that criminals dressed in all black are not a good thing, but this guy apparently "wielded a set of nun chucks" when he was surprised by a homeowner back in September...and that is hilarious.
The Twelve Days of Christmas, To most of the world Christmas is over, but not to those of us at the Dick Pond Athletics Christmas party last night and nothing says Merry Christmas like free bowling and an open bar. But anyways, this past holiday season there was some controversy at an certain Christmas Eve party that I attended when during the singing of the Twelve Days of Christmas I was ready to sing "9 drummers drumming," as instructed by the glass in my hand, while someone else's glass read "9 ladies dancing." Since that time I have lost some sleep over it, but this website has answered all my questions and more...Also on a side note to WLIT, the Twelve days of Christmas doesn't start on November 1st, it actually starts on Christmas and just wrapped up last Sunday.
Some things that do:
Chicago Shrinkage, continuing off of last week's theme of Chicago Shrinkage i.e. Lake Michigan, now its the Sun-Times! In a push to cut costs by $50 million dollars this year, the Sun axed 51 newsroom jobs, and THREE entire northwest side publications. Nobody--not even the personified newspaper in this case--was spared from the chopping block; landing on doorsteps early Wednesday morning a full inch shorter than the day before. So our Great Lake, our second or third favorite newspaper, even the Bears all cut down in recent weeks....Whats next? oh yeah...the Trib's new layout is all set to debut Monday the 14th.
Nothing says New Year like Recession, Nothing says "I told you so" like "I told you so," But for those of you who aren't basking in the glory of your 100% return on Google since I starting preaching Buy in March of 2006...you still have time...I am no Jim Cramer, but in August I starting feeling like bonds, health care, and some old fashion value funds seem like good places to hang out to ride out some rough economic waters ahead...and now the experts finally see the iceberg.
Freakonomics, Also the name of one of my favorite books of all time...but in this case I am referring to the study of Chicagoland prostitution just completed by Steve Levitt, best selling author and Harvard Fellow Economist. The report released is only a preliminary draft but already makes some pretty heavy claims, which unfortunately for some--i.e."Chicago's finest takes its privileges wherever it can"--are backed up with numbers.
HD DVD, Sorry in advance to anyone who dropped nearly $400 dollars on one of these guys during the format war hype. It is pretty much written in stone, Blu-ray won. It has a better picture, it has already been widely distributed via the PlayStation 3 (good move Sony!) and if it that wasn't bad enough Warner Brothers just announced that they are backing blu-ray exclusively. Like I was saying, pack up your HD DVDs with your MiniDisc Player and your Zune...sometimes it is just better to admit when you have been beaten.
Until Next time,
-Chance Kelch
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