Buy Boycott This Book So, five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the 2008 financial crash, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is peddling a new forward, “Five Years Later,” to his 2011 book “On the Brink.” Ironically, at 38 pages, Mr. Paulson’s forward is a whopping 35(!) pages longer than his original TARP...Read More
Curious Expressions, Cont. If someone called you a “pistachio” or a “pecan” . . . you’d have absolutely no idea what they were talking about. But if they called you a “nut” — as in, “you’re such a nut!” — you’d know exactly what they meant. 🙂 Why’s that?? Credit a Kaplan kid for that...Read More
Voting With Your Feet — or (Computer) Mouse The best sign of a satisfied customer? Repeat business. So, when it comes to things like groceries, gas, and dry cleaning — purveyors of such things can figure out pretty quickly how they’re doing. Ditto for the web sites (and blogs!) which people patronize regularly. Infrequent Transactions...Read More
How Much Do You Discount for THAT?? I got a chuckle looking at the backyard photo (above) for this new list in St. Louis Park’s “first alphabet” neighborhood — better known as Fern Hill. If you look closely, you’ll see a shiny, silvery object looming above the fence in the center left of the photo. The explanation? The...Read More
Who Needs an Expensive Colorado Consultant?? So, the deep tunnel option for the Southwest Light Rail Corridor is apparently a “no go” (too expensive). What’s next? Everyone (including the Met Council’s high-priced Pueblo, CO consultant) is now going back to the drawing board, (re)examining all options, and reconvening in a month. If that’s the case, here’s seconding my...Read More
Answer: Bikes! Want a sure sign that the Twin Cities’ “Nice Ride” bike program is a hit? Bike stands like the one above (at the southeast corner of 26th & Lyndale, in Minneapolis’ Wedge neighborhood) that are plumb out of bikes. To be sure, yesterday was a beautiful, weekend day, with sunny skies and (very)...Read More
