More than 300 million US citizens are paying around $700 billion to jumpstart the economy. And after the first $250 billion was doled out to eight top banks, the banks were admonished to spend the money, not just hoard it. That, after all, was the point. Free up the credit Read more…
Saturday we spent the day on a chartered bus tour of four of the Texas Hill Country’s wineries, and it couldn’t have been a better day for it despite starting off at the ungodly hour of 3:30 am (not the bus tour itself ; I’ll explain that later). Crisp, cool weather, bright Read more…
I finished Zoe’s Tale a few weeks ago, and really liked it. John Scalzi got the character of a teenage girl right, even if there were a few points where it was like he was channeling Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody. But even the smartassery wasn’t that bad and Zoe and Read more…