Monday, November Fifth
Warmer and humid today, going up into the mid eighties... not my kind of autumn morning coffee muses.
Tag: retirement
Leon Hale Talks About Owning Rural Property
I caught Leon Hales latest in my feed reader last week and thought he had a lot of good points. After spending a quarter of a century posting columns from the porch of his place in Winedale, Leon Hale has come to some conclusions about the joys of a second home…
It Is The Second Anniversary Of My OTC Freedom
For over 35 years one of the defining events of each year was the opening of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. During much of that time, OTC was the largest tradeshow we did each year. Pre-production would begin toward the end of each year as initial contacts with clients…
Today Should Have Been A Great Day Of Goodbyes
For most of the past decade I had picked today as my last day of employment with Freeman. Earth Day 2010...The fortieth anniversary of the defining idea of my generation and 38 years into a career at a single company. Today would have been the day I was able to…
Death And Taxes And Rebirth And Taxes
I tossed and turned in bed last night in a perfect storm of tax related muses...nightmares...planning. I had a meeting with a CPA yesterday. I had arranged the meeting to try to get a handle on my tax plan for next year. This is the year I finally bury my…
The Weather, My Wife and Happiness In Our Coming Life Together…
Last evening as I sat with grandson in arms gooing and oogleing, my wife made the comment that it was going to get cold again this weekend. Now my wife thinks cold on the weekends is a personal affront to her happy enjoyment of her non-income producing time. Keeping in…
Musing My Morning Out…
Life throws you that spitball. Your plans don't count because your plans were based on being allowed to work out your career and end it when you planned.
Inspiring To Greatness
I watched and listened to this as it was given on Tuesday. It wasn't until today that I actually read it...I find myself even more encouraged than I was with the first hearing. I foresee the American people will be inspired to greatness once again. Maybe, just maybe, our leaders…
Depressing Muses For A Dreary Friday…
Already in free fall, the price of oil could soon push much lower as the effects of a global recession take hold. Crude fell $3.12, or 6.7%, to settle at $43.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday. Many oil-industry insiders and traders now say prices could…
Maybe Autumn Does Exist In This World…
For the first time in the back half of the year it really does feel like autumn this morning...We are even feeling like the mountains I long for... Alvin, TX 55.0 °F / 12.8 °C Clear Boone, NC 51.7 °F / 10.9 °C Drizzle Floyd, VA 53.4 °F / 11.9…
Sunday Morning Musing
Pardon the parsity of the recent posts. I find myself in that strange world of being in between. After thirty-five years at the same company (yes, most of my co-workers weren't even born when I started), I find my skills and knowledge not as welcome as they were. Management changes…
Midweek Muses…
From the papers and email... Paul C. Light - Can't-Do Government - washingtonpost.com The next president will inherit what Alexander Hamilton called a "government ill executed." Now that's a legacy, George... ++++++++++ $6.64 for gas? That's what $200 crude will bring, Rice U. finds | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle If…
Where should I keep my nest egg now?
Paul Krugman has an informative column up today... Contrary to popular belief, the stock market crash of 1929 wasn’t the defining moment of the Great Depression. What turned an ordinary recession into a civilization-threatening slump was the wave of bank runs that swept across America in 1930 and 1931. This…
Musing about my North Carolina Mountain Dream
My wife and I were discussing my/our dream of living in the mountains yesterday. It hit me while we were talking that she only sees the mountains through vacation eyes. Her vision of mountain living is high on the side of the mountain with views that reach all the way…
What do you do on a Friday in post-autumn summer?
Going through the Google Reader feeds this morning I stumbled over Dick Cavett at the Times. If you need a review of his column take this into consideration...I read all the wy to the end to get these final lines to drop quote here. Witness for theWho, Exactly? - Dick…
Does George Will look at the world thru rose colored glasses?
To judge by his latest columns my answer would have to be yes. It looks like I'm not the only one who thins so either. Marbo is Guest Posting over at The Carpetbagger Report this weekend and has a systematic rebuttal to George Will's latest column telling us how good…
Thursday Morning – June 7, 20 O Seven
What a difference a day makes...Yesterday morning I was in Medical Mode and not hurrying out the door, so I drew my first cup and glanced up at the "Weather Station". The outside temperature was 68 and the humidity was lower than normal, just in the 80% vicinity, so I…
SENSIBLE PRIORITIES
Jim Hightower is one of the few Texas Progressive Politicians my generation has seen. He has a real talent for cutting through the BS that most politicians sling...Hey, how about indulging yourself with a hot new Maserati? Yeah, it's got a sticker price that'll make you go blind – but,…
Lawmakers’ Profits Are Scrutinized
Lawmakers' Profits Are Scrutinized: House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles from a highway project that he helped to finance with targeted federal funds.A Republican House member from California, meanwhile, received nearly double what he paid…
Goodbye to a Legend in His Own Mind
You know, Tom Delay had been my Congressman for most of my adult life. I have been voting against him for that entire length of time. Today I am happy to say “don’t let the door hit you, Tom.” I look forward to enjoying your retirement from politics. The Washinton…
