The U.S. debt ceiling is expected to be reached in mid-September 2012 at $16.394 trillion. Ever wonder what that would look like in your wallet? Check out this fascinating link I got from my son, Jay…
http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_debt/us_debt.html
Such a sad day upon hearing of the passing of Marvin Hamlisch, truly one of the great composers of my generation. Nobody did it better…
Okay, I cannot resist riffing a little on the so-called “goat man,” about whom I read in the newspaper a week or so ago. According to the Associated Press, a man (apparently) has been spotted in the mountains of northern Utah hanging out with a herd of wild goats–while dressed in a goat costume, no less.
Heh heh. No, really, they have photos.
This past Easter, or the Saturday prior, I should say, I was about to make my usual trip through the aisles of my local Publix supermarket when, upon entering the store, I was pleasantly distracted by the resplendence of all the cut flowers arrayed about the entryway. During my corporate years, one of my colleagues acquainted me with the joy of having fresh flowers in the house. This person, a senior vice president, would routinely arrange to have fresh cut blooms delivered to his home every week. (He and his wife also had a full-time, live-in maid, who arranged them in vases throughout the house.)
About two years ago I took a short vacation to the Blue Ridge Mountains just west of Asheville, North Carolina. The excursion was entirely spontaneous and greatly needed as a respite from my daily grind. I managed to get a room at the Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway where my accommodations included a patio with a rocking chair and an unobstructed, panoramic view of the peaks and valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains, all from a lofty elevation of about 4,000 feet above sea level.