Archive for November, 2010

Battle of the Crater, as presented by Neil

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Here is Neil’s recreation of the Battle of the Crater, or as the Confederacy might have called it, the Great Turkey Shoot

Why I Think QE2 Won’t Work

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

I’m not an economist, but the Fed’s recent decision to unleash (that, virtually print) more U.S. dollars into the world economy–termed qualitative easing 2, or QE2 for short– really caused me to fret. Now, the idea, as far as I understand it, is that we need more inflation in order to have an full economic [...]

Our Long Amusement Park Weekend

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

Peter’s been jonesing for a break from his consulting gig, which was recently extended for another 6 months; Kelly had a school break at the beginning of November; and Neil’s Legoland comp tickets were about to expire. So, we booked several nights at an inexpensive motel in Anaheim and planned on seeing 3 amusement parks [...]

by Carolyn Bickford