Update January 14, 2009: Just one day after posting this article, they got me again. The culprit was a plain legal-sized envelope. What made me open it was the fact that it was addressed by hand and had a real postage stamp. What should have clued me in was the fact that it did not have any return address. The good news is that I can now save over $9,000 on a new Jeep.
This was a big weekend for those of us who like sports. Add to that the season premier of Fox’s “24″ and that’s a great weekend. Unfortunately, I am not the only person wanting to watch the “big” TV. I was asked to peek in on the Golden Globe Awards at one point. It was actually the red carpet preview show. I flipped and was treated by an interview with the star of Ugly Betty.
The first question was about whether she was going to follow up her campaigning (I presumed for our president elect) and get more involved in politics in the future. Click. I had enough and did not listen to her response. Remote controls are great.
If you are like me and do not always make the right decision, you might find Yes or No
As is his style, Dr. Johnson uses a story to illustrate his points. The very readable story includes such subjects as; Finding My Way, Using My Head, Crossing the Bridge, Arriving at a Better Decision, and Acting on a Better Decision.
The culmination is Dr. Johnson’s “Map to a Better Decision” and a removable index card 
outlining these recommendations.
In this inspirational book Spencer Johnson, M.D.
There are a lot of inspirational books on the market, but Dr. Johnson had a unique style that makes his books more enjoyable. The book is short at 104 pages and
the type is large for those of you closer to my age so I have read it many times.
The problem that I have reviewing short inspirational books is that I cannot say too much without giving away the story.
There are hundreds of books about how to run your life and survive in business. One of my favorite authors in this genre is Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Who Moved My Cheese?
January 19, 2009 – Update: It is now estimated that the costs for the Obama inaguration will surpass $170 million ($49 million to be spent by the Federal Government and another $75 million by local governments who will seek reimbursement from the Federal Government. According to my math that is $124 million in tax dollars!). The article by ABC News did NOT call for this money to be spent on homeless, the poor, or starving people.
January 14, 2009 – Update: It is estimated that the costs for Barrack Obama’s inaguration will surpass $100 million dollars.
I clipped an Associated Press news article from my local paper a few weeks ago. Tina Fey was voted AP Entertainer of the Year. This was great news for her, but I am not one who generally reads this stuff. What made me cut out the article, however, was a statement about Fey that sounded like it put her over rivals Robert Downy Jr. (third place) and Heath Ledger (second place):
“But it was Fey who most impressed voters largely with her indelible impression of Gov. Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live.” Her cameos on her old show (where she had been a head writer until 2006) helped drive the show to record ratings and eventually drew an appearance from Palin herself.”
How many of you have attended a high school football game on a fall Friday evening? Have you ever attended a church picnic or a school function? One of the standard fund-raising activities at these events is the 50/50 raffle. In case you are not sure what this is, you purchase raffle tickets and the winner gets one half of the total take of the raffle. I have been to some where the prize is well over one thousand dollars. The other half of the take is given to the fund-raising group or some charity. It is all good.
In this rebuttal, John R. Lott Jr.
As an example, the theory in Freakonomics that the decrease in crime being based, in large part, on an increase in the number of abortions, Freedomnomics theorizes that the decrease in crime is caused by more mundane things. Stronger penalties, more criminals actually spending time in prison (and off of the streets) and right-to-carry laws are causing lower crime rates. Some might even call these reasons logical.
The subtitle of the book, “A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” was an intriguing draw for me as I am an expert economist. Ok, I am not an expert. I just work for a living, own (at least partially) a house and run a small business out of my home. I do have an interest in economics and found the theories compelling as did most of America.
