I went to the ever reliable Wikipedia and read the following: "The term Cyber Monday refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Whereas Black Friday is associated with traditional brick-and-mortar stores, "Cyber Monday" symbolizes a busy day for online retailers. The premise was that consumers would return to their offices after the Black Friday weekend, making purchases online that they were not able to make in stores."
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Cyber Monday
I went to the ever reliable Wikipedia and read the following: "The term Cyber Monday refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Whereas Black Friday is associated with traditional brick-and-mortar stores, "Cyber Monday" symbolizes a busy day for online retailers. The premise was that consumers would return to their offices after the Black Friday weekend, making purchases online that they were not able to make in stores."
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
What does $1 buy?
Monday, November 24, 2008
What are we bailing out of?

I looked around for a complete list of stores going under this holiday season...below is a look at other that have not benefited from the glorious bailout plan. Also, what does this do for inflation over the next few years?
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide closing
Another note to add, if you have gift cards to these stores, USE them ASAP, if you not, do NOT buy any.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Cost - Analysis?

Interesting Article from ABC News:
The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy.All three CEOs - Rick Wagoner of GM, Alan Mulally of Ford, and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler - exercised their perks Tuesday by flying in corporate jets to DC. Wagoner flew in GM's $36 million luxury aircraft to tell members of Congress that the company is burning through cash, asking for $10-12 billion for GM alone.
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How can I help but realize the total irony of the article? Even beyond the obvious, "Hey why are you asking for money as you live in luxury." What about the fact that it has become so normal to those guys to fly on a personal jet that they did not even consider how ridiculous it looked? Is there any question why we as middle class citizens live outside our means when the most intelligent Business Men of the country are flying around in private jets. It just reinforces how sad things have gotten.
To really let it sink in, I decided to gather some statistics on owning and operating a private jet.
Cost of Jet: $6 million to $50 million
Operation Cost: $1800 - $5000 an hour
Examples: Light jets ($3 million to $8 million) can take 5 to 8 passengers roughly 2,000 miles (3,219 km); midsize executive jets ($9 million to $16 million) can take up to 9 passengers from 2,000 to 3,000 miles (3,219 to 4,828 km); and large executive jets ($17 million to $45 million) can carry 12 passengers more than 4,000 miles (6,437 km)
Friday, November 21, 2008
First Blog

Here goes nothing.... I have caved to the pressure and created a blog. I'm still not sure why at this point, but hopefully through the next few posts I'll start to develop some kind of theme. Knowing my inability to focus and not be side tracked, there will most likely be no theme, rather a mix of random thoughts, emotions, and ideas. Nonetheless, I hope someone benefits from my pointless ramble.
