General, The Economy

Ben “Cautious” Bernanke

July 17, 2012

  From today’s NY Times: Cautious on Growth, Bernanke Offers No Hint of New Action. Great Recession…Great Depression.  Whatever the term of art that’s being used to describe the financial fragility...

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Bike Journal

July 29, 2011

Six miles in on my ride this morning, and sadly my chain came off the crank. Boo! Usually, I can fix it, but this one was not an easy fix....

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The True Meaning of Irony

July 26, 2011

And all this time I thought irony was hard to explain…

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Suburban Dad

July 16, 2011

What’s up for the weekend? Well, if you have a kid who does competitive swimming, this image should be familiar to you. If you’re not one of these, um, lucky...

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Happy 15th Birthday Maya!

March 29, 2011

Well, almost every year since I’ve had this blog, I’ve been doing slideshow called “( ) Years of Monkey” — which is, of course, a slideshow about my daughter, Maya....