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Astrological Black Friday: Target or Walmart?

According to the National Retail Federation, in 2012 holiday sales represented 19.2% of total retail industry sales. That means about one month of the calendar year carries about a fifth of the year’s total retail industry sales. Let’s be thankful … Continue reading

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Janet Yellen – Goddess of Money

Money is an interesting idea. It’s an idea, by the way, not a thing – at least not in the US right now. The US money supply is created in the same way that “instant water” is created. Just add … Continue reading

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Happy, Horrific Hollywood

While in Scotland recently, the tour guide was telling us of movies set in Scotland or about Scottish history. She mentioned some Hollywood movies about Scottish heroes, which, she informed us, were not historically accurate. I wondered, once again, why … Continue reading

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How much is your zodiac sign worth in US dollars?

While getting a $100 bill recently, the banker was looking for a crisp, new bill. While I didn’t want a crumpled bill, I commented to the worried banker that Ben Franklin looks good even when a little wrinkled. That made … Continue reading

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1913 and 2013

Astrology is just one of the many symbolic means to view the world in a multitude of ways. Literature, religion, art and culture are other ways we can look at the view in front of us and interpret. For example, … Continue reading

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If You Were a Coupon, What Would You Offer?

It’s quite common to hear people at the checkout with their coupons ask, “I wonder what sign of the zodiac rules coupons?” With coupon redemption in the billions annually in the US, the very nature of the coupons is a … Continue reading

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Death, Taxes and Facebook

Benjamin Franklin famously spoke that there were no certainties in life but death and taxes. Two hundred and fifteen years later there is one more certainty – your Facebook profile. While talking to a friend about a recent fight I … Continue reading

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Mars in Capricorn – It’s Business Time

Hearing complaints of a ruined Thanksgiving due to an earlier and earlier Black “Friday,” which now is really Black Thanksgiving Evening, I have to note that the United States’ economy is based on shopping. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is calculated … Continue reading

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Michael Corbat: Citigroup’s New Top Banker

“If I can’t be a banker, I don’t want to live.” Cosmo Kramer, fake reason for fake suicide in effort to get Newman out of a speeding ticket on Seinfeld Cat Reads News My tuxedo cat, Lacy, learned that Citigroup … Continue reading

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The Tornado – America’s National Storm

At lunch the other day, my co-workers were talking about tornadoes and asking a European at the table about tornadoes in Europe. It seems there are few twisters on the Continent. Are tornadoes uniquely American, I wondered? My Google search … Continue reading

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