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I didn’t want to take up space in a regular column to talk about my ongoing adventures with my eyes.  However, a lot of people have asked me to keep them posted about how things are developing.  (First article with new hard lens in right eye, Left eye in recovery from surgery, mostly useless for … Read More

Do we care who wins the Presidential Election?No, not particularly. BUT we are are in a unique position now to begin collecting notes on how the seeming finalists will pull the levers in Washington, if they are elected.And that is actually an early preview of what could become very useful personal financial planning data for … Read More

Peoplenomics.com will be updated around noon- 1PM Central Saturday. This is due to the on-going eye saga. And if you’re interested in that, I will post an update Sunday Special on the UrbanSurvival.com site. We will then hope to roll into whatever passes for normal around here next week. Like the doctor says, Thanks for … Read More

As I have been telling you, the major story this week for markets has been the jobs reports. The ADP report out Wednesday didn’t look too bad. But the Challenger job cuts report out Thursday was a little less optimistic, showing cuts had rebounded, some. So this morning, we get right to the Department of … Read More

Yet another discussion of Linux and how open source is taking over the world. This can in from a reader who’s been a long-time contributor and it’s a very good thing to keep up on: “My 16 year old reports that he and friends are migrating to Linux distros that mimic earlier commercial software – … Read More

The main economic data this morning is the Challenger Gray and Christmas job cuts report – so let’s get that out of the way: VCHICAGO, May 5, 2016 – The pace of downsizing increased in April, as US-based employers announced workforce reductions totaling 65,141 during the month, according to the latest report released Thursday from … Read More

We were certainly (ahem…) flush with comments when we discussed the idea of shutting the bathroom door in order to keep good Chi (or qi) out of the bedrooms where people sleep. Where things took an interesting turns was when – thanks to comments – I got to looking at a possible relationship between chi … Read More

This morning we pick up on where we visited in the UrbanSurvival column Tuesday:  The looming collapse of multiple pension systems. Oh, sure, we can make a case that banks are never too big to fail.  But what happens if the next round of economic collapse brings us head to head with deciding how to … Read More

And why would you want to do that? Well, because I have the week all planned out for us, of course! (Aren’t you on the distro list?) Here’s how it should play out: The market this morning will fall flat on its nose. Why lookie here! Dow futures down 109! Reasons are all over the … Read More

Off on a different track this morning. In fact one of the oddest things I have run across since I ran into the “earthing” results. You might remember our discussion about sleeping on a special “grounded half-sheet.” This morning, we get into another one of those little “subtle energy” discussions which has been a remarkable … Read More

I happened to be listening to one of my all-time favorite econ books Sunday and I was reminded of something we try to forget on Mondays. Namely that in hunter/gatherer societies, people only works (on a community average) about 1,000 hours per year. Of course, it depends on what your definition of “work” is, too. … Read More

I apologize, once again, for the short column that we put up  Friday morning. 2.5 hours on an operating table is, well, a bit less than inspiring – and because the eye patch was still on from the removal of my failed implant (after 25 years, just to be fair) it was Elaine doing the … Read More

Maybe it was something in the drugs the anesthesiologist was pushing Thursday, but an incredible moment of economic insight slapped me up-side the head on Friday while the market was tanking.What if economic growth is all simulated and nothing is as it seems. We get into that in today’s report, along with a few headlines … Read More