Suppose we begin this morning with a discussion of the Big Picture was we all try to wangle a living out on this crooked rock called Earth, shall we? I’ll start with the Big Picture for those who are new around here: The primary purpose of this site is to a) keep you up to … Read More

Reno, NV) – We have had the first patch of “dark cloud” on our trip around the country… a run-in with road rage. The tale begins up in Susanville, CA – that’s where we departed about 1 PM Monday mto head down to Reno. What was not clear – either from the online services or … Read More

(Canyonville, OR) – I don’t need to say a word about politics this morning. Trump is under fire for things said about a Muslim U.S. soldier, File under “Open Mouth, insert foot.” Hillary still has her little clouds going.  For example, Julian Assange says the further Hillary emails to come detail Hil’s arming of ISIS…Remember … Read More

(Canyonville, OR) —  The long visit with kids and friends in Seattle was too short.  We didn’t get to see everyone we wanted to (apologies to Dr. Rob and Syl) but there was too little time and too much family to squeeze everything in. This morning, the dawn’s early light catches up in Canyonville Oregon, … Read More

This morning’s report is interesting if you are working up a view of things to come – so that you may prep, plan, prepare, call a priest, or whatever moves you. Not only does a recent Federal Reserve working paper look at using the language in news to forecast the future, but we have some … Read More

Just yesterday morning we were having a discussion of terrorism marketing on these pages; some readers think it may have been a stretch connect the attention-seeking of suicide victims and terrorist, but I doubt it. But, just so we’re clear, there are a couple of key points to reiterate:  One is that all products, movements, … Read More

(Tacoma, WA) —  With two full days before we take off Sunday morning for parts south, we checked out another small town on our “possibility list” of places where old people with kin in the Pacific Northwest might move if/when the 30 acres if Texas gets to be too much. Sequim  – pronounced skwimm – … Read More

Now that the Democratic National Circus is over, we can get our focus back on the real problems of America. But not without a sales job on Hil from president whozit. Wikileaks is on fire:  Here are details of what a Clinton costs these days. Other coverage of voicemail-gate over here. And despite his endorsement … Read More

It was a rather remarkable lunch this week; a couple of guys who have know each other for 63-years – been friends the whole time – and are still learning from one-another’s adventures in Life. We somehow got onto the topic of suicide. My pal, being a retired Army major in the mental health care … Read More

OK kiddies, gather around the roulette wheel as we spin up this morning on the Fed Meeting which is going on today and we’re due for a rate decision this afternoon. The market – which usually bashed the Fed soundly with a worrisome decline before each decision – has been in demo-mortis – death by … Read More

Hot off the press release: NEW YORK, July 26, 2016 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for May 2016 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. More … Read More

Fact is, most of the U.S. has them. N o, I don’t mean the politicians…although they are full of venom this time of year… One of the cool things about being in the Pacific Northwest, however briefly, is we don’t have to look down and move things around with a rake first to ensure we … Read More

(Tacoma, WA) — The art of “seeing future” is not a difficult thing, although much woo-woo is attached to it:  Since about 90 percent of life is prescheduled, we can actually make very short-term forecasts of how the future will roll out with some degree of confidence Let me show you what I mean: Let’s … Read More