First Looks category archive
Dustbiters 2
One down . . .
FirstCity Bank, Stockbridge, GA
More to go.
Teambank, National Association, Paola, Kansas
Colorado National Bank, Colorado Springs, Colorado
But, no doubt, they knew better than we. After all, they are Bankers.
Conspicuous Consumption in Greenwich, Connecticut 0
Well, not any more.
And not in Fairfield, Wilton, and Trumbull either.
H/T Alison for the second link.
“When the Lights Go on, All over the World . . .” 0
John Cole. Read the last paragraph. It’s called “vicarious learning.”
More Airplane 0
“Won’t you try . . . ?”
Off To Drink Liberally 0
Later, Dudes.
An Idea that Was Gone With the Wind 0
Down the hall, second door to the left. (See the fourth comment.)
Serendipity at $29.00 Plus Shipping 2
My cell phone battery was reaching end-of-life. Instead of holding a charge for more than two days, it was dying after a day and a half. (Hey, it happens.) Rather than order a new battery on line, I decided to swing by the local store.
They did not have a new battery in stock. They did, however, have an unused return waiting to be shipped back to the mothership.
The salesperson checked with the manager, then swapped out my battery at no charge.
Editorial Comment below the Fold
Drink Liberally 0
Tuesday, Triumph Brewing Company, Chestnut two blocks from the I-95 trench, Philadelphia, 6 p.
I plan to be there this week. (I hope this plan works better than most of my plans.)
To find a chapter near you, go here.
Everyone Wants $1,000,000,000. Everyone. 0
Word of the Day 0
From BuzzWhack (follow the link to sign up for the buzzword of the day).
Presenting concepts that look good in PowerPoint but don’t work technically. In 2004, NASA was chided for too much PowerPoint engineering and that they should (go–sic) back to writing full reports, not just bulleted slides.
PowerPoint in the hands of empty suits is evil. It has been my unfortunate experience that too many suits are empty.
Numerology 0
H/T Alison for the link.
In a Nutshell 0
John Cole summarizes Republican Economic Theory:
Step 1: No tax increases
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!Why not, I guess. It worked so well for California.
The missing Step Two: Deregulation.
It’s Not “What’s Good for Business Is Good for the Country” 0
It’s what’s good for the country is good for business.
Read the full story for some of the subtleties, contradictions, and eddy currents in the possible (and likely temporary) realignment.
Even as a powerful lineup of business groups, including the chamber, the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Restaurant Association, supported Obama’s stimulus plan, only three Republicans, all of them in the Senate, voted for it.