I’ve been aimlessly wandering the business journals for the past couple weeks, and really haven’t been all that excited about the financial markets… until now.

The Fed is set to convene on Tuesday and is expected to announce another quarter point rate cut. Up until the last few days, most have expected a half point rate cut, but it appears the calm in the markets has lowered that prediction to just the 0.25% mark.

What would be better?

I think a pause in the cuts would do the markets even better. Over the past several months, rate cuts have been perceived as a way to help soften the blow of credit …

It’s becoming increasingly apparent to me that our airline system is broken.  Today it has been revealed that airline pilots are raising concerns about the minimum amount of fuel carried on board aircraft, with several incidents being filed with the NASA ASRS reporting system of arriving at a destination or an alternate airport with minimum fuel.

It seems that the cost cutting measures management is employing at their airlines is starting to spread into the margins of safety mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration.

This is serious business, folks!

There is a fine line between efficient operating practices and infringing on the safety of customers.  I’m all for airlines having the ability …

I completely forgot about daylight savings time. It’s not that I didn’t know; I’ve had numerous reminders over the course of the last week. The fact that I had to adjust the clocks before I went to bed last night just didn’t cross my mind.

One of the most important things you can do (aside from adjusting the clocks so you’re not late to work) is replace the batteries in your smoke detectors, and test them.

It’s better to do it now than to wish you did later.

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I did a little surfing over at the Wall Street Journal, and while perusing the videos, came across a clip from on of my favorite comedians, Drew Carey. The title of the video was “The Middle Class is doing fine”, and it really touched on how bad we have it… err, how bad we think we have it… err, how bad we are led to believe we have it. Yeah, that’s it.

Our television sets force feed us stats and rhetoric about how tight our budgets have become, how fast we’re losing money, and how difficult it is to make ends meet. The truth is, we’re not that …

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Spurred by my recent plumbing problems, MJ wrote an excellent post on his blog concerning dealing with contractors, getting quotes, and following up on progress.

Anyone who’s never worked with contractors before will learn a thing or two based on MJ’s experience as a manufacturing engineer.

…any actual contractor should be able to cover all the costs of the work until it is complete, if it is a big project expect to pay 75% of the project costs when the work is 75% of the way done. In other words, the project should be close to finish at that point, and hold the last 25% for …

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It seems like 2007 blew by in a flash, and I’ve been trying to think about all the accomplishments that have been made over the last year, and I find myself distracted by all the opportunity lying in wait for 2008!

I think it will be a great year to buy into undervalued investments, namely real estate and financial institutions (i.e. stock), and oil and gas investments will continue to turn out healthy gains but may not pose attractive buying opportunities.

At any rate, here’s to a happy and prosperous 2008!

For the first time ever, you can send your new years wishes to time square… via confetti.

Go to the Wishing Wall Online and enter your new years message. Click on submit and your message will be printed on a piece of multicolored confetti and dumped on visitors to Times Square on New Years eve. The message-carrying pieces will be mixed among the more than one ton of confetti.

Also, there will be a new look for this years New Years Ball.

The new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is more than twice as bright as the old one, with enhanced color capabilities and state-of-the-art LED lighting effects. …

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From the Corner Office to you and yours, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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