Results on state props not yet in and lalalala because for now: We Dance!
Listening with mirth to acceptance speech at Yerba Buena
Christina & I jam to the bit of good music to be had at YB before heading out to where the real partying was taking place….
….which of course would be…MY ‘hood….we released the Obam-uppet from the fridge to join the fray.
When something or someone tries to be what they aren’t it’s like roadkill.
In this case: an epic (multi-million dollar) demonstration that MSFT Really. Doesn’t. Get it.
Microsoft Corp., engrossed in multi-million dollar marketing blitz to counter comical ads from rival Apple, Inc., is now using a portion of its budget to fuel guerilla retail tactics near the Mac maker’s stores.
Painful.
Theoretical? Abstract? Removed?
It’s been over 9 months since I emailed some friends a snarky-yet-frighteningly-incisive piece laying out the intricacies of the current sub-prime-and-the-kitchen-sink crisis. Fast-forward to today, where the NYT tells the exact same story, detailing the tragic implications that this human propensity for denial has had on school districts, municipal authorities and local governments (and of course, all of their attendant constituencies = us) around the globe.
A sad taste of the destructive ripple:
People have always wanted to be the exception. To not, as someone recently said, “be average” but to be “above average.” This means timing the markets. Escaping risks that, while explained to you, don’t really apply to you. This is not new. But, what has changed is the scope and the degree of interdependence that results from this behavior.
Time for financial literacy to get sexy!