December/02/2012 22:19PM
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Back from week two of blog break. No front page news to report this week. Flew to Phoenix on Monday, met a friend(Bob from Pasadena, Ca) at the airport, got my Arizona house up and running, and Bob and I played gin rummy, watched Monday night football, and had a cigar in the jacuzzi. I played Read the full article…

November/21/2012 17:06PM
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It’s been a busy year. Four months in Arizona to start the year. A brutally hot summer in Illinois followed by a great fall. A few days in Arizona, and back for cold weather golf. Off to Florida for a week celebrating Thanksgiving with 23 members of my extended family. Back for a day and Read the full article…

November/18/2012 16:00PM
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Don’t worry Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and the other well-known Hostess brands will live on. But, 18,500 employees will join the unemployment ranks. Very sad. There’s surplus capacity in this business and whoever buys the brands will simply make the products in their existing plants with their current employees. The head of the union said, “we won.” Good for Read the full article…