Decisions Not Made

I need to trust my long term investment instincts.

Stocks I wanted to purchase between 2000-2002 but did not for one reason or another:

Sears


Amazon.com


Stocks I wanted to buy in 1991 but was talked out out of doing by a so-called "professional" who wanted to sell her company's loser of a mutual fund instead:

Apple (bought later at $20/share)


Alcoa

I Believe In Flooding - In The U.K.

England has had severe flooding this past week.

But nothing like what happened 400,000 years ago.

Catastrophic flood split Britain from Europe
Megaflood Of 400,000 Years bp Made Britain An Island

Don't Cry For Me Pinedale

Aspen Times - Who will clean up when the boom is over?

I'll Second The Motion For $100/barrel Oil

Bloomberg.com - $100 Oil Price May Be Months Away, Say CIBC, Goldman

This is interesting because higher prices have not increased supply and:
``There are questions about whether the oil industry can keep up with demand,'' U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said last week, commenting on the Petroleum Council report.

Isn't this what happens when oil production has peaked?

Gingerbread Upham Hall

What happens if you kiss your sweetie under this arch?

Miami project one sweet deal

She's Been Described As A "Force Of Nature"

HARP Magazine - The True Confessions of Neko Case

There is none other...

Old Is New Again

Via the Globe And Mail - Reaching old Appalachia by way of punk

Can't See The Bomb For The Water Bottle

Via ISN - Fake bomb eludes airport test

The screeners at Albany International confiscated the water bottle but missed the bomb.

Poor Person's GIS

Google Maps Mashups 2.0

Under the "My Maps" tab.

Realtor's Describe Their Market

Realty Times Local Market Conditions By Local Real Estate Experts

Oil Slick

Oil forecast warns of crisis: rising demand, falling supply

Oil supplies are down and alternatives not yet available

The International Energy Agency is predicting peak oil but not calling that. Regardless, perhaps a corner has been turned in terms of public acceptance?

This Is Food Writing

From Vanity Fair - If You Knew Sushi

Well done Nick Tosches.

Interesting Television News

Articles in Broadcasting And Cable that have recently caught my eye:

Alton in prime time.

Kicked Earlier A Notch
Emeril is sinking like New Orleans, Alton's star is rising.
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Stewart to NBC?


NBCU’s Zucker Courts Jon Stewart

Craig Kilborn never recovered after leaving as the original host of the Daily Show. I pray JS won't make the same mistake.

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Baseball Is Having A Ball


Fox Sports Sells Out MLB All-Star Game

The network has been commanding prices around $400,000 per 30 second spot, up from $375,000 last year. Last year's inventory sold out approximately two weeks before the game. And while the television ratings of the NBA playoffs were an air ball this spring, both Fox Sports and ESPN have already been banking strong baseball numbers. Fox is averaging an all-time-high 3.7 million viewers for its Saturday baseball package, up from 3.3 million last year. ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts averaged 3.1 million viewers for the first nine games, up 45% from the 2.14 million average for the 10 telecasts through this time last year.

Eleanor And Her Pictures

In glorious QuickTime:
http://web.mac.com/neebish/iWeb/Eleanor/EleanorPointingToAtlasAndLauryn.MOV

Eleanor In The Bath

Flash is a lowest common denominator video file format. Use QuickTime or iTunes to download/view high quality versions of these videos here:

http://web.mac.com/neebish/iWeb/Eleanor/EleanorSayingByToBath.MOV
http://web.mac.com/neebish/iWeb/Eleanor/EleanorSingingTheDuckSong.mov

News You Can Use - There Were Aliens At Roswell

Roswell aliens theory revived by deathbed confession

I saw aliens at Roswell, claims dead PR man

Lt. Walter G. Haut Roswell base public information officer "Deathbed" affidavit to seeing spacecraft & bodies