High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 25, 2008
Circuit City Stores Soon To Slip The Surly Bonds Of Earth
June 16, 2008
The Commodity Crisis Du Jour – Gasoline… Rice… Now Corn. What’s Next ?
Jerry Edle, left, and Dave Lanz keep an eye on a large
propane tank which they are towing through a flooded cornfield,
in Oakville, Iowa, Monday, June 16, 2008. The tank floated away
during flooding. (from yahoo.com – AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
As if the American economy and the American consumer weren’t being pinched enough by $4.00 to $5.00 [...]
June 15, 2008
What’s Wrong With This Picture ?
credit: The New York Times / Sandy Huffaker
As just about everyone whose body temperature is above room temperature knows by now, gasoline prices have gone through the roof. You pretty much expect to see even higher prices each time you pass a gas station.
Most of us wonder who it is that is profiting from [...]
June 8, 2008
CVS / Pharmacy Stores Win First Prize In The Shrinking Toilet Paper Contest !
Quite honestly, it shouldn’t surprise anyone.
The CVS / Pharmacy chain of drug / variety stores (a division of CVS Caremark Corporation) was never on our list of places that provide “fair dinkum” value to consumers. That’s too bad, because they have about 6,200 stores in the United States. That makes them almost as [...]
