Archive for January, 2009
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Route 66, a long forgotten stretch of road, has quite a history in regards to American travel. A little shy of 2,500 miles, Route 66 was completed in the mid-1920s as a way to connect Chicago to Los Angeles. The route has changed slightly over the years and is currently more of a historical jaunt rather [...]
How Does a Bank Fail?
A familiar logo Absent for many years, suddenly you can’t open up a Business section of any newspaper without reading about a local bank failing. What does that really mean, though? According to FDIC.gov: “A bank failure is the closing of a bank by a federal or state banking regulatory agency. Generally, a bank is [...]
Past Party Lines in 3 Letters or Less
It may seem elementary for the middle aged sect, but for those in their 20s or 30s who don’t recall a time in the United States before Ronald Reagan, knowing who was a Democrat or a Republican is anything but a slam dunk for the historically challenged. While the definition of the party lines have [...]
Obama By The Numbers
Officially, Barack Obama’s inauguration isn’t until tomorrow, January 20, 2009, but by the celebrations being had all over Washington D.C. the past weekend, you’d have thought he already saved the country three times over. Here’s hoping we are all celebrating just as fervently four or eight years from now. As Obama settles in to the [...]
Tapas – Appetizers as a Main Course
Admit it – at some point in your life someone asked you if you wanted to go out to a Tapas restaurant and you either thought: I don’t really care for Indian food, or I’m not really comfortable being served food by a waitress with no shirt Education time. Tapas restaurants are Spanish restaurants (usually) [...]
Is a Tomato a Fruit?
You’ve probably heard the statement over the years that a tomato is NOT a vegetable, but rather a fruit. Is that just an urban myth, like Ted Danson’s hair? No, it’s not a myth. A tomato IS a fruit, but fruits and vegetables are not exclusive to each other, so you can’t say that a [...]
Tabloid: A Format, Not a Reporting Style
The Chicago Tribune recently announced that future newsstand copies (starting Monday) of the paper will be in the easier-to-read tabloid format. No, that doesn’t mean Arod and Madonna will suddenly grace the front page on a daily basis with headlines larger than both of their egos. It simply means the Tribune LAYOUT will be in [...]
All These People, and Still the Marlins Couldn’t Fill Their Stadium
It’s time for some numbers. In 2008, there were over 6.7 billion people in the world, so the next time you’re estimating how much money you could make if you received 10 cents from each person in the world, it’s a safe assumption that you could start with roughly 7 billion people because we are [...]
