The Lord’s Bright Blessing and Razzleberry Dressing from Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol

For the past couple of nights, I’ve been finishing up some work at home and we’ve been enjoying a non-stop Christmas movie marathon; everything from classic adaptations of A Christmas Carol to saccarine sweet Hallmark family Christmas movies to cartoons from generations past. Tonight, I am publishing a few About.com articles and was watching Mr. [...]

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Finding the Love of Your Life (or Cold Lamb Sandwiches)

I’ve never understood those who believe love is a weakness or somehow mutually exclusive from financial and professional success.  Mind you, I’m not talking about infatuation or being in love with the idea of love, endlessly pursuing the flavor of the week or looking for a never-ending stream of feel-good butterflies and chocolates, but actual [...]

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The Hangover II Opening Week Hype Proves that Many People Are Ignorant of the Influence of Inflation

I loved the first Hangover movie.  I like the actors in the Hangover franchise.  But a story from The Hollywood Reporter had such an incredibly misleading passage and headline that it just irritates me because it is indicative of the financial illiteracy we face as a nation.  From the article, “‘The Hangover Part II’ Biggest [...]

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Even With The Enormous Business Plot Holes and Errors, I Love Gossip Girl (And Not Just Because We Made the Varsity Awards for the Show)

I’ve been up working on an unspecified project until the almost daybreak each day for the past week.  You know that already. But to keep myself company as I pour over some numbers and strive to get everything I need in place to pull something off with flying success, I spent $200 buying four seasons [...]

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Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged Part I Movie Trailer Released

Atlas Shrugged is being made into a trilogy and the trailer for the first installment has been released.  You all know that, although I enjoyed the book immensely, I think Ayn Rand’s ideas and mental models were incomplete (e.g., they ignore the component of human nature that results in oligarchical power structures eventually destroying entrepreneurship [...]

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Woah … Tim Gunn from Project Runway Is Full of Righteous Anger

Famous fashionisto Tim Gunn (aka papa Gunn) laid down the law tonight on Project Runway.  We thought the denouement was winding down and were ready to flip off the television before it happened.  I’m glad I didn’t miss it.  It was executive power. He basically called Gretchen manipulative and said he was aghast at and [...]

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How to Marry a Millionaire – An Economic Update on the 1953 Film

In 1953, a great movie starring Lauren Bacall, Bette Grable and Marilyn Monroe was released called How to Marry a Millionaire.  I got curious as to how much money it would take to equal the same net worth today so I did an inflation adjustment because I wanted to know how big their motivation was [...]

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Spicy Nachos with Jalapenos, Project Runway and Selma Blair

Tonight, Aaron and I had nachos with beef, sour creme, assorted cheeses, and enough jalapenos to make it burn as we watched the season premier of Project Runway. (Seems weird to say “tonight” because the sun was still up and it was light outside; gotta love summer.) The only thing that was more spicy than [...]

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It’s Officially an Epic Fail: The Tonight Show Ratings with Jay Leno Are Down to 1992 Levels

The ratings are in for The Tonight Show now that Jay Leno is back in control and … you guessed it … the show has tanked and is ranking the lowest it has since 1992.  The ratings are higher than low point of Conan O’Brien’s show due to the large number of older viewers with [...]

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I’m In Love with the Millionaire South Korean Coffee Goddess Grandma

Whenever we have a major project, there is always a television series or movie playing in the office.  It sort of serves as a deadline (e.g., “We need to get the new pen company launched by the end of the first three seasons of Friday Night Lights“).  For us, it works amazingly well. Right now, [...]

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