A word to the wise. The supposed merger between US Airways and American is a fiasco. The lowlight for me is American canceling a...

Who knew: crocodiles can and do climb trees, and also used twigs balanced on their snout to lure birds. Apparently these facts have been...

Who knew? There’s a "Luxury Law" meeting for general counsels of companies that are luxury brands. #Offtopic

The February 16, 2014 NYT includes an interesting/depressing article on NSA and friends eavesdropping on lawyers and their communications...

An update on the post below. As of today (Monday December 30th) the phone lines at BCBS are so full that I can not even get past a fast...

Nice of Apple to issue a buggy software upgrade for its computers. My secretary ran the upgrade and now her tow year old Apple desktop...

After Fidelity’s absurdly bad web site performance, I’m especially open to new ideas on which brokerage firms to use to invest. So, it’s...

The Obamacare web site looks great when compared to Fidelity’s web site. Not once but twice, Fidelity’s computer systems have failed and...

A wonderful, biting post by the Epicurean Dealmaker as to the life and fate of young investment bankers. Young lawyers no doubt could...

A plea from a father in Spain is a good impetus for another post on the critical needs for bone marrow donations to aid persons facing...

Frequent readers have seen several "off topic" posts ripping Verizon’s lousy 4G service. Happily, those are at an end – I just switched...

Dying while asleep is usually viewed as a peaceful end to life. But that’s not always true. Not so long, a man in Florida died asleep in...

Dilbert provides valuable "context" on management books. #Offtopic

"Hawkey day" in Chicago. Red is everywhere as Chicagoans of all kinds and ages are out to celebrate the Blackhawk’s winning the Stanley...

Investing in a new Verizon Jetpack 4G modem in like investing in stocks – some days are good, and some days (and locations) are awful. Of...

From the WSJ this morning, the story behind the iconic photo of 1 man and 4 tanks in Tiananmen Square. #Offtopic

"Return of the Hero" is a moving and pointed Memorial Day story about an amazing woman in war and in death. The story is from a wonderful...

Great graphics can communicate so much information. For anyone interested in debates about corporate tax rate, the NYT has a great online...

Happy Friday. A new post by the Epicurean Dealmaker runs a skewer through pretty much every part of the media coverage of and the...

From the Tuesday April 9 entry from the Visual Thesaurus – Word of the Day "Well I Swear! Word of the Day: perjury The -jury part of...