Observe Business

Observations on Business, Government Policy, and Strategy

Browsing Posts published in February, 2009

People hate Octomom for having octuplets on top of her existing six children. I was initially speculating that her kids would be taken away from her within six months. I thought about it some more and I realized I was wrong. Here’s why. Octomom is sitting on a goldmine. At the very least, she can [...]

We’ve got to make clear, here, that a foreclosure hurts every American,” he told CNN. No, it doesn’t. Foreclosures are a natural way of the system healing itself. If you drink too much, a hangover is the body’s way of trying to return to normal. The best thing for foreclosures is not to try to [...]

    As a colleague of mine commented, “Undersea features are very important when looking for a mate.  I want to make sure she can hold her breath for 30 days when she’s laying eggs. “ 

The car companies want us to pour money down a rathole. I fully expect that to happen, as the administration does not have the guts to say ‘NO’. The companies threaten liquidation if they don’t get the cash. I think that’s fine. Let them go. If we are worried about unemployment, let’s just give the [...]

Some choice comments from an LA Times article: Katie Ittner, a hairstylist at Awilda Salon on Robertson Boulevard, said she had a client who called in tears because she could no longer afford to spend $95 to $250 to get her hair colored and had no idea how to do the job herself. On a [...]

This is the story of a guy who had an accident in which he lopped off his thumb. When he found out what they would charge to reattach it, he bid it a fond farewell. From the LATimes: “Koemer loves working with his hands..He knew he would miss his thumb….But there were too many other [...]