I haven’t written about home schooling in a decade. Back then, home schooling was the province of WrongWingChristians, who wanted to teach their children without state interference. Virginia was one of the places where such activities were given a wide berth.
Continue reading Home Schooling 2023
I warned y’all that that the Federal Reserve was going to make running our businesses more difficult this year. These repetitive ¾% interest rate hikes are supposed to control inflation- and they probably will- but in the meantime our cost pressures are immense and the economy is roiling under their yoke.
Continue reading Have you adjusted your business operations and strategy yet?
You know, we all thought of restaurants getting creamed when the pandemic hit. After all, we weren’t allowed to congregate indoors. And, our government came up with some nifty programs to give them cash to keep their employees on staff- and their business able to roll.
Continue reading A forgotten business victim?
Nowadays, mostly due to the pandemic, checking into a hotel is vastly different than before. Many of us use an app on our phone, which provides us electronic access to our rooms. No checking in at the main desk, no waiting for keys to be printed, so we can enter our rooms.
Continue reading Take me to your leader?
Are you like me- tired of hearing folks saying the pandemic is over?
Wishful thinking never makes something true.
Continue reading It’s still here, folks
When I was a tyke, I remember my dad taking me to Horn & Hardart’s.
Most of you probably have no clue what that was…
Continue reading Horn & Hardart
Do you recall my article about the IRS hiring bodies? (Can’t really call them specialists, since the requirements were so low, as was the pay.)
Continue reading Population Shift?
Despite the efforts of the Fed, we are probably stuck with moderately high inflation for the rest of this year. Unless, of course, Putin ends his misguided adventure in Ukraine.
Continue reading Inflation is pretty much guaranteed this year
So, it looks like the omicron variant is running out of steam. No, wait- it’s running out of steam in the more populated areas of the USA. But, it’s still infecting folks in the other regions of the USA.
Continue reading Pandemic Correlations
Oh, goody! Another Hallmark event. National Compliment Day…
Wait. This one wasn’t really invented by Hallmark!
Continue reading National Compliment Day