This & That
Today, for the first time in years, I helped host a garage sale.  We raked in the big bucks!  Over $300!!  What amazed me was the quantity of items for sale.  I would likely have as many or more items to sell if I were to sell my stuff the way my wife did.  Truly, one person's trash is another person's treasure.  Lots of people got lots of bargains today and we sold off a number of items we no longer needed.

Afterwards, I came home and watched college football (and napped!).  I love college football, but I found it interesting to compare the two best conferences, the SEC and the Big 12.  The SEC is a better conference, playing higher quality football, particularly on defense.  But, the Big 12 sure is entertaining!  I'm watching West Virginia-Texas, and it is a high scoring shootout!  Meanwhile, I was deeply impressed by both defenses (especially Florida's) in the Gators' 14-6 win over LSU.   Big 12 definitely has better offenses, but the SEC clearly has better defenses.  I do not think I will see any SEC teams score 63 points in a conference game and lose.

Debate Chatter
Most pundits called it for Romney, and it is easy to see why.  While I thought Obama factually made his points, but there is no question Romney spoke with more passion and authority.  And this is what made the difference.  I figure both candidates lied equally, and both candidates made good points.  In the end, it probably didn't make any difference in the outcome of the election

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
The good news is that 114,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8%.  However, the data in this report was strange to say the least.  Do I think there was some kind of conspiracy theory?  No.  The same people who are crying conspiracy are the same ones who were thrilled with last month's report.  I thought this article in Fortune really did the best job of explaining the strange data.  Likely just evening out of some seasonal data.  What we ultimately find is that the economy is still sluggish, growing slowly.  I do not see this report as a game changer.


I Want My Money
How would you like to be this guy?  He wins 7.3 million GBP at London's oldest casino and now they will not pay him.  I would want my money! 

Until next time...