I want to thank everyone for their input as I compiled the Best of 2008, your help was greatly appreciated.  Ultimately, these are Weakonomics awards so I did have the final decision.  Thanks and see you next year! Websites: Hulu – Watch your favorite TV shows online, free. Goodreads – There is a whole Facebook [...]

CNN Money put together a nice slide show of what they think are the dumbest moments of 2008 as they relate to business and the economy. Like most lists, even mine, some were great and others were a stretch. I’ve picked out a few of my favorites but make sure you click through to view [...]

Ah, the Monday after Christmas. You return to work and remember exactly how much the real world sucks. Though after spending so much time with family you were probably looking for the welcome distraction that is your normal life. As I’ve talked to you before about, I occasionally do some posts for Qvisory. Qvisory is [...]

So my friends, what did you get for the holidays?  If you go back a few weeks you can see I wanted the following for Christmas: A few business books Gift card to Kohls for work clothes Lego Star Wars for Nintendo Wii Cheap Tom Tom GPS navigation system And I got this: The Ascent [...]

On 12/24 we saw some of the male clothing trends that bother me.  Most of them are pathetic excuses to be trendy and flashy.  Admittedly though, I am not the most fashion forward person.  Yesterday I mentioned 5 such styles that aren’t especially great additives to one’s style cred.  Today I’ll walk you through five [...]

Yesterday, I took you through 7 styles that should be dead.  Today I’ll take you through 5 fashions I rock, but probably shouldn’t.  Keep in mind fashion doesn’t mean IN fashion.  We all develop our own personal styles, which is often a representation of who we are and how we feel comfortable. Sweater Vest Long [...]

With all the bad news going on since, oh about January of this year, I thought we’d change the subject for a few days over Christmas.  The news is slow anyway.  Today is 7 men’s styles that simply kill me.  I laugh at people that follow these.  If you follow them, I’ll laugh at you [...]

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