Flip the Digits?

A dear friend from high school and I were commiserating the other day about the birthdays we both had just enjoyed. She told me that when she turned 65, the thought occurred to her to flip the digits: 65 became 56. How nice. Now that we both just turned 67, a flip of the digits […]

The Future Is More Than Facebook

The frenzy over Facebook is unprecedented.  There are many interesting dimensions to the story; the most interesting to me, is how the insiders are upping the number of shares they plan to unload on the public.  This does not give one confidence — that those with the most information have decided to reduce their long-term […]

Connecticut’s Power Woes Nearly Over

We got power restored at 5:17 PM last night after an eight-day outage. As of 2 PM on Monday there were still 53, 103 customers not yet restored with electricity. That is 4% of the customers in the state. Someone today told me the average household is three people. If so, that means there are […]

Connecticut’s Power Woes – Update

This evening marks the end of the eighth day without power for a large number of people in Connecticut. As of 5 PM on Sunday there were 89,629 customers not yet restored with electricity. That is 7% of the customers in the state. If there are just two people per customer account, that is nearly […]

Connecticut’s Power Woes Outshine Rest

Hurricane Irene was devastating to Connecticut, but the storm this past weekend is said to be five times worse. That has been the case for me and my family. I feel very fortunate to have a propane generator and I empathize with the one million people in Connecticut who were without electricity painfully long. Now […]