Day: October 6, 2008

  • Eight years of quality leadership

    Time magazine this week focused on the Bailout of Wall Street.  It starts with a quote from a reader letter, “Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, AIG… It’s as if a corporate crime wave has swept cross our nation.” from Jeff Morris of Saugerties, New York, then the editors add, “Dazed and Confused A common theme in…

  • Attention passengers

    Attention passengers.  Have your ticket out so you can be inspected and accepted, or rejected and ejected.  Also, there is no smoking or urinating inside, outside, between, under, above, or around the train.  Do not stick any appendages out the windows, or you will lose them.Conductor, Grand Central, Overheard in New York

  • Quirky definitions

    A BankA place where they lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.DentistA person who extracts both your teeth and your money.JuryIt consists of 12 people chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.PessimistAn optimist with experience.CityA large community where people are lonesome together.FriendshipA ship big enough to carry two in…