Archive for April, 2011
from the mouths of babes . lessons on new perspectives
Fresh sensibility. It’s one of the things that kids do so very well. Whether it’s coloring outside of the lines or singing a song with the slightest lyrical alteration. Another gift they provide is saying words they’ve heard me or you say but offering them through the filter of their own hearing. And so we [...]
$300 Roll of Paper Towels and Keys for $825k
I laughed at a friend’s facebook post yesterday. She said something to the effect of a roll of paper towels at Costco costing her $125. I wonder how she does it when the same roll costs me $300? As I mull over lopsided economics and prices we pay for common and typical things let me [...]
The Heave-ho of a Chicago Realtor
Staccato. That describes yesterday and much of the last week. It was busy in spurts, with the busy-ness of the business of the Chicago real estate market erupting in segments of action. Kind of like the teletype machine back in the day I wrote for the United Press International broadcast desk in Chicago when a [...]
