Mysterious Traveler Entrances Town With Utopian Vision Of The Future
I haven't blogged much about myself lately, so there's a lot to plop down on the "page" as it were, and I'll try to make it as organized as I can.
First, some economic commentary - I'm working from home today to complete my January 2008 newsletter, which should be a doozey. One of the things that I'm going to talk about is the lack of collective memory that plagues our nation's populace, and our ability to refuse to look at things that are important.
Here's one thing that's very important, and that EVERYONE is ignoring:
I keep hearing rumors that a major bank in the US with a presence nearly everywhere already has negative capital and is about to be "merged" into one of the largest banks in the country.
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I haven't talked about cars in a long while. With David and Guy, I attended the 25th Houston Auto Show last weekend (which means that I've attended all twenty-five - I moved here in August 1981, and went to the first Houston Auto Show weeks later.)
I only saw one car that turned me on; the $90,000 Audi A8. Of course, I'm still massively happy with the Red Rocket, so that isn't much of a downer that it's a no go at the Auto Show for me.
The Cadillac Platinum package is awesome - inlaid olive wood on the dash and doors, really gorgeous leather, upgraded carpeting, full chrome grill, beautiful door sills, and a little badge on the rear deck that says "I'm really bad at math." $7500 for all of this trim, and it's likely to be worth maybe a thou after the first year's ownership.
The Cadillac CTS Coupe isn't going to be out until 2010; plenty of time to generate fondness for something else, but it sure gets my attention.
And, the only untitled VW Phaeton W12 four seat in North America is still for sale. They're still asking sticker for it. That gave me something to fantasize about last night.
But, since I have other, prior financial goals (like hunkering down for the future) it seems that this would be a good route for me to pursue to keep up my interest in the Red Rocket.
It's sunny as all get out today, and the light is streaming in through the front windows. I'm enjoying the (relative) peace, inasmuch as the traffic going by on the main street (I'm in a corner house) is very loud and steady. Every few minutes, a heavy over the road truck goes by at faster than the speed limit, and the whole house shakes.
I've got laundry going, and I'm working on constructing my newsletter, while keeping the forward momentum going at the office without having to engage in the busy environment there.
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