Monday

Just a few lines tonight to get the week off to a good start for the author.

This pic is of the gift I received over the weekend from my pal Bill and his wife, Teresa.  (Hmmm.  Is that an initial appearance for her on 4KDays?)  It's hard to present a 3-D shadow-box in a two dimensional photo, but that's what we have here.  This is shown as now hanging on a wall in my office.  Very cool.

Interesting debate out there these days on the debit card fee proposed by B of A.  Its a little complicated, but the bottom line is that the banks had their cut on debit card merchant transactions capped by last year's financial reform bill.  Here's an article that takes a long way to explain the lobbying and politics of the issue.  Like most of the things that you read in the headlines, still water can run pretty deep.  In this case, the banks lose and the retailers win.  At least for now.  We haven't heard the last of this story.   http://www.openmarket.org/2011/09/28/blame-not-banks-but-big-box-and-big-government-for-free-checkings-demise/

Then we have that paragon of virtue, Hank Williams Jr., taking all doubt off the table of any possible connection between the processor between his ears and what passes as his voice box.  http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/03/showbiz/williams-football/  If this isn't the equivalent of an entertainment personality burning money, I don't know what is.  He and his rowdy friends will need another place to hang out.

(ESPN had to do this to Williams, but the network has a very low tolerance for any of it's announcers or on-air talent making any criticisms of the Big O.  See this article on the Paul Azinger kerfluffle from earlier this Summer. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/richard_deitsch/09/19/media.nfl/

Hope 2 has a better day Tuesday.  I'm making you Daughter of the Day for your efforts to do what's best for the museum.

Maybe 80 here tomorrow.

BCOT