My Musings

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    Lights Out

    Okay…it’s hard to get anything done with all of what’s going on in the news. Last Sunday I believe we got the bombshell that a second Kavanaugh accuser had come forward and Michael Avanetti had given a heads up that in the coming days he would come forth with allegation from a third accuser. Then…

  • Ethics and Data

    I read within the past week that Facebook tried to get banks to allow them access to their customer’s data. Whoa! And the stocks went up upon those news. Yep, those shareholders are salivating at the prospect of Facebook attaining your financial information. Okay, this is beyond the pale. So far the banks have resisted…

  • Oh Boy! (Kavanaugh vs Ford)

    The timing is suspicious. When I first read the allegations, I thought, “Now? This is coming out now? Just as he is about to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice?” Without the allegations, my thought on confirming Brett Kavanaugh for a life time role on the Supreme Court was already a “nay” because I…

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    It’s Been 10 Years

    Well, it’s been 10 years since the economy swooned and nearly fell off the cliff. Recently, there has been a few news articles about that scary time and more importantly, some introspection about whether we have learned anything since that time. Some articles have noted that many financiers have come away from the Great Recession…

  • Avant-Garde Excel Designs

    Wouldn’t it be neat if we could do something different with Excel? Make it more visually interesting? I’m attaching a copy of an Excel file with some way out experiments with pictures, colors, graphs, data, etc. to see what I can push. The examples are nonsense and meaningless because I am not intending the materials…