As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, read more

As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.

The general sessions did a great job in presenting a top down view of the industry as a whole, managing read more

The general sessions did a great job in presenting a top down view of the industry as a whole, managing to put all the pieces together in a perspective relative to each other.

In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up read more

In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up later in the year. Based on the tone of the last earnings call, I?m not expecting to see a spike for them in the third quarter. The next big question is: What is 2006 going to look like in terms of how the boating season shapes up and how successful will these new initiatives be that the management is waiting on?

I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.

I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began read more

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began collecting in a more serious fashion about then.

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has read more

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.

We've been telling our clients that their portfolios should be over-weighted in investment services and credit cards. Those are the read more

We've been telling our clients that their portfolios should be over-weighted in investment services and credit cards. Those are the two segments of the financial services industry that we think have the best fundamentals. And we stick by that advice right now.

I kick myself a little bit because I'm always worried. I'm trying to put my insecurities away in the sense read more

I kick myself a little bit because I'm always worried. I'm trying to put my insecurities away in the sense of just letting things take their course.

Eating habits are evolving to meet the pace and structure of daily life. Consumers are responding to nutritional needs and read more

Eating habits are evolving to meet the pace and structure of daily life. Consumers are responding to nutritional needs and the demands of daily life by missing meals, changing the times at which they eat and even changing the type of products they eat at each occasion.