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Early morning view of Grand Mesa

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A couple of views of the Crag Crest Trail ...

Posted by Andrew at 8/31/2010 10:18 AM | Add Comment

From Denver to Grand Junction on I-70

Posted by Andrew at 8/31/2010 9:34 AM | Add Comment

In the U.S.A. in Toronto International Airport ...

Posted by Andrew at 8/27/2010 10:11 AM | Add Comment

BACK in the U.S.A. !! But ...

Posted by Andrew at 8/27/2010 6:18 AM | Add Comment

Through O'hare again to Toronto!

Posted by Andrew at 8/23/2010 7:59 PM | Add Comment

The Old Fiat Spyder

Posted by Andrew at 8/20/2010 4:04 PM | Add Comment

North of New Haven, Connecticut

Posted by Andrew at 8/19/2010 3:35 PM | Add Comment

Woodward, Iowa too

Posted by Andrew at 8/18/2010 3:31 PM | Add Comment

The Bachelor Party - ok, Preparation for the Wedding

Posted by Andrew at 8/13/2010 3:48 PM | Add Comment

Las Vegas - Airport!

Posted by Andrew at 8/12/2010 5:06 PM | Add Comment

A Day to Make Pies!

Posted by Andrew at 8/10/2010 10:10 AM | Add Comment

Native Wisconsin Food

Posted by Andrew at 8/9/2010 11:31 PM | Add Comment

A Day for Relaxation!!

Posted by Andrew at 8/9/2010 2:24 PM | Add Comment

My New Sea Kayak

Posted by Andrew at 8/1/2010 2:08 AM | Add Comment

Delayed Baggage and IN THE USA!

Posted by Andrew at 7/31/2010 2:19 PM | Add Comment

An Interesting Ride!!

Posted by Andrew at 5/10/2010 5:03 PM | Add Comment

Average gas price: $2.86

Posted by Andrew at 4/11/2010 8:07 AM | Add Comment

Tired of the Denials

Posted by Andrew at 4/10/2010 2:30 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Lindsay Vonn WINS AGAIN!!

Posted by Andrew at 3/12/2010 11:57 AM | Add Comment

READY TO SKI ALTA!!

Posted by Andrew at 2/3/2010 9:34 AM | Add Comment

Sector Specific Rebounds - sort of ...

Posted by Andrew at 1/11/2010 1:37 AM | Add Comment

Burgeronomics and the Chinese Yuan (slightly wonkish!)

Posted by Andrew at 1/10/2010 7:38 PM | Add Comment

SWITCH - from Emphasis on "Deflation" to Inflation!!

Posted by Andrew at 12/21/2009 4:28 PM | Add Comment

Alta is Ready When YOU Are!!!

Posted by Andrew at 12/14/2009 7:38 AM | Add Comment

COLORADO SNOW!!!

Posted by Andrew at 10/29/2009 6:56 PM | Add Comment

TWO MORE South of Hawaii!!!

Posted by Andrew at 10/19/2009 5:27 AM | Add Comment

Over 10,000 on the Dow, a year later!

Posted by Andrew at 10/14/2009 3:42 PM | Add Comment

Ben Says the Recession (May) be OVER!

Posted by Andrew at 9/14/2009 7:00 PM | Add Comment

Banking in the U.S. One Year Into the Financial Crisis

Posted by Andrew at 9/13/2009 4:03 PM | Add Comment

Iowan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Borlaug Dies

Posted by Andrew at 9/13/2009 7:33 AM | Add Comment

Interesting Clean Water Article

Posted by Andrew at 9/12/2009 5:40 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

On the Road Again - IOWA!!!

Posted by Andrew at 8/18/2009 7:46 AM | Add Comment

Juneberry (or serviceberry) Pie is WONDERFUL!!!

Posted by Andrew at 8/8/2009 10:29 AM | Add Comment

Washburn, Wisconsin - YEAH!!!

Posted by Andrew at 8/5/2009 9:31 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Answer to the Hillary Question!

Posted by Andrew at 6/8/2009 6:51 PM | Add Comment

Clive W. J. Granger, Nobel Laureat Has Died at 74

Posted by Andrew at 5/30/2009 5:28 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

Homes and Foreclosures - Now Fixed Rate Loans too!!

Posted by Andrew at 5/28/2009 5:58 PM | Add Comment

THE THIRD WAVE!!! Did I MISS the Second?!!?

Posted by Andrew at 5/26/2009 6:24 PM | Add Comment

Alternatively - WHY?!? Prices up, Supply Up?!?

Posted by Andrew at 5/23/2009 10:04 PM | Add Comment

Gas Prices are UP = Less Driving ... Maybe NOT!!

Posted by Andrew at 5/23/2009 9:33 PM | Add Comment

TARP Repayment and Warrants - Appropriate Return or Tough Penalty

Posted by Andrew at 5/22/2009 8:13 PM | Add Comment

Credit Card Law Changes

Posted by Andrew at 5/19/2009 7:52 PM | Add Comment

FDIC "Test" Sale of Loans

Posted by Andrew at 5/19/2009 9:48 AM | Add Comment

JPMorgan and Other Banks Want OUT!!

Posted by Andrew at 5/19/2009 8:42 AM | Add Comment

Citigroup actually IS Loaning out TARP Money!!!

Posted by Andrew at 5/12/2009 5:24 PM | Add Comment

Is the Fed Monetizing the Debt??!! Potential Inflation?!?

Posted by Andrew at 5/11/2009 4:14 PM | Add Comment

Credit Card Debt Shoe set to Fall? Stress tests show ...

Posted by Andrew at 5/10/2009 4:38 PM | Add Comment

Banks already re-capitalizing one day later!

Posted by Andrew at 5/9/2009 3:10 AM | Add Comment

Labor Picture is WHAT? BETTER??!!

Posted by Andrew at 5/8/2009 5:57 PM | Add Comment

No Stress - Stress Tests!

Posted by Andrew at 5/8/2009 1:58 AM | Add Comment

S&P 500 is Higher for 2009 ... Hmmm ...

Posted by Andrew at 5/4/2009 3:54 PM | Add Comment

Chrysler Debt and the hold-outs

Posted by Andrew at 5/1/2009 6:09 AM | Add Comment

Credit Ratings and the BIG 3 Monopoly

Posted by Andrew at 5/1/2009 5:18 AM | Add Comment

CONSUMERS ARE SPENDING AGAIN!!! Real GDP growth "-6.1%" - Advance Number

Posted by Andrew at 4/29/2009 4:02 PM | Add Comment

HOW DEEP IS THE FED??? WAAAAYYY Deep!

Posted by Andrew at 4/26/2009 4:48 AM | Add Comment

What's a MERS?!!! WHOA - and NO ONE KNOWS who is foreclosing on whom?!!?

Posted by Andrew at 4/26/2009 4:36 AM | Add Comment

Stressed about Stress Tests!!!! Laughing!

Posted by Andrew at 4/25/2009 3:05 AM | Add Comment

Mid-Earnings Season, THE Markets

Posted by Andrew at 4/24/2009 5:29 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Penny Benny (P.B.G.C.) Soon to Be In Trouble - Auto Pensions and Then What?!

Posted by Andrew at 4/24/2009 7:02 AM | Add Comment

FINALLY, a Little Reality Hits the Stock Markets!

Posted by Andrew at 4/20/2009 3:57 PM | Add Comment

Stuck in a Rut, Green Shoots, Glimmers - Euphemisms ABOUND!!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/17/2009 6:26 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

REAL WAGES UP - that's Purchasing Power!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/16/2009 9:04 PM | Add Comment

Banks - No Premium, No Executive Pay Cut = Cake and Eat it Too!?

Posted by Andrew at 4/11/2009 6:01 PM | Add Comment

Fed Researchers - perhaps use "Bridge Loans" for Homeowners

Posted by Andrew at 4/10/2009 6:12 AM | Add Comment

Vayama Travel Company - Advise Not to use

Posted by Andrew at 4/7/2009 3:05 PM | Add Comment

TALF (Term Asset Loan Facility) Requests are Down!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/6/2009 6:21 PM | Add Comment

Seems Like EVERYDAY - New Powder, eh? Over 600" now!

Posted by Andrew at 4/4/2009 5:42 PM | Add Comment

Markets UP 1% but We STILL lost TONS of Jobs!?!??

Posted by Andrew at 4/3/2009 8:00 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

U.S. Alpine Skiing National Championships - Volcanic Ash, New Snow!

Posted by Andrew at 3/31/2009 5:11 PM | Add Comment

Alta CONTINUES to PILE UP THE SNOW!!! 50" in 5 days!!

Posted by Andrew at 3/31/2009 4:11 PM | Add Comment

Four Banks Have Paid Back TARP Funds

Posted by Andrew at 3/31/2009 7:01 AM | Add Comment

New Euphemism!!! "Legacy Assets"!! Don't like "toxic" eh?!?

Posted by Andrew at 3/27/2009 8:11 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Real Output down 6.3%, Markets UP 2.3%!!

Posted by Andrew at 3/26/2009 4:09 PM | Add Comment

Another Above Average Year for Alta - over 500" already!

Posted by Andrew at 3/26/2009 7:18 AM | Add Comment

"Non-recourse Loans" - Another VERY interesting term!

Posted by Andrew at 3/24/2009 3:52 PM | Add Comment

"Toxic Assets" - We Like our Euphemisms, eh?

Posted by Andrew at 3/24/2009 5:47 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Now careful about getting too confident - AS IF!!!

Posted by Andrew at 3/23/2009 4:43 PM | Add Comment

Further Evidence (though circumstantial) - Warren and Vikram

Posted by Andrew at 3/12/2009 9:32 AM | Add Comment

CEOs and their "plight" ...

Posted by Andrew at 3/12/2009 7:17 AM | Add Comment

Lindsay Vonn WINS TWO IN A ROW!!! Skiing Champion!

Posted by Andrew at 3/12/2009 1:57 AM | Add Comment

Can YOU see the bottom? *I* CAN!!!

Posted by Andrew at 3/10/2009 7:35 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Ford is leading GM and Chrysler!

Posted by Andrew at 3/9/2009 7:36 PM | Add Comment

Andy and the Twins (Bryans) win Davis Cup match again!

Posted by Andrew at 3/8/2009 5:07 PM | Add Comment

Two Interesting Graphics - "Employment Situation Report"

Posted by Andrew at 3/7/2009 5:45 AM | Add Comment

On Grand Mesa (January 24, 2009)

Posted by Andrew at 3/5/2009 8:02 PM | Add Comment

Productivity Revision - 2008, Same Story as Real GDP - HUGE!

Posted by Andrew at 3/5/2009 6:23 PM | Add Comment

Woke up DIZZY at 4AM - What's up with THE MARKETS?!!?

Posted by Andrew at 3/5/2009 5:37 PM | Add Comment

Transportation (Stimulus) money is released!

Posted by Andrew at 3/3/2009 8:23 PM | Add Comment

Why is A.I.G. SOOOO Important the company needs a rescue?

Posted by Andrew at 3/2/2009 4:18 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

AIG - Fourth Time is a Charm?!?

Posted by Andrew at 3/1/2009 7:02 PM | Add Comment

Warren's STILL got the jokes - a down year but still a profit!!

Posted by Andrew at 2/28/2009 6:24 PM | Add Comment

Real GDP revision - major change from Advance numbers!

Posted by Andrew at 2/27/2009 10:03 PM | Add Comment

Citigroup Bailout - existing shareholders lose ownership ...

Posted by Andrew at 2/27/2009 5:17 AM | Add Comment

Aren't ALL Presidents' Reports "Too Rosy" when issued?

Posted by Andrew at 2/26/2009 9:38 PM | Add Comment

AIG back for more and the "N" word keeps things interesting!

Posted by Andrew at 2/23/2009 5:03 PM | Add Comment

She's HEERRE!!! Clinton in Beijing!

Posted by Andrew at 2/20/2009 8:22 PM | Add Comment

California HAS a Budget!!! and Obama in Canada!

Posted by Andrew at 2/19/2009 4:31 PM | Add Comment

Snorkeling at Alta - Skiing Powder SO Deep ...!

Posted by Andrew at 2/18/2009 3:50 PM | Add Comment

Warren Buffett has made some interesting changes!

Posted by Andrew at 2/17/2009 7:19 PM | Add Comment
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