Fisherman Outwits Genie

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: About Lord Randolph's famous Chips speech.

Masters of Finance: Napoleon Hill's story about the importance of teamwork and short, achievable goals.

Literature Daily: The fisherman outwits the genie in a passage from 1,0001 Nights.

Political Journal: Is the Arab League going to withdraw it's support for the Libya attack?

Really Bad Cold Today

Really bad cold today. Had to miss state championship. Stayed in bed all day.

TV Show I've been watching: Alfred Hichkock Presents, Season 4. I especially liked the Dick York episode where he got even with a crooked bank official by fake robbing it all the time. That is to say, he did rob it but only the official knew and the official got the blame.

Book I've been reading:

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: A joke about FDR's fireside chats.

Masters of Finance: I give my philosophy about that blog.

Literature Daily: Hail the Conquering Heros! - a passage from Lays of Ancient Rome.

Political Journal: Who are the Libyan rebels? Does anyone know?

Muslims Invade France

Had fun this week helping kids prepare for the state chess championship tournament this Saturday.

TV Show I've been watching: season 4 of that old Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Muslims invade France; stopped in battle before Tours, 732.

Masters of Finance: Article on national debt; House Budget Chairman on.

Literature Daily: our heroes see the Hans loosing a large battle in distance in a passage from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Political Journal: Who said, "It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous."

Once Upon a Time in America

Movie I've been watching: Robert De Niro in Once Upon a Time in America. Way too much sex; too little romance.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: A day in Scandinavia, circa 1700.

Masters of Finance: Dave Ramsay advises to make a budget monthly as that keeps it real.

Literature Daily: Scarecrow stumbles over some yellow bricks in his trip with Dorothy.

Political Journal: Fact File on Libya.

Durant Visits Babylon

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Durant visits Babylon and wonders where all the splendor went.

Masters of Finance: What are the basics of "3 Step Forcasting"?

Literature Daily: Mark Twain warns against making youths keep journals, "a most malignant punishment".

Political Journal: Regarding FDR's fireside chats, public attention ain't what it used to be.

History's Greatest Heist

Spent the morning with Kathy; shee needed a blood test.

TV Show I've been watching: Alias: Final episode of season 3.

Book I've been reading: Mari Smith's Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Part 1 of one of the great heists of history. Egypt's Pharaoh and his room like Fort Knox.

Masters of Finance: Benchley should not have become a successful writer but he did anyway.

Literature Daily: a passage from where the lama laments Kim's absence.

Political Journal: The House Budget Chairman's Sunday interview on the National Debt.

Going to Watch Mari Smith's Facebook Video

I'm going to watch Mari Smith's video on the new facebook changes this morning.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Robert Benchley on his writing career.

Masters of Finance: Rich Dad guy and The Donald advise to invest in stuff you know about and are interested in.

Literature Daily: a passage from Agamemnon tells the Greek elders about his dream. They're assembled on the dock before King Nestor's ship.

Political Journal: Police Union threatens businesses in Wisconsin.

Chess Politics: Even more Polgar lawsuit stuff at the USCF's forums. Will this ever end?