Mid-Week Wanderings

Another rainy/stormy stretch here in Arkansas.  Not typical for this time of year and I’m getting really tired of it!  Traffic was abominable on the way into work this morning; not much better coming home tonight. The really depressing thing is that it’s supposed to be WORSE tomorrow!  At least the forecast for the weekend is looking better.  Maybe I can get out into the mudpit that’s supposed to be a backyard and start to clean things up.  At least we’ve been spared any serious damage from the recent storms.  So far.  Fingers crossed.

And, articles like the following don’t serve to help the depression, when they only support what I’ve already been noticing:

The Inflation Chronicles

…From readers, the consequences: “Fun size” candy at newsstands in midtown NYC: last week — $0.25/each, yesterday — $0.50 each. Here at work the vending machines now stock reduced-size Snickers and peanut M&Ms at the same price ($1.00) formerly charged for the larger sizes. If you think the copper thieves in Las Vegas are bad, you should see what [...]

Hey, if that’s not depressing enough for you, check this out:

Financial Armageddon

Fill me in please with your input and tell me where you’re from after you read the below: This post, Uglier Than You Thought, over at FinancialArmageddon.com makes it seem like the end is near, but I contend that it is regional although there seems to be somewhat of a slowdown here in the NY metropolitan area, but nothing disastrous… at least not yet. Real estate prices are still enormously [...]

Heck, go for the trifecta:

Glum

In the WaPo today, “Most Americans Glum on Financial Progress”: “Offering the gloomiest assessment of personal economic progress in close to half a century, a new survey has found that most Americans think they have not made economic progress over the past five years, as their incomes have stagnated and they have increasingly borrowed money [...]

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