I first noticed this stopping at HEB delis. Ask the clerk for 12 ounces of whatever, and you have one stumped person. The responses are always interesting. Some wonder pensively what that might mean, waiting for me to tell them. One lady almost angrily declared that was not possible with the scale, after all it…

Glad you asked. Current estimates are that there are 304 million people in the US. This counts babies, prisoners, dogs and cats listed with SS numbers as dependents on tax returns, you name it.  Okay I actually own a calculator that will take this many digits, no having to move the decimal over and the…

I mentioned the ethical dilemma posed in the television show 24 in Ethics class this past week.  Click on 24 to view episode 8.  Background is simple. The bad guys are trying to take over a ficitonal African country named Sengala.  They have kidnapped the female President's husband. The new female President has forces posed…

No doubt about it, UT football is big business.  This report from Forbes shows just how big it is. One of the students reminded me that UTSA is trying to get in the football business, I find that interesting as I thought UT Austin would oppose that idea.  I suspect however that UTSA will find…

Numbers   actually has a mathematician help solve mysteries on CBS Friday Nights at 9PM. Judd Hirsch has a history of joining  interesting movies and television shows, this is no exception. A math whiz helps solve mysteries, tonite he is figuring jury probabilities. Far better than the average network fare, consider this one!  

Friday Evening A note on my door from the apartment manager urges residents to come talk with her before moving out. She is pleading and offering to work with them.  This is a  desperate sign  of the recession really hitting San Antonio. This is not a high dollar apartment, rents are $500-$750, a nicely re…

Barney Frank thinks Detroit should build fuel efficient small cars. That however is hot what is moving off the lots. Angus MacKenzie  examines how fuel and vehicle prices drive demand.   Congress will again consider what to do with GM this next week, tough question….

By the way, do you know what the Augean Stables were?  Wolf is using a metaphor, you can look it up in wikipedia.org.  Why Obama’s new Tarp will fail to rescue the banks.By Martin WolfThe Financial TimesPublished: February 10 2009 Has Barack Obama’s presidency already failed? In normal times, this would be a ludicrous question.…

I last posted this link  December 18, 2008.  That is a link to over 40 different accounting certifications.  We are getting numerous inquiries from new students on what it takes to become a cpa.  I will be preparing a repot on just that issue. In summary it takes 24 hours of business courses, 30 accounting hours…

Dennis Elam February 13, 2009 One on One Word Count 729   Real Money The big picture  is that everything is being re priced in terms of the only money that politicians cannot print from trees. Yes, gold is rising in price and everything else is falling against gold. Richard Nixon took the United States…