Rant

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Another Roadside Attraction, It’s … Fine Print!

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ May 15, 2009 ⋅ 4 Comments

I’ve been a CSAA member for over 40 years, and have always been happy with their services. So imagine my disappointment today when I opened a membership offer from them that is nothing but a series of bad directions.

Can You Parse Zip, Zero, Nada?

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ May 8, 2009 ⋅ 1 Comment

I’m sitting here listening to a supposedly very knowledgeable financial analyst being interviewed about the market for muni bonds. He gets paid to talk, the reporter gets paid to talk. But ‘the expert’ can’t offer any actual advice because he might be wrong and then he will be sued. Resulting in a total waste of … Continue reading →

The Right, The Left, We are Surrounded

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ May 5, 2009 ⋅ 2 Comments

A political commentator that used to have my respect is now sprinkling his emails with ads like the one pictured here. Unfortunately for him, I don’t think that even his fans in Rio Linda will take the time to click. I guess there are people out there who want to make suckers out of all … Continue reading →

Wire Man

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ May 3, 2009 ⋅ 1 Comment

It’s hard to believe that Martha Stewart could express what’s in my mind, but so be it. WTF do I have to carry an extra bag of wires and power bricks when we travel. Sure I’m honored to carry a Kindle 2 instead of 50 pounds of books. But even the geniuses at Amazon managed … Continue reading →