Zip Lines of Pasadena

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A Zip Line in Texas courtesy of Flickr This is a simple business idea.  Build a zip line in Pasadena.  Zoom by the Rose Bowl and under the Colorado Blvd bridge. It seems that everybody who owns two ... Read More

The CPI is Wrong

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is wrong.  Among other things it doesn’t measure product improvement or life style improvement.  Paul Krugman the Princeton professor turned New York Times columnist... Read More

Publishing Insanity

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What possible reason could a publisher have for charging more for an electronic book (Kindle) than for a hardcover book?  I assume that they are mortally afraid of what happened in the music business... Read More

Golden Hills Idea

Every October millions of people travel through New England to see the Fall Foliage.  It creates, among other things, traffic jams and cash flow.  In May the Cherry Blossom Festival draws millions m... Read More

Chocolate Has Consequences

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A year ago Hershey Chocolate bought Cadbury Chocolate or something like that. The good news is that now Cadbury has better distribution in the US.  The bad news is that the two companies are homogeni... Read More

Trompe L’Oeil

The building across from our hotel in Santa Margherita The decorations on this building are not real.  They are painted on using a technique that make them look real.  The technique goes by the Fren... Read More

Fruitarian Tours

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This morning we had a Mango for breakfast.  It was good but it wasn’t as good as the time we were in Maui in June.  The little house we rented was in a mango grove and the ripe fruit were fall... Read More