April 24, 2008

Guest Rant – Leaners

What’s the deal with the leaner’s on the subways? You know who I mean, the dude who can’t be bothered to hold on the support poll, instead he has to lean against it. In order to hold on and keep yourself from falling all over the place, you have to wedge your fingers in between the poll and his sweaty back. I understand sometimes we all don’t want to stand on the subway.

April 1, 2008

Drug Stocks

What happened today with Schering-Plough (SGP) is exactly why I have never bought a pharmaceutical stock and don’t plan to. I’ve always had this belief that every pharma company was one FDA study away from a 20% drop or worse and I had been meaning to write a blog post about this for a while. Of course on the flip side you could say with these stocks they always have a pop in them if they get approved for a new drug but the drug approval process creates so much volatility in these stocks as the FDA takes a very long time and creates many news stories causing lots of pops and drops on rumors of approval or FDA wanting more information.

March 24, 2008

CVS, Walgreens, Duane Reade

You are kidnapped and dropped off in one of these stores with all name brands removed. Can you tell which one you are in? I believe all of these stores are too similar and would never invest in any of them for that reason and also there are just wayyyyy to many of them. If I see a CVS next to a duane reede, my only incentive to goto one over the other is which one is physically closer to me at the given moment.

March 21, 2008

Attention Grocery store Cashiers

Do not wish me Happy Easter when I’m buying Hamantashen.

March 6, 2008

Gum Sucks

Why is it, that I’m left with a taste worst off than the one I started with, after I chew a piece of gum? After the mint flavor wears off, I’m left dehydrated with a crappy taste in my mouth. Am I the only one this happens to?