No hockey for your city
In one of my favourite sports movies, Kevin Costner goes to great lengths to construct a decent ball field, based on the imagined words “Build it and he will come”. In the movie, it worked. Perhaps it has to do with baseball, though.
Quebec City took the idea to heart and built a wonderful new ice skating arena. Unfortunately, it isn’t working, as far as attracting a top tier hockey team. Today, again, the NHL expanded their empire to a new city, but it wasn’t in Canada.
I’ve been warned. My grocery bill will be higher next year. The article offered few specifics, but my tastes will continue to be simple. Steaks, some fresh fruits, yellow bag dog food. How much of a whammy can I get?
The dog continues to hear intruders (that we never see). Not just doorbells on TV; there are vehicles that never arrive, and aircraft that never land. I explain, when possible, that ghosts don’t deserve his energetic warnings.
Trying to get my head around the importance paid to every hiccup in the stock market. Unless you’re trying to “cash out”, why should a fluctuation in a game of poker matter so much? Today, that president (yes, that president) referred to himself as the “tariff man”; the stock market dived. In the case of a grass grower, a “short seller” caused a tremor in the valuation of the company. In both cases, no real money changed hands. This is just a small group of people, busily gambling. Can you tell that my “investment exposure” is really, really small?
