Inauguration 2009

Waiting for the Parade at the Newseum

Yesterday’s Inauguration of our 44th President was, of course, historic for many reasons, but it was extra special to me for one reason in particular. Seeing the 2 mile span of The Mall covered with a million people eager to participate in that historic event was awe inspiring.

Now it’s the morning of the first full day, and the real world requirements of the position must now weigh heavily on our new President’s shoulders, as they should. The burden looks especially heavy to me in light of the previous Administration’s lackluster performance. My blog, my opinion.

Yesterday, the market hit 14-year lows, which sets up the potential for strong gains for long term investors’ new investments  by virtue of the lower starting point. Or not. I mention this because of the parallel between the Bush and Obama administrations. The previous one was such a cumulative disaster that the comparative performance the new one has a strong shot at out-performance given its low starting base. Again, my blog, my opinion.

All the best to you, President Obama.  I hope that you and the market knock our socks off with solid upside performance that exceeds our collective expectations and hopes.

H’s Curve on Two Platforms – No, You’re Not Dreaming! It’s True!

This photo of Bjork?  Yeah, there’s is literally no reason whatsoever for it to be in this post other than the fact that I like it and wanted to use it.  I prefer to read blog posts that have some visual element to them, even better if it pertains to the story.  Hey, one out of two, right? It’s what I like to see, it’s what I like to give.

Anyhoo, earlier today I changed the name of the Blogger version of Hambric’s Curve to Hambric’s Curve Gets Round in honor of my decision to start posting pics I shoot with my phone while I’m, well, out and about , round and about, if you will.  (Full disclosure: This pic of Bjork was not shot by me or on my phone.)  Maybe I should edit the name change from ‘Round and About’ to ‘Out and About.’  Or I could just get on with the point of this post, which is to draw attention to the fact that the World Wide Web is currently hosting two versions of Hambric’s Curve: this one, and the ‘Round and About’ version on the Blogger platform.  Yeah!  I know! Right?

Why?  Well, the as-brief-as-I-can-make-it-answer-at-this-point-in-my-wine-consumption-this-evening is that there are aspects of each platform that make both desirable to use and as well as pains in the a$$.  It’s on days like this that I miss the paid WordPress.org platform, but not enough to cough up the dough to get it back.  At least, not until I’ve heard back on my application to Paulson’s Treasury for a bit of ‘Teh Splurge.’

So, the point of this post and its gratuitous use of Bjork?  To let you know there is another version of Hambric’s Curve that’ll I’ll use to post brief posts with pics from my phone while I’m out and about in DC, including during Inauguration Week.