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Thought Of The Day ~ "Never before has the future so rapidly become the past." -Arnold Glasow Is it over? I can't watch anymore! Today's markets were all over the place. Wild swings in the market from the opening this morning over 800 down to 250 up to the end of the day @ 150 points down. DJIA e...

The 19th Annual Southern Festival of Books is this weekend in downtown Nashville at the historic War Memorial Plaza. The festival began in 1989 and is a celebration of many genre of writing throughout the nation. Over 200 authors come to sign their books, perform book readings and meet their fan...

Fox Carrington, food critic for the Nashville Scene calls Bombay Palace [....gem of an Indian restaurant....] Last weekend, my wife and I decided we would try it. We are both foodies and love the unique experience of Indian cuisine and let me just say, we were not disappointed. We went during lun...

I was listening this morning to an NPR Morning Edition article about a Spanish bank, Banco Santander and how they are not only weathering the financial crisis, but in fact, expanding. They are actually acquiring European Banks. Their most recent acquisition was a medium size bank in the UK, Bradf...

  My good friend Scott Cone with Realty Mortgage in Nashville, TN posted this today. It is a great primer for understanding rate fluctuations and how when the Federal Reserve rate committee makes changes in short term interest rates affect the mortgage rates. Stay Sharp!   LEADING EDGE TITLE SOLU...

Stock market down again? Money Markets down? Short term borrowing window rates down? European Central Bank rates going down? Another bank failure? Another job loss? Another business going under? Another Country being bailed out? More bank deposit guarantees from European partners? What?....What, ...

Thanks to my friend Mike Mueller, I have now become pink. Mike so graciously added pink to my border on my pic and the ubiquitous pink ribbon to commemorate October as Cancer Awareness Month and to help those that are afflicted with breast cancer. If you don't have this, go to Mike's post, Let Me...

Here 's the deal.....what are you doing to impact your business? I can assure you that if you are not, it is most assuredly going to impact you, one way or another....and if it hasn't already, (which I imagine it has) it certainly will. It certainly has affected everyone else I personally know. O...

The documentary film maker /producer /director was the key note speaker at Belmont University last night here in Nashville. Mr. Burns who has won many accolades and awards for his documentary films, like the Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, and World War II among many, many more, gave a truly inspiring...

Ride a bicycle! Besides being FUN, it is great exercise, saves on gasoline (quickly becoming a precious commodity), saves money, Gives a fresh perspective, is intentional and deliberate (meaning it forces you to see and experience a city, make that community in much more organic way. It saves on ...