Jeff Andrus

This "casual" is inspired by a true life email that I accidentally received from a big bucks Wall Street portfolio manager. In my answer I offered investment advice based on a unified theory of the universe that was told to me by a fellow named Krumline way back in college when I was flunking economics. Krumline theorized that just hanging around provides a core source of knowledge that is applicable to almost any subject and at the very least allows one to hold an opinion as dearly as the so-called “experts.”

The autobiography of my grandfather kicked off 2002 with its prologue about his removing a perfectly normal appendix from an otherwise healthy and conscious patient, then deciding to bite the bullet and charge him anyway. How he came to earn that $75 in California took him from a farm in Utah Territory to basketball stardom in Chicago, with stints as a doughboy in France, and as a school teacher and engineer on the Idaho frontier. His poignant, funny and outrageous takes on his life and times offered serialization that continued until February of 2003.

This article shows how the amazing "Weather Changing Secret of the Aztecs" can be applied to Tom Daschle's economic policy and breathe magic into your financial situation if you been laid off. It's an upbeat heart-warmer for shut-ins too. Email copies to friends who wish they were dead.