One enterprising student has posted an ad with the intent of hiring a personal assistant. He needs help with laundry, making his bed, and driving him to work. He is a sophomore at Georgetown and in McDonough School of Business.
Here is a link to the blog created for his ad:
http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/16/georgetown-sophomore-seeks-personal-assistant-takes-premature-self-importance-to-whole-new-level/
Angela

“Dallas stars Linda Gray and Larry Hagman have confirmed they’ve been approached to reprise their Sue Ellen and J.R. Ewing characters for a remake of the classic 1980s soap.
TV executives at Warner Bros. are reportedly considering bringing back Dallas and focusing the new show on the TV couple’s son, John Ross, and his cousin, [...]

“The secrets of a lost city that may have inspired one of the world’s most enduring myths – the fable of Atlantis – have been brought to light from beneath the waters off southern Greece.  Explored by an Anglo-Greek team of archaeologists and marine geologists and known as Pavlopetri, the sunken settlement dates back some [...]

With the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, there is a renewed interest in that family.  Here is a link to a family tree which was useful in tracing the family and informing the reader of the family members’ present activities.  Here is the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27440144/?gt1=43001
 Michael

I had the privilege to attend the Paul McCartney concert at the new “Cowboys” stadium last night.  I had no expectations as I knew from having heard other “aging rockers” what can happen to the singing voice over the years.  But I am here to report that it was a wonderful experience; McCartney’s voice was [...]

…in the drive through line to get your Chick-fil-A and the Bentley is too big to fit around the turn and gets stuck, don’t honk; don’t get out and for goodness sakes don’t get into a fight with the driver and his two sons! “[A]bout 11 a.m. Saturday, a couple received their order from the [...]

The battle between Porsche and VW has been a heated one, between distant but closely tied cousins no less.  Perhaps only those of us who remember the Ewing clan of the TV show Dallas can truly appreciate this one!  Previously blogged, Porsche tried to take over VW, failed and now VW is taking over Porsche.  [...]

J. Michael McBride recently lectured at the University of Houston’s Collecting Debts and Judgments seminar. He spoke to audiences in both Dallas and Houston. Mr. McBride spoke on the timely subject of Foreclosures and Deficiencies. The Firm also published a lengthy paper in conjunction with the speech. Please let us know if you would like [...]

The markets are reacting to the bad news concerning unemployment in the US which was reported today.  At the time of this post, the Dow was down 186 points. 
“Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Workers also saw weekly wages fall, [...]

I got this notice from a bankruptcy practitioner with the international firm of Salans (offices in France, United-Kingdom, Germany, Spain, USA, Poland, Russian Federation, Hungary, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Romania, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, China) regarding the most recent changes to the bankruptcy laws in Russia.  This report states: “Readers will recall, on December 30, [...]