Espresso Love Scones for Joan

Always cautioning the teen blogson about the perils of the Internet, I have befriended a fellow blogger who shares a mutual love for Martha's Vineyard. Joan, at mvobsession is celebrating a birthday today. While we still have not met, I've come to enjoy our digital friendship. In preparation for our coffee klatch soon, Wild Willy and I wanted to buy Joan a Vineyard birthday gift: blueberry scones from Espresso Love in Edgartown. We love a mission, especially if it involves excellect food.

Amazon Introduces Kindle 2

The next generation of this handy device will be available February 24th. It's has been a bloghusband favorite since it's debut in 2007.

Poker Face, Poker Voice: God Love the Pilots

As many readers here know, the bloghusband is a private pilot. Wild Willy and I log more than a few hours of flight time every year in our 1977 single engine, six-place, Beechcraft Bonanza. Mostly, we fly to our home on Martha's Vineyard, but through the years, and before the birth of our son, we had many adventures into the wild blue yonder. No stranger to brushes with death while sitting in the right seat, I secretly try to determine if my pilot, in fact, is as freaked out as I am during some flights. Oddly, my pilot husband is the epitome of composure at all times, even during some of the more serious in-flight incidences, which are inevitable considering hours logged. I just had to chuckle in appreciation and understanding when I listened to the Flight 1549 audiotape, between the pilot and ATC, released today. Two guys, totally calm, trying to arrange a landing, which just so happened to be in the Hudson River.

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Mad Men, Season Two

Yipee! Yahoo! The bloghusband downloaded Mad Men season two from iTunes. We've already watched the first two episodes.

Thule Roof Rack

The Bloghusband spared me the daunting task of "some assembly required" and installed his Christmas gift/roof rack on the truck.  Yipee!  Of course, I would have, could have, despite my reading-maps-and-illustrated-instructions handicap.  He completed the job in no time at all.  

Island Groceries

Even mundane tasks are enjoyable in the winter.

Eliot Spitzer and Wild Willy

It's been years since I last visited the Bloghusband's office in lower
Manhattan. Today, while in the city for a meeting, I stopped in the
World Financial Center. The only picture gracing the Bloghusband's
office was that of Eliot Spitzer. Go figure.

A Beautiful Blue

The Bloghusband caught a couple of bluefish off the coast of Martha's Vineyard today. Always a thrill, especially near the end of the season!

Introducing Wild Willy, Financier Extraordinaire

The Bloghusband, a.k.a. Wild Willy, has been ask to guest blog here about the financial issues concerning this country.  Below you may read his first two posts. 

Alan Greenspan's View

At a recent Deloitte conference Alan Greenspan shared his view of the causes of the current economic situation:

1. not his fault

2. this is a "100 year event"

3. solvency problem, not an economic problem for the country

4. further regulation not required, as the system works 99% of the time

5. this is all caused by human nature (greed by everyone, not just Wall Street)

6. the liquidity problem will all be over when home prices recover - mid 2009

Somehow this did not all hang together for me.  What do you think?