"Who Ordered the Çode Red"

First off – it was nice to hear so many offers for our ticket to the Sun’s-Laker’s game with me tonight. My buddy Abe is coming in from LA for the night and gets the ticket. I hope he wears his Lakers shirt so he can be ABUSED. The Laker’s suck

Back to inflation. The prices of most labor, ipods, PC’s, flatscreens, clothing, information all are in a deflationary spiral for sure – but they are not necessities.

Food, commodities and fuel are what matter in my inflation index. Based on this index, we are careening out of control.

I went to fill up my Honda Pilot today and it cost $54. That is something.

Food prices are flying high. I can barely afford my raspberry and blackberry (the fruit) habit. Eating out – which I do too much – is outrageously expensive and I don’t even drink.

If inflation is on the rise – which I think it is – the biggest shenanigans are taking place by the government statistics office (shocking). Jeff Matthews sums it up here .

I sum it up using these lines from a “Few Good Men”.

That said – the economy is proving pretty resilient. The stocks of Bank of America and Wells Fargo hit all-time highs today. Historically, bank stocks have struggled in rising interest rate environments.

As my good buddy Blair says – STAGGERING!