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8:30 AM EST Friday, January 18, 2008: The
tennis is superb. There are bright blue skies this morning. Last night I had
dinner with business school classmates of 40-years ago. They're healthy and
happy, and now pursuing interests they always wanted to. One is at Divinity
School. One does weight lifting. One spends an hour and a half each day in the
gym. Yes, there is a life outside searching for the perfect investment...
Money
is pouring out of stockmarkets. The "flight to safety" is on in full
force. As the money seeks a new home, short-term interest rates are plummeting.
My advice: take what you can get. Don't go desperately hunting for higher yields.
There's still too much danger out there.
That's
it. I'm going back to watching and playing tennis. There's a great Roddick match
presently on ESPN.
The
lesson is don't type the wrong email address:
A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during
a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they
spent their honeymoon 20 years before. Because of their hectic schedules, it
was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minneapolis
and flew to Florida on Friday. His wife was flying down the following day.
The husband checked
into the hotel, and unlike years ago, there was a computer in his room. He decided
to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in
her email address, and without noticing his error, sent the email to the wrong
address.
Meanwhile...somewhere
in Houston... a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral.
The widow decided
to check her email, expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading
the first message, she screamed and then fainted. The widow's son rushed into
the room, found his mother on the floor, and then glanced up and saw the computer
screen which read:
To: My Loving
Wife
Subject: I have Arrived!
Dearest Love:
I know you are surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now, and
you are allowed to send email to your loved ones. I have just arrived and have
been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow,
and look forward to seeing you then Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine
was.
PS .... Sure is
Hot down here.
The
Australian Tennis Open is on. And the matches are
totally wonderful. These times are not always accurate. Best to just turn on
your TV and scour the channels.
Date |
EST
Time
|
Round |
Channel |
January
18 |
8:00
AM
|
Early
Round |
Tennis
Channel |
January
18 |
3:00
PM
|
Early
Round |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
18 |
7:00
PM (Live)
|
Early
Round |
Tennis
Channel |
January
18 |
10:00
PM (Live)
|
Early
Round |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
19 |
8:00
AM
|
Early
Round |
Tennis
Channel |
January
19 |
12:00
PM
|
Early
Round |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
19 |
5:00
PM
|
Early
Round |
Tennis
Channel |
January
19 |
7:00
PM (Live)
|
Early
Round |
Tennis
Channel |
January
19 |
10:00
PM (Live)
|
Early
Round |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
20 |
3:30
AM (Live)
|
Early
Round/Round of 16 |
ESPN/ESPN2 |
January
20 |
8:00
AM
|
Early
Round |
Tennis
Channel |
January
20 |
11:00
AM
|
Early
Round |
ESPN/ESPN2 |
January
20 |
3:00
PM
|
Early
Round |
Tennis
Channel |
January
20 |
7:00
PM (Live)
|
Round
of 16 |
ESPN/ESPN2 |
|
Week 2
Date |
EST
Time
|
Round |
Channel |
January
21 |
3:30
AM (Live)
|
Round
of 16/Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
21 |
8:00
AM
|
Round
of 16/Quarterfinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
21 |
3:00
PM
|
Round
of 16/Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
21 |
7:00
PM
|
Round
of 16/Quarterfinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
21 |
9:00
PM (Live)
|
Round
of 16/Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
22 |
3:30
AM (Live)
|
Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
22 |
8:00
AM
|
Quarterfinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
22 |
3:00
PM
|
Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
22 |
7:00
PM
|
Quarterfinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
22 |
9:00
PM (Live)
|
Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
23 |
3:30
AM (Live)
|
Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
23 |
8:00
AM
|
Quarterfinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
23 |
3:00
PM
|
Quarterfinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
23 |
7:00
PM
|
Quarterfinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
23 |
9:30
PM (Live)
|
Women's
Semifinals |
ESPN2/ESPN
Classic |
January
24 |
1:00
AM
|
Semifinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
24 |
3:30
AM (Live)
|
Men's
Semifinals |
ESPN2 |
January
24 |
6:00
AM
|
Semifinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
24 |
3:00
PM
|
Men's
Semifinals (Repeat) |
ESPN2 |
January
24 |
6:00
PM
|
Semifinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
24 |
11:00
PM (Live)
|
Women's
Doubles Final |
Tennis
Channel |
January
25 |
1:00
AM
|
Women's
Doubles Final (Repeat)/Semifinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
25 |
3:30
AM (Live)
|
Men's
Semifinals |
ESPN2 |
January
25 |
6:00
AM
|
Women's
Doubles Final (Repeat)/Semifinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
25 |
3:00
PM
|
Men's
Semifinals (Repeat) |
ESPN2 |
January
25 |
6:00
PM
|
Women's
Doubles Final (Repeat)/Semifinals |
Tennis
Channel |
January
25 |
9:30
PM (Live)
|
Women's
Final |
ESPN2 |
January
25 |
11:30
PM (Live)
|
Men's
Doubles Final |
Tennis
Channel |
January
26 |
1:00
AM
|
Men's
Doubles Final (Repeat) |
Tennis
Channel |
January
26 |
1:00
PM
|
Men's
Doubles Final (Repeat) |
Tennis
Channel |
January
27 |
12:00
AM (Live)
|
Mixed
Doubles Final |
Tennis
Channel |
January
27 |
1:30
AM
|
Mixed
Doubles Final (Repeat) |
Tennis
Channel |
January
27 |
3:30
AM (Live)
|
Men's
Final |
ESPN2 |
January
27 |
12:00
PM
|
Men's
Final (Repeat) |
ESPN2 |
January
27 |
3:00
PM
|
Men's/Women's
Finals (Repeat) |
Tennis
Channel |
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This column is about my personal search for the perfect
investment. I don't give investment advice. For that you have to be registered
with regulatory authorities, which I am not. I am a reporter and an investor.
I make my daily column -- Monday through Friday -- freely available for three
reasons: Writing is good for sorting things out in my brain. Second, the column
is research for a book I'm writing called "In Search of the Perfect
Investment." Third, I encourage my readers to send me their ideas,
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