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9:00
AM EST, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. What a great
weekend. Great weather. Great family. Great friends. Great tennis. Great news.
I finished my dictionary. There's clearly more to life than reading about a
lousy economy and dealing with two crashed hard drives. Now
to the important things.
1.
Cherish your health. Much news on the weekend about friends with serious health
issues. Time to watch The Bucket List again. Do all the things you want to do.
2. Cherish your
family. They're getting busier. My daughter spent the weekend hunched in front
of her computer and yellow-lining important bits of endless documents. God bless
3M's Post-It notes.
Lousy
economic news. Everyone was freaked by John Mauldin's latest piece.
Basically he says, the U.S. is in big trouble and it's time to look overseas
to place your money. Read the piece -- here.
Lousy
computer news: My main PC crashed and its backup
drive crashed. I don't know why. I moved to a new computer. I didn't lose any
work, just oodles of time and patience. You can never have enough backups.
I
discovered
Google's new Internet browser called Chrome. It really is a significant improvement
over all over browsers. Big plus: It's fast. Super fast. Get it for free here.
I did little work
on investing over the weekend. What I read suggests that sentiment has turned
ugly and this recent rally has run out. International is great. My Australian
dollar is soaring.
You
buy retail. Or you can buy at Trader Joe's. My children
shop only Trader Joe's. Here's why. Two cartons of cereal, one bought from the
local supermarket and one bought from Trader Joe's

Here are the numbers.
|
Size
of box
|
Price
|
Price
per ounce
|
Local
supermarket |
15.3
ounces
|
$5.49
|
35.88
cents
|
Trader
Joes |
24.0
ounces
|
$3.69
|
15.38
cents
|
Trader Joe's is less than half
the cost of our local supermarket.
Nothing
appeals like new gadgetry. The new PowerShot
D10 is Canon's first waterproof camera and tough like all get out. It can be
submerged 33 feet, fall four feet and withstand temperatures as cold as 14°F.
Around $330. Michael and I are going down the Grand Canyon soon. We need it.
I haven't used it yet. I bought one on the weekend. The trip would have killed
my beloved Canon G10.

The Canon
PowerShot D10 -- front.

The Canon PowerShot D10 -- back
Kindle's
amazing new unsung benefit. Our family is big on listening to enriching
works (and garbage) as we drive. Michael bought the new Warren Buffett biography
"Snowball." Michael has discovered that Kindle will read a book to
you. It's not exactly Buffett's voice or any other human's voice. It's a computer.
But it's perfectly fine to listen to the book while driving. All you do is plug
the Kindle into your car's sound system. This little thing will help if you
have a cassette player in your old car:

$14.99 at Radio
Shack.
French
Tennis Open 2009 TV Schedule -- US broadcast times
Tuesday,
May 26
5:00 am - 12:00 PM: French Open Early Rounds - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM: French Open Early Rounds - ESPN2 + ESPN2 HD
- LIVE and tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Wednesday,
May 27
5:00 am - 12:00 PM: French Open Early Rounds - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM: French Open Early Rounds - ESPN2 + ESPN2 HD-
LIVE and tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Thursday,
May 28
5:00 am - 12:00 PM: French Open Early Rounds - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM: French Open Early Rounds - ESPN2 + ESPN2 HD
- LIVE and tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Friday,
May 29
5:00 am - 12:00 PM: French Open Early Rounds - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
12:00 PM -6:30 PM: French Open Early Rounds - ESPN2 + ESPN2 HD
- LIVE and tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Saturday,
May 30
5:00 am - 1:30 PM: French Open Early Rounds - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM: French Open Early Rounds - NBC - LIVE
4:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Sunday,
May 31
5:00 am - 3:00 PM: French Open Early Rounds - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM: French Open Early Rounds - NBC - tape
6:00 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Monday,
June 1 - RD. of 16
5:00 am - 12:00 PM: French Open Round of 16 - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM: French Open Round of 16 - ESPN2 + ESPN2 HD
- LIVE and tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Tuesday,
June 2 - QUARTERS
8:00 am - 12:00 PM: French Open Quarterfinals - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - LIVE
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM: French Open Quarterfinals - ESPN2 + ESPN2 HD
- LIVE and tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Wednesday,
June 3 - QUARTERS
8:00 am - 12:00 PM: French Open Quarterfinals - TENNIS CHANNEL (HD)
- LIVE
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM: French Open Men’s Quarterfinals - ESPN2 +
ESPN2 HD - LIVE and tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Thursday,
June 4 - SEMIS
5:00 am - 8:00 AM: French Open Men’s Doubles Semifinals - TENNIS
CHANNEL (HD) - LIVE
8:00 am - 1:00 PM: French Open Women’s Semifinals - ESPN2 + ESPN2
HD - LIVE
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM: French Open Women’s Semifinals - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
6:30 PM - 5:00 AM: French Open “Tonight” show - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Friday,
June 5: - SEMIS
5:00 am - 10:00 AM: French Open Women’s Semifinals - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
10:00 am - 1:00 PM: French Open Men’s Semifinals - NBC -
LIVE
4:00 PM - 11:00 PM: French Open Men’s Semifinals - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
11:00 PM - 6:00 AM: French Open Men’s Semifinals - TENNIS CHANNEL
(HD) - tape
Saturday,
June 6: - FINAL
9:00 am - 12:00 PM: Women’s FINAL - NBC - LIVE
Sunday,
June 7: FINAL
9:00 am - 2:00 PM: Men’s FINAL - NBC -
LIVE
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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,
concerns and experiences. That way we can all learn together. My email address
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