oligopsony (oli-GOP-suh-nee): The market condition where a few buyers control the market for a product. From the marvelous A.Word.A.Day list.
Whee!
We have nothing to do tonight. Not a thing. Nada. Zilch. That is an unbelievable relief! Katie has had four nights of dance every week since the fall. We’re all ready for a break! We’re going to have pizza, laze…
Are You Being Charged More Than Other Shoppers for Online Purchases?
From Future Brief: Most American consumers don’t realize Internet merchants and even traditional retailers sometimes charge different prices to different customers for the same products, according to a new survey. The study, “Open to Exploitation,” found nearly two-thirds of adult…
Can I Get a Day to Recover From the Weekend, Now?
curiousmay9 left town Friday to visit with her family. Her grandmother passed away on Saturday. The grand lady had been in a nursing home for years, and her death did not come as a surprise. Still, it’s never easy to…
Poetry: Pulling Up Beside My Husband at the Stoplight
Pulling Up Beside My Husband at the Stoplight –Marjorie Saiser From Bones of a Very Fine Hand We are going to the same place but we take two cars. Sunday morning and there’s not much traffic so I pull up…
Growl
I missed a doctor’s appointment this morning—one of those that it has taken MONTHS to get. I’m not happy. I just couldn’t wake up, though. Sam roused me long enough to get meds into me this morning. I fell asleep…
Thought-Provoking Quote: Mignon McLaughlin
It’s impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. -Mignon McLaughlin, author (1915-) It makes sense to me in that you can’t have four “number one priorities.” Even with…
Congrats to ShadowKatt!
We got Katie’s California Achievement Test results yesterday. Math: grade equivalent is 13 (beyond 12th grade). I can’t remember the percentile at the moment, but it’s really high. Language Arts: same on the grade equivalent. 99% percentile. Spoken vocabulary and…
What to Say?
A friend just posted one of those “anonymous confession posts,” enabling anonymous commenting and disabling IP address logging. I never have anything to say in those threads. I can’t think of anything that I wouldn’t just say as me. I…
Sunday
wordcandlemage has an important event happening today. Unfortunately, I’m not up to going. sambear and shadowkatt are there to represent the family. I’ll rest more, and hopefully have the energy to do some things around here. Another nice thing about…