three good classic movies for the holidays...

here are just some good movies because it's holiday time which is always exciting!

1. It's a Wonderful Life (Following the days of George Bailey and his attempt to leave Bedford Falls. Along the way he meets his guardian angel who helps him and returns him safely back to his family by the films end). You can watch the full movie here: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=it%27s+a+wonderful+life&emb=0&aq=f#

(It was recently written about in the NYTimes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/movies/19wond.html?_r=1&8dpc

2. Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in this classic which involves singing, dancing and the traditional "White Christmas").

3. Miracle on 34th Street (of course a huge sales advertisement for Macy's Department stores however it is delightful and another great family movie). Plus who can resist a neurotic psychologist, a man who believes himself to be Kris Kringel, and a Christmas where everyone's dreams really do come true.

Princeton!

on the note of Princeton; the lovely town with a great school...





apparently both Congressman Holt and Speaker Pelosi met on campus yesterday to discuss renewing national support for the physical sciences and energy research

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S22/93/76C24/index.xml?section=featured

...sigh...

doesn't this just sound like a great plan?!? not.


"Of much greater practical importance, the Fed bluntly announced that it would print as much money as necessary to revive the frozen credit markets and fight what is shaping up as the nation's worst economic downturn since World War II."
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"By contrast, the dollar dropped sharply against the euro and other major currencies for the second consecutive day — a sign that currency markets were nervous about a flood of newly printed dollars. Some analysts predict that the Treasury will have to sell $2 trillion worth of new securities over the next year to finance its existing budget deficit, a new stimulus program and to refinance about $600 billion worth of maturing government debt."


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/business/economy/17fed.html?hp