Lockdowns

I was just reading that lockdowns may have to be put back on the table for those states that reopened too fast and have epic levels of new coronavirus.  There is even concerns that Illinois’s numbers are going in the wrong direction as well.  Just not as fast, but we...

Authors

Over the years I have worked with five published authors.  Only one tied to live off their writings, but they were not doing so successfully when I stopped working with them. But they actually did made the bestseller list on the week the books come out, only to drop...

Outdoor eating

Restaurants have had an extraordinarily difficult time with this pandemic. First having to shut down completely, then being able to have their product delivered or picked up only. Then being allowed to only have outdoor eating, then allowing at most if possible 20% of...

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed, there is the myth and legend, but then there is the man.  We all know bits and pieces of the legend.  Most of us know little about the man, fewer still know the man beyond some sparse general details. I was reading a book that briefly mentioned the...

Voting rights to stock

When original owners sell stock in companies, they find ways to get the money, but still control the company.  One of the ways to do this is to issue a different share of stock with little or no voting rights, but rights to dividends and growth. One such company is...

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