Look out for NYE bluemoon tomorrow. This New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa but for Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them. The last time there was a "blue moon" was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028. SOURCE 
I think you all know what "Cashmere" is, how about "Baby Cashmere" ???
Michael Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper. He was 50.
He's cute, he's a farm boy and he just won $232 million lottery. Neal Wanless, 23 years old from South Dakota, won a $232 million Powerball lottery prize. He will take home $88.5 million in a lump sum payment after taxes are deducted. Nice shirt by the way...
I hate these violent protesters...This is a pure violence, not like designers robbery in London last year.
According to Forbes.com, my favorite city - Los Angeles is the worst city for Ozone pollution. Surprisingly, California has total of 9 cities in the top 25, of those are in the top 4.
Lately, everyone is talking about "Swine Flu." I'm a little scared and also a little paranoid. We need to protect ourselves while we can. Putting on a mask doesn't help much but it's better than nothing. I'm just wondering whether or not the designer masks would help protect us more. (2 from each designers: Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Maison Martin Margiela)
Speaking about the weather, today is going to be the last warm day in SF before a week long of rain and cool temperature once again. The rain comes just in time before CA is heading to a drought.
Lately we've been hearing about "Stimulus Package" but do you know what that mean ? and how will that affect you ? The $787 billion package will help housing/cars buyers, taxed break, unemployed workers, etc. Read full article on USA Today...
According to this report on American adults by the National Center for Health Statistics:
This may be the craziest thing I've ever heard, beside the selling of Latvia. In September 1998, professor Igor Panarin predicted the collapse of the U.S. in 2010. He based the forecast on classified data supplied to him by FAPSI analysts. He predicts that economic, financial and demographic trends will provoke a political and social crisis in the U.S. When the going gets tough, he says, wealthier states will withhold funds from the federal government and effectively secede from the union. Social unrest up to and including a civil war will follow.
Here is a credit card that can break down, so does your credit.
It took 7 economists 11 months to decide what should seem obvious given all the foreclosures, bank failures and layoffs - the United States is officially in a RECESSION. The National Bureau of Economic Research delared on Monday that the economy has been in retreat since last December. Read here to find out how recessions work.
Are you one of them? A study published in the October 2006 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry found that at some point in the lives of an estimated 5.8% of the U.S. population, shopping will become a source of shame, a cry for help, the cause of job losses and broken relationships, a road to financial ruin. They are "compulsive buyers" - troubled by intrusive impulses to shop, prone to lose track of time while doing so, plagued by post-purchase remorse, guilt and financial woes and sometimes given up on by loved ones. Is there any rehab for "Shopping Addiction" ? SOURCE
A study by a couple of business-school professors says splurging now makes you happier later. Even more surprising: Not splurging now will make you regret later. The authors write: “We saw a similar pattern in a study of how businesspeople perceived past choices between work and pleasure. Over time, those who had indulged felt less and less guilty about their choices, whereas those who had been dutiful experienced a growing sense of having missed out on the pleasures of life.” The authors also did a study of mall shoppers, asking about their regret about buying an expensive item of clothing. Those who anticipated short-term regret bought less-expensive items, while those who anticipated long-term regret splurged. “Thinking about short-term regret drives consumers to be virtuous, while thinking about long-term regret leads them to be extravagant,” the authors write.
While I had a crazy weekend in Las Vegas, here are what I missed in the real world.
