The Day The Bloggers Died

First off, we apologize for the lack of posts on Friday and the disappearing acts performed by all of our posts for the entire week.  Typepad, the service provider for Ticker Sense, went down early Friday morning and will not be completely repaired until the end of the weekend (so they say).  Let's all hope this is not a recurring theme.  Now for a few links to get the blog back up and rolling.  Be sure to check back on Monday morning for our normal blogging routine. 

An informative, interesting, and worrisome year-end column by George Will.

Dow's Glide to 11,000 Looks Smooth.  C'mon Yahoo!, you should know better than to title articles like that.

The Psychology of Retailing.  Most shoppers turn right.

Has the rally run out of steam?

The holiday gifts you'll be giving in 2010.

The Undercover Economist is a new book similar to Freakonomics.

A week old, but here is Business Week's Best of 2005.

JibJab's Year-End Round-Up.  A little over-the-top, but overall, a good two minutes of entertainment.

Crunks '05: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections.

For those that feel so bad about killing their Christmas tree, San Fransisco is now offering Christmas Tree Rentals.