There will be 9/11 tributes and remembrances galore today. Sad and horrorific scenes will fill our TV screens, relatives of victims will be asked about their reflections, heroes will be celebrated, administrations will be blamed, failures will be cited and successes touted. Most of us will just go on about our business. This is as it should be, we are a resilient bunch. Its 0650 and I am waiting until 0720 to wake up the Sneedlet, so that I can return him to his mother on my way to work. He stayed over because his mom had an important school paper due today and it is much easier to complete without the Tasmanian Devil in the room. The plan was to take him home last evening, but since they live 15 miles away, I decided to do it on my way to work this morning, with the gas situation and all. I am always thinking of the environment. We had a brief crisis last night at bedtime when he demanded to go home NOW! I was reading an article in the paper today and the author used a phrase that grates on me. The phrase is, "leaving it on the table." For instance, when the house buying frenzy was at its peak, I read some home-seller saying that no builder wants to leave money on the table. That is code for we will raise the price until you are not willing to pay. As economists have taught us, when demand outstrips supply, the price is too low. I get it. It still grates at me to here some greedy jackass actually admit it. Fortunately, the tide has turned and the jackasses are having to stack Benjamins on the table to lure the buyers. Perhaps a few less families will get in over their heads. Let's hope, anyway. Well, the time has come to wake the sleeping Sneedlet and whisk him back to the loving arms of his mommy. Merle. Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong and sometimes just full of it. Tag: Daily Life Personal Finance Humor