In fact, I just bought Frankenberries at Halloween (they were out for a limited time) and Boo Berry just for nostalgia’s sake. I still love Corn Pops and Golden Grahams but I limit myself to healthy cereals.

As a former sugar cereal junkie, these are my favorite cereals that you might like to try: Barbara’s Peanut Butter Puffins, Kashi Cinnamon Harvest, and I even like Kashi Go Lean Crunch. They really have gotten much better!

The EU countries can either allow a central bank to control the fiscal policy of all member countries (effectively giving up a great deal of their financial independence) and keep the Euro, –or– they can give up on the Euro.

We may see a core group stick with the Euro and merge their financial systems (France, Germany, Benelux, Austria) while the southern travel destinations resume their spend-too-much, then devlaue-the-currency pattern.

But extrapolating on a straight line is always dangerous. If gas becomes expensive, there are very strong financial incentives to switch to hybrids or electric, or to find new sources of oil (drilling, or recycling plastic into oil). Americans abandoning houses for apartments is extremely unlikely to happen, due to the enormous tax breaks for home ownership, the “American Dream”.

Moreover, much of the American success story is due to two factors: (1) home ownership and its use as a source of equity, and (2) the ubiquitous ownership of personal transportation, easily translated into business transportation. These two items make startup business much easier in America than it is in parts of Europe, where you have a metro pass and a flat. U.S. politicians are unlikely to survive reelection if they don’t safeguard the required American house and car.

Thanks for the great article… it was a very extraordinary circumstance that we had to deal with — and yes, it was an all-hands-on-deck crisis!

Things are back to normal now, and we have some work ahead of us to mitigate the risks of future events like this. Of course, there was no data lost or security compromised. We just “went away” for a while!

But as I reflect on the importance of communicating more and more of the ‘behind the curtain’ details of our operations, and as I realize how many people were affected by our brief absence, I’ve decided we can do even better. This is going to be a busy year for us with lots of initiatives coming into public view soon. So, inspired by your article, this weekend I’ll be starting a company blog to open a channel to the community!

Thanks again and best regards,

Chris Martyniuk
“The Mucky Muck” at YEG Live