One For The Road

Monday, December 28, 2009

Raiders Suck

..apparently so bad that they can even find ways to lose to themselves!

Ten Best- and Worst-Performing Stocks of 2009

Given the recession-marred year and the battering the U.S. stock market took in 2008, it should come as little surprise that many of the current year's best-performing stocks are comeback stories.

Also to be expected, perhaps, is the heavy presence of financial companies among 2009's worst performers, given the sector's ongoing troubles that resulted in the failures of more than 130 U.S. bank and thrift failures during the year.

The Best:

Ford Motor Co. up 309%

The auto maker in December reported it sold many more U.S. vehicles in November versus a year ago on strong demand for its fuel-efficient vehicles.

Expedia Inc. up 210%

The online travel site is viewed as well-positioned to continue to swipe market share from traditional competitors.

...and 8 others here

The Worst:

Citigroup Inc. down 52%

The banking giant's surprisingly low pricing of a mid-December offer illustrated just how wary investors were about Citi's ability to return to fiscal health.

Eastman Kodak Co. off 40%

The company in early December said it would sell its business that develops screen technology to end a long-standing dispute as it shifts from its fading traditional camera and film business into digital technology.

...and 8 others here

10 Great Organic Smells

With all the perfumes and body sprays on the market, there is no excuse not to smell nice. Everyone tries to impress a possible mate by smelling good. The problem with perfumes and body sprays is that they contain all kinds of chemicals that can be harmful to you and to the ecosystem. But, with a new line of all organic products, there are now organic perfumes and body sprays that contain no chemical enhancements, just straight up oils from plants mixed together to make you smell nice.

Sandalwood

This term is used for a bunch of fragrant woods. They can be found in Australia and Hawaii. The oils used from the sandalwood plants will provide perfumes with a woody smell. It can be used as a base to many other oils to enhance their fragrance.

Lavender

There are 39 different species of this plant. This plant can be used in dried flower arrangement, potpourri, and harvested for its oils to be put into perfumes, body sprays, soaps and shampoos. It can also be used for aromatherapy, as a part of a recipe, and medical use.

Continue to the rest..

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Other scents I particularly love (not necessarily organic): Plumeria, coffee, freshly-cut grass, clean laundry in the drier, my wife, meat on the BBQ, cinnamon..