Golden Mexican Trains

Yesterday was really a golden day, well if you own gold it was. Gold flirted with the $900 mark for the first time and has since settled back some. Some analysts predict over $900 by the close of tomorrow. Many analysts feel it will go higher with some saying in the low $1000 to $1100 range by the end of the year. I guess I won't get that gold grill I had been eyeing after all.

My boss, coworker and their spouses (plus another couple an their adorable daughter) decided to have a dinner party. FAJITAS...ole!!!!!!!!! Good food and good talk. Played a new game for the first time. Mexican Train is a domino game that is played with bigger groups of people. Basically you match the number of dots on your domino's in your hand on the end of your trains. Follow the link to get all the details, but its a sweet game and lots of fun. Just don't let Kelly play, or she'll be dropping doubles on your all night...oh and don't for get to tap that last domino on the table before the next turn....I also recommend Blink for some fast pace frustration. I played this over the Christmas break with Rachel and boy was this a heated competition. If you have two minutes or 2 hours, this will fill the time nicely. Its also good for eye-hand-eye coordination and recognition.

The other day was an article about China capping the price of the commodities to ease the pressure of inflation on the people of China. Inflation is a huge problem in China and many of the less fortunate are feeling the pain of rising prices. Though there may be some unrest in the area of fuel as Chinese refineries are squeezed by the subsidized fuel. The refineries have to buy the oil they need at market prices but sell it below market cost. A lot of this is linked to their crazy economic growth which I talked briefly on earlier. Its just hard to imagine a country in which is now the worlds manufacturing hub of the world. What industry does China NOT do?

Better yet...? TATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to see how these $2500 cars would stand up to the saftey tests that US cars go through. If this shows up on YouTube let me know ASAP!