Wednesday, May 20, 2009

In these bleak economic times ...

... It's all the more important to celebrate the good news, such as -

The possibility that the Cavaliers will lose one or two games in their NBA playoff series with the Orlando Magic, thus creating one or two more home dates - all to the good for the restaurant employees and others who depend on downtown activity.

The recommendation of a $3.2 million state loan to repair a huge press in Alcoa's Flats plant where 1,000 workers produce complex parts for industrial, aerospace and automotive customers. It'll be even better if those customers recover enough to actually buy the parts.

The resumption of operations at Ford's Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 - meaning employment for 250 people - and for a lot of robots, too!

6 comments:

John Ettorre said...

You sure called it on the Cavs front. Let's hope there are no more than two additional losses in this round, lest the championship dream die for the 46th year in a row.

Mike Q said...

Yeah, I feel a little guilty. I hope LeBron doesn't read this blog.

John Ettorre said...

I'm sure he does. He mentioned it only the other day...

John Ettorre said...

Okay, Mike: thoughts after the fact? And what name should we give this one?

Mike Q said...

You mean like "The Shot" ... "The Drive" ... etc.? I'd rather not waste what little creativity I've got left on another tragic title.

As they say, "Wait until next decade."

John Ettorre said...

You're right. I think people were so burned & bummed out by this one that no one even cares to give it a name.