How Much for That Tree? $35 in Harlem, or $135 in SoHo

From the New York Times

I think that I shall never see

Another budget Christmas tree.

The scent of pine is awful dear;

Some needles must suffice this year.

Opening of the first Cheesecake Factory in Hong Kong has diners cooking up strategies to handle heaping portions from the Wall Street Journal

Learn to use a doggy bag and never will you want

The means to stave off hunger or grow up as very gaunt.

American franchises shovel too much on your plate;

So nibble some and take the rest to home refrigerate.

The reason that the yankees pile the food on in a heap

Is so you’ll tip ‘em lots of coin before you fall asleep.

From the Wall Street Journal

The little guy will get the shaft; of this you can be sure

When Congress passes laws to keep Big Money all secure.

Investors who are modest would be better off instead

To put their hard-earned shekels in the mattress of their bed!

Though bitcoin is such a big deal,

I doubt if it even is real.

It seems like a trick

That someone would pick

Who thought that Enron was a steal . . .