1. Job reductions continue at Texas Instruments, Baron & Budd, and Southwest Airlines.
2. When this is your “optimistic” quote about the housing market — “In general, I don’t think the foreclosure situation will be as bad as it was in the late 1980s when people would drive to the bank and throw their keys to the teller” — you know things ain’t so good.
3. Dallas Children’s Center announced a $1 million donation on Monday, two days after my daughter signed up for classes there. Coincidence?