john maddente | midwestern clarity

  Gree tings   I 'm grateful for many things this holiday season and I'm posting a few of the less obvious ones below: Arby's limited time hamburger offering .  Yes, the Deluxe Wagyu Steakhouse Burger is so good, I've written to an Arby's executive urging his organization to make it a permanent menu item. John Authers ' Bloomberg column.  Mr. Authers wrote for the Financial Times for years before moving to Bloomberg.  He's funny, reliably prolific (not sure how he pumps out his rich articles almost daily) and especially well-rounded -- F inance & E conomics (obviously), S ports if a bit heavy at times on soccer (sorry 'football'), M usic, F ilm and H istory. An unnamed community organization that allowed me to scale back my voluntary involvement with grace. A glorious week off to do things of the sort I'm doing today -- reading, writing, cooking, listening to music CDs (yes, I still use that medium without apologies -- right now I'm enj...