After making the mistake of listening to Mike Francesca spend no fewer than 20 minutes describing how he replaced a flat tire, I finally learned that billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg is planning to run the New York Marathon as scheduled this Sunday.

FORBES: Bloomberg's Marathon Mistake And Other Post-Sandy New York Sports

I've finally learned that and now I say to them, to paraphrase one of Jack Nicholson's characters, "you want me...you can't handle me!"

FORBES: Readers Say

Finally, I have learned to make the most of our visits to the floor of the House of Representative (two or three times a day for votes) and am usually trying to get co-sponsors on bills or to circulate letters.

CNN: Passion and pain on Capitol Hill

Finally, I want to thank Dr. Judith Wright for her learned and astute comments that always make these posts more insightful and constantly inspire me to greater thinking.

FORBES: Energy And The Election

Finally, I'd note that other economies have transitioned and learned to expand in the face of terrorism, most notably the UK and Israel, and there's no reason to believe the most flexible and adaptable economy on earth can't do the same.

CNN: Diane Swonk: Consumer confidence

Bringing those lessons from Mexico, through Texas and finally raising us in south central Los Angeles brought many opportunities and challenges that I lived through and from which I learned.

WHITEHOUSE: Out of Every Experience, You Can Gain a Lesson