We’re traveling down an uncertain road this year. Buckle up. “This kind of reminds me of the old sea maps from the 1300s that showed a coastline with the caption which read, ‘Here be Monsters,’” says Patric Douglas, the chief executive of Shark Diver, a tour operator in San Diego, Calif. “Trying to forecast this thing using any models from the past 20 years will be useless.”
NAYCATION
If 2008 was the year of the staycation, then ’09 is bound to be the year of the naycation. As in, nay — we’re not vacationing.

Elliott is consumer advocate
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