Musings from the CU Suite

Compiled by Anthony Demangone

I'm a "four season" guy. Each season is wonderful in its own way.

I'm sure you folks in California laugh a little when you hear people like me talk this way. 

But this week has been nearly perfect in Virginia. The long winter makes such a week a true gem. You can almost see the entire region collectively bask in the sunlight. 

I give it four more weeks until I start complaining about the humidity.

Now on to the reading pile!

• Will automated driving kill car insurance? (FastCoExist) 
• Florida hotel wakes up "Spring Breakers" with "Circle of Life" song. (People). Take something usually awful, and make it something special. 
• Mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures lowest since 2007. (Calculated Risk)
• Online consumer lender raises $275 million. (WSJ)
• Study: Dodd-Frank costs average worker more than $300 a year. (The HIll)
• What does "Middle Class" even mean? (The Atlantic)
• America's credit scores are improving. (Business Insider)
• Photos galore! Enjoy National Geographic's traveler's photo contest winners. (Nat. Geographic)
• 10 Ways to Connect with the big picture. (Leadership Freak)
• A credit union offers an on-site MBA program. (CU Times) Rock on! Emailed the CEO. And he said there's an added bonus on top of the employee morale boost. He'll have a bakers' dozen MBAs working for him in about two years.
• Millennials don't trust anyone. (Washington Post)
• (re)Radical (Godin)
• Therapist has devised the most terrifying couples therapy: Assemble IKEA furniture...together.(Washington Post)
• Manufacturing jobs are...returning. (MarketWatch)
• Artificial intelligence experts are in  high demand. (WSJ)

OK, this Sunday is a big one for me. Happy anniversary, Mandy! Happy birthday, Dad! Happy Mother's Day, Mom!