A quick post today since yours truly is in transit. Along the same theme of "don’t pay any attention to the person behind the screen who is promising recovery," today’s version has retail sales having gone up. But, as this points out:

Of course, the industry’s 1 to 2 percent increase is not an all-clear signal. Stores are comparing their 2009 results to the bleak numbers of 2008. Additionally, the chains benefited this winter from an extra selling day before Christmas.

   Hey, my golf game has improved compared to my mother–who doesn’t play golf…