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When it rains, it pours

Posted in Posts, tagged , on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Argh.  So, I’m already experiencing the stress of a potential move.  I’m trying to wrap my mind around going to grad school, which I really, really, really do not want to do.  The family is dealing with the loss of a dear relative.  I’m concerned that the Saints won’t win the Super Bowl.  I ran [...]

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Thought of the day

Posted in Posts, tagged on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off

Last week’s Frontline featured an interesting statistic: the global derivatives market at one point (I don’t remember exactly, and am too lazy to look it up) totaled something like $595 trillion.  Then the dude said it again, “that’s $595 trillion.” I remembered that US GDP was something like $14 trillion.  Total global GDP was something [...]

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Dept of Obvs.

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on June 16, 2009 | Comments Off

I pretty much agree with MY here. I would only add, “duh”.

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Thought of the Day

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on May 20, 2009 | Comments Off

You know, every so often I read something that reminds me that I graduated from college with no student debt, even though my parents (read: Dad) had to struggle to pay. And I get sort of misty about it. So, thanks. It made a huge difference. And now that costs have pretty much doubled, the [...]

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Yummo

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on March 20, 2009 | Comments Off

Yummo! I just made a delicious homemade pizza based on the recipe at thesimpledollar.com. All the ingredients were available in my pantry, and it was quick and easy. My crust was less than perfect, but not bad for a first try. It was a bit uneven in thickness, but really tasty. I made it with [...]

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Things that make you go, “Hmmmm”

Posted in Posts, tagged , on March 16, 2009 | Comments Off

Uh, people. Citi and BofA report “profits” for the first two months of CY2009. Great! BofA won’t need any more bailout money! (for now) Double great! DJIA goes up four days in a row on the news! Triple great! (obvs. this means the recession is over…) Uh, does anyone else notice that Citi and BofA [...]

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Interesting

Posted in Posts, tagged , on June 23, 2008 | Comments Off

As a lifelong (so far) renter with no plans to buy (as the average house in my n’hood is about 10x my annual salary(!), I find this an interesting read. Esp. the commenters who are so upset by it. ‘Someone who doesn’t buy a house?! Perish the thought!’ Dudes, that 10x figure means that if [...]

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Tchotchke nation?

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on November 2, 2007 | Comments Off

I would agree with weboy (see comments), that status-endowing “stuff” isn’t really “cheap”.  I mean, I want that 16gb flash Zen but I’m not going to pay for it.  Maybe it will be in my stocking at Christmas.  That iPhone is half my rent. What about the effect on young people that easy access to credit [...]

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Kids today, Part II

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on October 24, 2007 | Comments Off

Sigh. MY (whose blog I love, maybe BECAUSE he’s so darn young) blogs about housing (the market).  What he fails to take into consideration is the fact that houses are there for people to, um, live in.  Not invest in.  One of his commenters hits this nail on the head.   What we, the reader, need [...]

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RL Takes Over

Posted in Posts, tagged , , , , , , on March 15, 2006 | Comments Off

RL Takes Over It’s been a few weeks! Of course, me being me, not much has happened. What a surprise. I have bought a new media player to replace the latest one I killed (iRiver, RIP). It’s a creative zen vision:m and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Plus, it’s pink and fabulous! I have [...]

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