Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Writing on Oct 31st, 2008
Every time I receive the latest issue of Poets & Writers, it’s a treat and a reminder that I need to work more and devote more time to my writing. The latest issue is no exception, and it actually has a great interview with a guy named Chuck Adams, an editor at Algonquin Books.
Here are [...]
I love boxing. More specifically, I love to watch the weigh-in interviews when both fighters are so cocky and so convinced that they’re going to knock the other guy out. If you don’t know anything about their records or their abilities (which I usually don’t), then you’d be hard pressed to pick a winner from [...]
Posted in Books, Creativity, Writing on Oct 29th, 2008
I had never heard of Ben Fountain until I starter hearing some buzz for his book of short stories, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara. I made a note of the good buzz his book had going for him and I moved on. Then I read this article in the New Yorker about him and how [...]
Posted in Finance on Oct 28th, 2008
I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’ve been hearing a lot about how people are so upset when they see CEOs of companies that haven’t done well (or done really badly) get these incredible severance packages worth millions of dollars. I too felt this way and part of me still does, but now that [...]
Posted in Tips on Oct 27th, 2008
I found a couple of really good, timely deals that I wanted to share with readers:
Restaurant.com: You used to be able to buy gift cards for all kinds of restaurants for $10 and then they would be worth $25 at the restaurant. A great deal in itself, but I never tried it. Well, today I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2008
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So the markets are tumbling from day to day and all us responsible investors know that this is the perfect time to buy more. As I was thinking about it though, I wondered what different strategies people are using right now. I keep hearing about this being the time [...]
Posted in Outside the box on Oct 25th, 2008
Last weekend I ran the very first race of my life: the 2008 Men’s Health Urbanathlon here in Chicago. I was excited/nervous because it was my first race ever of this kind but I’m glad I did it. Here is the breakdown of what we had to do:
Run 10.5 Miles
Just about as hard as it [...]
Posted in Budgeting on Oct 24th, 2008
I’m feeling a little dejá vu right now—it’s the exact same feeling I went through when I bought a Wii and a new TV. It happens to me every time I buy something rather expensive that I really don’t need.
Is it that when I talk/write to people, I try to convince them NOT to spend [...]
What’s that famous quote about insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Well, I’ve complained repeatedly about how I haven’t written enough fiction because of the time I put into this blog, so I’ve decided to try something I did briefly a few months ago. Instead of waking up each [...]
This is a chart of how the S&P 500 has done over the past 40 years, which I consider “long term” enough to draw some conclusions. Why? Because I believe my money will be in the market for a little over 40 years, so that should be enough time to ride out the ups and [...]
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