Monthly Archives: September 2011

Work. The 4 letter word.

You know that old saying? Nobody says on their death bed "I wish I'd spent more time at the office." That's probably true. But how about when you're not on your death bed - but you're 25 or 55, can't find a job and need one? Would like to take a few months off of work but ...

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Profiting from the misery of others

Why does it bother me so much to see people or organizations charging others who are desperate for help? Specifically, it really bugs me to see people charging for get out of debt courses when a program like Debtor's Anonymous is free. But if the course saves the person hundreds of dollars in ...

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Let’s talk of many things…

Of shoes and ships - and car wax - Of sprints and marathons. Some people are marathoners. They pace themselves and work steadily away for whatever they do - whether that's cleaning or exercise routines, renovating a house, writing a page or a post a day – or saving 10% of whatever they make ...

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This management proxy circular is making me feel stabby

One of my stocks is tanking. It's dropped by about 90% from when I bought. Actually, more than one is tanking but fortunately I have a limit on more speculative investments and it's not very high – I think of it like a roulette wheel sometimes.   Hmm... almost ALL my more speculative stocks are tanking. Maybe ...

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