I saw these…. in the display case in the lobby were Saddam Hussein’s golden guns, retrieved by soldiers in the current Iraq war.
Pretty neat.
The man with the golden gun
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About Time
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Someone finally wrote the obvious. Fascinating op-ed about the two-faced nature of Arab nations (click to read).
Sorry YHOO
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I caved. I couldn’t handle Yahoo hurting anymore.
Bought Arena Pharmaceuticals and Sears Holdings, based on Cramer recs. I have to become more independent with my investing, but I currently lack that time/discipline/know-how to go out on my own. But as it happens, the one stock I have come up with myself, Teva Pharmaceuticals, is still the star!
Liberal is no longer a dirty word
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One of the upsides to having an hour and a quarter round-trip commute is I listen to a lot of podcats. When I first got my iPod, I first loaded it up with lots of music-related podcasts, drum and bass sets, punk shows, etc…. But nowadays I end up listening to a lot more political and investing shows. Wow I’m all grown up! One show I really enjoy is an audio version of NBC’s...
Bad Day
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As good as life may be. Sometimes you just have crappy days. Despite Teva Pharm and Gamestop doing incredibly well today, Yahoo tanked. The CEO has got to resign, it’s like having an 80 year old half-blind man driving a Ferrari.
Nothing is working at work. We have no idea why. We deploy next week.
And it’s still Sukkot. I’m sick of Jewish Holidays.
My new stress
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I could make my life very simple like most of America’s workforce. Work my 9 to 5, and then avoid any kind of stress and decision making outside of those hours. Nope, I pile it on. So I’m in the stock market. I’m at a point in my life where all I’m paying for is myself, so there is no real stress, so after I get my paycheck and pay cell phone/rent/car insurance/car loan...
Reboot
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Blink… It’s back. After a two-plus year hiatus from blogging, I am back in action. When I stopped blogging mid-junior year, I assumed that it would be for good. My old journal was helpful for me in terms of growing. It was an avenue of releasing any feelings I had, instead of keeping them bottling up inside. But I outgrew it, and realized that instead of just keeping my thoughts to...