Posted in Financial Emotions, Media on 29 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
A marketing firm recently contacted me via a group I belong to and asked me to complete a survey about my financial beliefs and habits. The survey was anonymous and asked for no financial information beyond opinions about various financial statements.
Though I usually disregard surveys (especially nonpaid ones!), I decided to do this because I [...]
Posted in Financial Emotions, Media on 19 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ok, ok. I know that the Fed cut yesterday isn’t actually a good thing, because it weakens the dollar, sets us up for a lousy 2009, and passes breaks onto banks who aren’t keen on passing the cuts onto their customers.
Still…
Between what my investments did yesterday and the (slight) possibility that if I buy now, [...]
Posted in Career, Media on 19 March 2008 | 10 Comments »
Apparently, I quit teaching too soon. Check this out.
Wow. I’ll be interested to see how it works. I like the idea, not because I think that throwing money at everything works, but because the fact that they’re going to be paying teachers so much more means that they can demand more from their teachers.
Just look [...]
Posted in Media on 19 October 2007 | 9 Comments »
Did anyone watch Oprah yesterday? Suze Orman was on, giving advice to couples with lots of debt. It was ridiculous! The first couple had over $800,000 in debt, including about $135k in credit card debt. And yet, they had no health insurance. One of their six kids has a neurological condition that’s going unchecked, another [...]
Posted in Media on 9 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
In case I needed another reason not to lower my 401(k) contributions, I just saw this article on MSN. Apparently, this was about a year ago. I can’t believe I missed it then.
Wow. I mean…Wow.
There’s something seriously wrong with our country and with individuals in our country when jail seems like a viable retirement plan. Me? I’m [...]
Posted in Dreams and Aspirations, Media on 15 August 2007 | 3 Comments »
Not just because she’s one of the most gorgeous women in the world. Or because she gets great seats in any ballpark in the country. Or because my current crush has a HUGE crush on her. (We’re talking screen savers and everything.) Here’s a new reason: in the show Charmed, she could see the future, [...]
Posted in Media on 12 August 2007 | 2 Comments »
I love my Sunday morning shows. Really. Love. Them.
Basically, I’m addicted to the Sunday morning political pundits. It’s interesting, though, to watch as something that’s seemingly non-political slowly makes its way into the political arena via these shows. Slowly, over the past few weeks, the housing credit woes has migrated closer and closer to center [...]
Posted in Media on 9 July 2007 | No Comments »
On non-financial matters, I spent the day lying around on the sofa watching bad TV and I saw an ad for a new TV show starring my favorite baby, Cole Hauser. Ok, seriously, does anyone NOT think he’s the sexiest thing alive? (Especially when he’s got handcuffs and a gun…Oh, the possibilities… 
Sigh. I love Fox [...]
Posted in Financial Emotions, Media on 2 July 2007 | No Comments »
Why “laughing at gilded butterflies”?
It happens in the last act of King Lear, when Lear finally realizes what a fool he’s been, and how he has let money corrupt all his relationships. Lear comes to the realization that all of the trappings of wealth and power are just that, trappings, and he understands that by [...]
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