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Government Regulation Achieves Opposite of Desired Goal
One of the few nice things about the economy collapsing is that it is a great time to refinance debt. As it stands right now, I have a mortgage on my house. Neither is substantial, but market rates are nearly 2% lower than when I originally purchased. As such, it makes a lot of sense to look at refinancing.
I'll cover in greater details some of ( Read more... ) -
Richest Americans
I ran into something last night which surprised substantially - Forbes' list of the richest Americans. Not that there was a list - this is the kind of obscure voyeurism that I expect from the American people and media. No, what surprised me was the number of people there which were labeled as being 'self-made'.
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Interesting Notes from Gettysburg
Most important lesson in strategy: Keep your army together, unless you have a good reason not to ( Read more... ) -
Kick-Ass The Movie
Okay - I just got done seeing the move Kick-Ass. It is both as bad as lame as you fear, and as awesome as you might hope. In a strange sort of twist on superhero movies, it's *almost* plausible in real-life. Almost. The movie was two-parts true-to-life-awkwardness, one part wish fulfillment, and three parts just plain awesome. And, for some ( Read more... ) -
Online Video and Advertising
People who have seen where I live know I don't have either a TV or cable. However, I occasionally will watch video entertainment (should it really be called TV anymore?) on my computer. Hulu has done a pretty good job of this, but some companies have decided to roll their own. This has led to a number of results. To people airing advertising, ( Read more... ) -
Pell Construction
Well, the weather is great, the sun is out and I'm at home all at the same for the first time in 6 months. This means I finally managed to get done a project I've been meaning to work on since November. I'm making a pell ( Read more... ) -
Interviewing Interns
I want to shove a fork in my brain. There is nothing which makes me weep for the future of humanity more than interviewing intern candidates. Or interviews in general, really, but this is especially bad.
Why is this? In part, the people coming in have little experience in interviews. Intern candidates tend to be nervous, have little concept of ( Read more... ) -
Chains of thought
I was sitting around (procrastinating), trying to avoid working on the 3rd floor of my house, which is currently being "worked" on. The joys of drywall. Anyways, as is wont to happen, a song started running through my head: Get Ready for This by 2 Unlimited. Now, I have somewhat fond memories of this song, though it's not really all that good. ( Read more... ) -
Snow
It's not anything I didn't grow up with, but man, there's a reason that I moved away.