Argh, Halliburton is getting hammered today. They revised profit guidance down 13.5% for the first quarter. Thankfully all the gains I lost there are made up in other stocks. I need more, though. A little diversification is a good thing.

Tonight, I brought home a nice big brisket and began the pickling process for making my own corned beef. As a departure from my normal daily meal of taco bell, I made pan-fried tuna and onions ( Read more... )

Wow. My laptop was acting really crappily, and has been for awhile. Basically whenever I tried to do anything that requires cpu use at all it would slow down a lot and the fan would turn on really high. The heat capped out at 80c (when the processor speed throttling kicks in) and every once in awhile it would cause other problems. So, I'm sitting ( Read more... )

Apparently there's a protest this weekend at the Pentagon. As we always say, "It's great weather for a protest. Who has a topic?" Once again I must consider one of my favorite ideas: carrying a completely ambiguous sign to a protest.


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MYSPACE SCATTEGORIES...it's harder than it looks ( Read more... )

I'm starting to think buying Intel stock was a mistake. The real question now is, will it recover well, or is this a slide it isn't going to come back from for a long time? It was on the decline anyway before the market slowdown, so it's not looking so good for me ( Read more... )

Now that I'm into working, weekends seem like a huge empty gap to me. I feel like I need to fill my weekends with some kind of activity. Sitting around all day watching TV is completely unfulfilling and really sucks ( Read more... )

I went to Home Depot and bought pots, seeds, and soil for my indoor herb garden today. I will be growing: oregano, chives, spearmint, sage, parsley, and basil. I plan to set up an automatic watering and lighting system to keep them happy and ready to make nice and fresh food. If this works well, I may expand the garden to more pots ( Read more... )

I'm bored. Maybe I'll do more work...I do need to clean up what I've been coding lately.

Or maybe I'll just watch tv. Bah.

Some people have expressed surprise at the fact that I say I want a boat. They see it as something that came out of nowhere, and think it must merely be a passing thing, as I am prone to have. So, I think I should make an attempt to explain myself ( Read more... )