Archive for May, 2010
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Totally on a lark I visited the blog Violent Acres after staying away for a long time. The points that "V" makes in her posts are frequently flashes of brilliance, despite all of the cursing. I refrained posting about her work because I resented being put in my ...
Posted in Investing, Making Money, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
A few months back I received a complimentary review copy of Mariusz Skonieczny's Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? which claims to help you "[l]earn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market.
This book was a very ...
Posted in Book Reviews, Investing | No Comments »
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Banking of late hasn't been much to laugh about, but a couple of days ago I heard a term that gave me a pretty big laugh:
frequent flier (n.): a credit union member who makes regular use of overdraft privilege on their checking account.
Our credit union currently offers a couple of ...
Posted in Banking, Credit, Personal Finance | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
I recently purchased a keyboard at Guitar Center: an open-box Yamaha DGX-230 Portable Grand. I've been working with a trumpet player who has a need for a keyboard player that can back him in a performance all by himself; a keyboard like this can do the trick. I played it ...
Posted in Commentary, Shopping | 10 Comments »
