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Wide Spread Financial Illiteracy
0So after reading quite a few articles lately, something occurred to me about this current generation…
Mr. Eric Lefkofsky And Mr. Brad Keywell
0So I met these guys today… You may or may not know who they are. However, you may have heard of Groupon. These guys are the founders of Groupon (the world’s fastest growing company in history) [as of the writing of this].
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
0Well, it’s that time of year again. Here’s to a happy, healthy, wonderful, and wealthy new year to everyone! Best wishes!
Men And Boys…
0So I was on Facebook just now and came across this (below). This is a subject that I can probably speak about for hours, but I’ll spare those of you who may actually read about this.
I “liked” it and responded with:
“Very nice! Every once in a while I doubt myself on this. I sometimes feel that I may not have chosen the path that I truly want to pursue… Then I come across something like this and realize that I’m still on the desired avenue… It will all be worth it in the end…”
Grad Student Attacked by Pack of Kids (Story)
0Grad Student Attacked by Pack of Kids (Story)…
The situation was that some lady (probably African American) insisted on playing the “race card”, yet still also insisted that she was “open-minded”…
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Please pardon the tirade…
@Nicole: For being as open-minded as you claim, you seemed to use the word “racist” very early on. So early, that you didn’t really get @Joe’s perspective before using it. Perhaps @Joe’s original comment was about the kids who helped the victim (note that everything after the Race Card [aka Ace Card] was played, he was trying to defend himself). I wonder what your response would have been if his initial response was “I was talking about the kids who helped him…”
On another note, surely if the attacking was done by the proverbial “little green men” (aliens), we would leave out the fact that they were little, green, and men. Otherwise we could be considered to be (correspondingly) physical elitists, racists, and sexists, just by repeating the description of the attackers. My, my… When do we accept our diversity and stop with the foregone conclusions? Were they African-American? Anyone familiar with the area would say, Yes… (I used to live a few blocks from there) Was the victim white? Yes… (Oh wait… Maybe this was a “hate crime”…) Is the sky blue? Yes. Calling the sky blue doesn’t make me a racist. Calling a white guy white doesn’t make me a racist. Calling African-Americans African-American doesn’t make me a racist.
By the way, I wonder if the textbooks were still in the bag when the kids dropped it. Does anybody know? Perhaps the kids wanted to learn that material SOOOO BADLY, that they were willing to beat the Grad Student up to get it…
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Original Article at: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/coxhead-bike-path-attack-128907198.html
Mr. Warren Buffett… Brilliant…
0This is funny… I fully support Mr. Buffett. He’s simply doing his job, yet everyone (including the President of the United States of America) seems to twist his words to say whatever it is that they want his message to be (or not be). I suppose this may be the true measure of the weight of his words. Mr. Buffett is a very smart man and, fortunately for him, he really doesn’t have to explain himself. However, no matter how futile his attempt may be, I feel that he does still attempt to fully clarify himself. Although further clarification from him means further twisting by everyone else…
[In the interest of transparency: (At the time of publishing this) I own stock BRK.B]
“Occupy Wall Street”-ers
0(Me opining) I’ve always thought of greed as wanting something for nothing… However, Dictionary(.)com states “excessive or rapacious desire”. I believe the “occupy-ers” believe greed is something on the opposite side of the spectrum. One should ask “How did the 1% end up being the 1%? What were the steps they took to get there?”… Excessive or rapacious desire, possibly?
[Pardon the comparison, but...] Perhaps the journey from being nobody to being the BEST at anything manifests itself specifically through “excessive or rapacious desire”. That being said, I wonder if anybody is occupying Michael Jordan’s yard, or Wayne Gretzky’s yard… Or the yard of anybody else who is considered the BEST at anything…
I’m sure many of the 1% have worked incredibly hard to get there and stay there. This includes THINKING, usually taking risks that a sane human being wouldn’t dream of taking, adapting to situations and adversity, finding advantages where nobody else sees them, etc.
I believe those that really are greedy are the ones that want something for nothing, which is why those types will never be the BEST.
P.S. In the grand scheme of things, it really doesn’t matter what you throw at the 1%, their “greed” will ALWAYS overcome and find an advantage somewhere… But good luck to the 99% anyway… Hahaha!
P.P.S. I hope the “occupy-ers” aren’t using (wearing, driving, listening to, etc.) anything that was made by any corporation, as that would seem to nullify just about any argument they could have against corporations…
Mr. Joe And Mrs. Rika Mansueto
0So… I crossed off one of the things from my bucket list today.
Meet A Billionaire
I have to tell you, I was NERVOUS AS HECK. However, it was a HUGE thing for me.
UFO Theory…
0I’m not sure if you’ve already researched this, but there are a few ideas that (after doing quite a bit of research) have come to light. This is just one theory of mine as far as the “glowing” or “orb-like” UFOs are concerned. Note that this doesn’t cover every single sighting out there, but it probably covers quite a few. Also, I must also state that most, if they choose to shield themselves from an objective perspective, may just brush this off… But to each their own…
There seems to be a correlation (or two) between seismic activity and the aforementioned types of UFOs (Search terms: plate tectonics, hydrogen ions, seismic activity, ufos, etc.). My theory: Plate tectonics (seismic activity) create glowing hydrogen ions. Since they’re very large plates and the pressure is enormous, this will create many elements above ground and in water that appear to be UFOs.
The UFOs (hydrogen ions) will glow, come out of nowhere, disappear, move at extreme rates of speed, float in mid-air, and just about everything else that these are known for. It seems pretty straight-forward if one looks at the science.
For more info, see:
- http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_20_2_coleman.pdf (search for “seismic”)
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/0xpxarhc9yy9fkab/ (“Generation of hydrogen ions”)
- http://jcp.aip.org/resource/1/jcpsa6/v49/i10/p4624_s1 (“Hydrogen Ions in the Positive Column of a Hydrogen Glow Discharge”)
Seismic Activity and UFO Hotspots Correlation:
- USGS – http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/us_density.php
- UFO Hotspots Map – http://bigthink.com/ideas/21248
March 2010 – Euclid, Ohio (They’re near a hotspot):
Please let me know your thoughts…
WOW! Breakthrough!
0WOW!!! So, today was a HUGE day for me. Over the course of the last 9-10 months, I have increased my Net Worth by almost $50,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO ME!!! I’m afraid to tell any of my peers (thus, the point of this blog) because they may start to take it personally (there’s so much negativity in the world). Even according to Felix Dennis, (if I remember correctly) you spend most of your time trying to hold onto the money you earned (especially once your peers find out how much money you have). Besides, in some of the books I’ve read, there was talk of “Stealth Wealth“. Which is basically where nobody really knows how much money you are worth. Not that I’m very wealthy. After all, in the grand scheme of things, $50,000 is not that much. However, this is definitely still the beginning for me and even on my small scale, $50,0000 is A LOT of money. My Net Worth is still around -$1,000 but from almost -$48,000 9-10 months ago, I don’t think that’s too bad.
The next post will probably be me FINALLY HAVING A POSITIVE NET WORTH! Anyway, here are the graphs (below, from Yodlee.com).
And… The last 12 months…
And the Year-To-Date…
By the way, I finished “88: The Narrow Road” (By: Felix Dennis) as well. Yet again, another interesting set of words. A blazingly fast read (way faster than “How To Get Rich”). For the most part, many of the same concepts, but virtually no anecdotal evidence whatsoever.



