Archive for June, 2006
Fishing Made Easy
Apparently all you need is a flashlight and appropriate headgear to prevent injury.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Christian Carnival 125
Christian Carnival 125 is up with this week’s best Christian blogging. Including, ahem, my post this week on Respond in Faith.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mechanical Investing for June 2006
Don’t look, Ethel! My portfolio lost 5% this month, fell behind the market as a whole, and was generally ugly to look at. So… I won’t look at it anymore. :/ Last 4 weeks: -5.2% Last 3 months: -3.8% Year to date: -1.1% (Dow is +4.2% ytd from 10,718) Last 12 months:+0.5% Holding for another [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Respond in Faith
I was blessed with the opportunity to teach bible class this morning on the book of Job, chapters 1 and 2. Respond in Faith, or “why do bad things happen to good people?” A guy named Pete gets a job as a switchman with the railroad, and undergoes weeks of training. The supervisor then takes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Boycott Ford
There are now 20+ pro-family groups boycotting Ford because of Ford’s enthusiastic support of gay marriage. It looks like it’s having an effect on Ford’s bottom line: As the boycott of the Ford Motor Company picks up steam, the automaker continues to help finance homosexual organizations pushing same-sex “marriage.” More than 20 pro-family groups are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Super Size It
I last worked in the restaurant biz over 25 years ago as a waiter at Denny’s, but I understand why restaurants SuperSize meals. Customers are going to take a fixed amount of time, roughly 1 hour, sitting in a seat. The restaurant is only so big, the best way to boost profits is to sell [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Market Influences
Today’s a good example of why I invest mechanically. I don’t read news resports to see whether the market is going up or down, I just stay invested because over the long haul the market goes up. The daily fluctuations, no matter how hard I try to understand them, only make sense if you are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Christian Carnival 124
This week’s best Christian blogging is up at Christian Carnival 124
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Puzzle Floor
Heh, I like this. A Puzzle Floor would look fabulous in the upstairs gameroom. Click the pic for a better look. * Via Luxist, a website for stuff nobody can afford. I don’t know who’s buying that stuff.
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