Kids don’t like Almond Joy. I agree with them.
Our mixed bag has Resse’s Snickers, M&Ms (chocolate and peanut butter), KitKats, Almond Joys, Butterfingers, Hersheys, Baby Ruths, and Crunch bars. It’s not even close.
Kids don’t like Almond Joy. I agree with them.
Our mixed bag has Resse’s Snickers, M&Ms (chocolate and peanut butter), KitKats, Almond Joys, Butterfingers, Hersheys, Baby Ruths, and Crunch bars. It’s not even close.
When one of the best players gets lucky, everyone else is in trouble. Tonight that person was not me. I played well and it didn’t matter.
In the early going, 4 players limped in. I figured I would limp in with any connectors, pairs, high cards… just about anything. I had Q-7. Not that. I folded, and the flop was Q-Q-7. Argh, I shoulda limped in with everyone else. The next hand three players limp. I have Q-7 again! I grit my teeth and fold. The flop was Q-7-3. Oh, c’mon! Later in the night I was dealt Q-7. I had to call. The flop was A-K-4 and I summarily folded.
Meanwhile one of the other good players is hitting cards left and right. Our eleven players are down to four. Top three finish in the money. I have the second biggest stack, but he has over 50% of the chips. With blinds at 200-400, I have K-J suited and position. I go in for 1100, he calls me from the small blind. The flop is K-x-x. He thinks for a while and bets 1,500. I’m fairly sure he has nothing or King with a low kicker. I think about stringing him along. Eh, why take chances? I call his 1,500 and go all in for 3,200 more. He calls. He has A-J. He had the better hand preflop, but I have the K on the board. You can see where this is going to end up, right? Yes and no. The turn and river are 10 and Q, he gets the straight to knock me out. Annoying. I finished just out of the money.
Tonight: -$20
Running Total: $550
I check in on my financial accounts (bank accounts, retirement accounts, 529s) every month. We lost 20% in October. Brutal.
The New York Times magazine had a great article on the re-branding of John McCain. This particular quote stuck out at me.
Reviewing the tape, it didn’t concern Davis that Palin seemed out of her depth on health-care issues or that, when asked to name her favorite candidate among the Republican field, she said, “I’m undecided.†What he liked was how she stuck to her pet issues — energy independence and ethics reform — and thereby refused to let Rose manage the interview. This was the case throughout all of the Palin footage. Consistency. Confidence. And . . . well, look at her.A friend had said to Davis: “The way you pick a vice president is, you get a frame of Time magazine, and you put the pictures of the people in that frame. You look at who fits that frame best — that’s your V. P.â€
Shameful. The very next paragraph:
Schmidt, to whom Davis quietly supplied the Palin footage, agreed. Neither man apparently saw her lack of familiarity with major national or international issues as a serious liability.
This is not a man who showed good judgement. This is not a man who put his country first. This is a man who let the most base and political advisers pick his vice president because she looked good.
Inspirational puzzles!? And Chicken Soup for the Soul dogfood? Can we officially call a halt to this? Maybe Chicken Soup for the Soul Shark Jumping?
Anyhow, everyone knows that matzoh ball soup is much better.
Been some time since I did one of these posts. Wonder how many I forgot?
All of which is to say I was already a believer in index funds before I read this book by the legendary John Bogle (he started Vanguard). I knew two or three good reasons index funds are superior, but this book showed me two or three more. I am more convinced than ever that purchasing anything else is a fools errand.
(See my other favorite financial books here.)
Since we all seem to be fans of fivethirtyeight.com, here’s their money quote from a day or two ago:
John McCain’s chances of winning the election have dwindled to 3.7%, down from 6.5% yesterday.
Even Scott McClellan is voting for Obama. Bill Weld too. Virtually every moderate republican has flipped sides.
Muttrox curse aside, does anyone have any reason to think that McCain could pull this out?
This comic below is apparently true, I’m seeing anecdotes in other places with the same theme.
Sports quote of the year
Shopping cart fail
A wonderful picture of Mt. Fuji
Terry Tate is back!
Trying to get arrested by the TSA
Ignorant parent of the year award. Just, ugh.
Why you don’t friend your boss on Facebook
Early Sesame Street has been released. Not appropriate for children.
New video released of McCain as POW
Tom the Dancing Bug is just so good. Even when it’s not as it’s best, it’s great.
Ron Howard/Opie/Richie Cunningham endorses Obama. Along with Sherrif Andy and the Fonz, he finally reprises his childhood parts.
Greenspan cops to the idea that he messed up a bit.
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