Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
eBay finally grants me PowerSeller status! It doesn't mean much besides the fact I get the little icon next to my name and I get a 5-15% discount on final value fees. Considering I paid roughly $90 in final value fees on my last invoice I'll probably save roughly $4.5 ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Discovery Channel's ad campaign featuring the slogan "The world is just awesome" is genius and spot-on.
It accomplishes several key things:
It gives me a newfound respect for the world.
The commerical showcases the Discovery Channel's programs.
It's extremely catchy. Which is probably why I'm blogging about it.
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
As everyone has probably noticed, the price of oil has skyrocketed to new highs recently. The main causes have been increasing demand and a weakening dollar. One of the big problems is a lot of people drive like idiots and get poor mileage in their oversized cars. The same guy ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
I awoke this morning to find that the us government added $300 to my net worth. The reason I get $300 instead of $600 is I paid no taxes for 2007 (all federal taxes paid were refunded).
I'm not particularly short on cash these days as I still have money form ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
I finally got around to upping my emergency fund contribution to $35/week. Upon checking my account balance it turns out my weekly contributions of $30/week have added another $1,000 to my emergency fund balance since Sept 07 when my emergency fund hit the $1,500 mark.
I'm setting a definite target amount ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Back at the end of December I decided to open up a position in Marvel (MVL). Immediately afterwards the stock took a small plunge (which happens a lot with investments in retrospect). With the recent Iron Man success the stock is hitting new highs and I'm a happy shareholder. It's ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Recently I turned 21 and discovered the whole "happy hour" experience. Those unfamiliar with "happy hour" concept can check wikipedia. When a establishment like the Olive Branch can offer $1 mugs and $0.50 pizza slices weekdays 4-7pm... you know i'm there.
There needs to be a collective source for information for ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
If you posted a comment in the past week it might take a bit to get past moderation as my spam filter is doing a bad job of catching spam comments these days.
Each day I wake up to a hundred comments awaiting moderation, 99% of which are spam. Argh.
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