Archive for March, 2008
Busy Week
Friday, March 28th, 2008Finally it’s Friday, and I’m done with another week of work. This week has been by far the most intense of my 8 years at my company. We’re having some technology infrastructure problems due to the layoffs a month ago, and I’ve been responsible for cleaning up a couple serious messes. Just […]
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Living the Suburban Lifestyle
Friday, March 21st, 2008Today I decided to take my bar code scanner to some thrift shops around the Hartford area to see if I could dig up any good book finds to sell on Amazon. It wasn’t a particularly lucrative day, but it turned out to be a fairly interesting one. I live in Brooklyn, NY, […]
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Blogging from Hartford
Thursday, March 20th, 2008I made it to Hartford tonight, and have begun my little mini-vacation. I managed to not look at the stock markets all day until just now, and the news was good. I moved some of my 401k money back into equities a couple days ago, and am starting to be glad that I […]
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A Mini-Vacation
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008The financial markets are closed for Friday, and I’ve decided to take the day off tomorrow as well. I need a little break. The atmosphere in the office has been very tense, and when out of the office I’ve been pushing myself on my books, so haven’t had much time to relax, […]
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Crazy Week on Wall Street
Sunday, March 16th, 2008It’s been one of the craziest weeks at work that I can remember: first, Elliot Spitzer resigning and then Bear Stearns imploding. While none of this affects my job directly, I work in Equity Research and am in the middle of a lot of information flows, and am around a lot of people […]
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My Library Grows
Saturday, March 8th, 2008It’s a rainy Saturday in Brooklyn, and I’ve been using it to catch up on some outstanding tasks, including writing my first blog entry in a week. Things have been a bit slow on my blog, but have been very busy elsewhere.
I’ve just finished listing another 25 books, and am up to […]
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February Month-End Financial Update
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008I just updated my NetIQ financial profile.
btw I have a separate account for my book business & don’t include this in my financial profile. My business account is at about $100 now, because I’ve been buying new inventory with my profits.
At the beginning of February I wrote that I’d be happy if I […]
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Selling Books for Extra Income
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008My regular readers may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging much lately. I’ve been busier than usual with my day job. And, as I wrote a few days ago, I’ve been implementing an idea I had for selling books on the internet.
I’ve written about how I occasionally find books on the street that […]
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