Misc
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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Working From Home
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008My mini-retirement — aka vacation — is 3/4 over. It’s been great so far! I’ve been to the gym almost every day, and have done plenty of yoga, and haven’t had a drink since Sunday. To be honest, I haven’t even thought about alcohol. I’ve also managed to write a post […]
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Vacation at Last
Friday, December 21st, 2007So today begins my two week vacation. Imagine, 2 weeks of not going to the office — of not slaving under the corporate yoke. The two weeks stretch ahead like a highway through the countryside — what a delicious feeling.
I’ve decided not to do anything too expensive on this vacation and in […]
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Bumba Meu Boi
Saturday, December 15th, 2007So I came home from the gym this afternoon to find a bull’s head by the window. Not a real head of course, but still it gave me quite a start.
There is an explanation. My partner M. is Brazilian and, like a large number of Brazilians, is a Spiritist. A major […]
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Black Friday
Friday, November 23rd, 2007I am glad to say that I did not leave the house today. No Black Friday shopping for me. I did come across an interesting contest though. Amazon.com is having a Black Friday contest where the prize is a $10,000 Amazon.com shopping spree!
Can’t imagine what I would spend $10,000 on […]
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