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Comment on The Life and Death of Sherbo the Cat by Von

Von — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:20:19 +0000

This is so sad… I like the story though. You almost made me tear Too bad I did not meet Sherbo

Comment on The Death of Common Sense by sbahns

sbahns — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:40 +0000

Another excellent post. Thanks Azie!

Comment on REVIEW: Avatar 3D by sbahns

sbahns — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:34:05 +0000

‘member how I mentioned the plot was a tad un-original? FAILBlog posted “Avatar Plot Fail or Observation Win?”

Someone took the synopsis of Pocahontas and scribbled in notes to make it “Avatar!” Awesome.

http://tinyurl.com/y9va5sz

Comment on Creating a Culture of Wealth by Dan L

Dan L — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:26:47 +0000

Interesting post. I have done some of this with my father, and I have to say I was surprised by some of his answers.
You wouldn’t happen to have some references or links to a website(s) that have some guidelines to what questions I should ask? One of those situations where I don’t even know what I don’t know.

Comment on 10 Biggest WTFs of the Decade by Azie

Azie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:31:28 +0000

I agree with most of the list above but would certainly include the US election system. We are suppose to be the greatest democracy on earth, but we can’t seem to count votes. WTF

Comment on 2009 As I Saw It by Azie

Azie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:16:54 +0000

Dear JamBra,
Thanks for the comment.
As a quick response to your question on your savings account. Yes interest rates are ridiculously low and won’t be improving anytime soon. Of course I wouldn’t recommend putting it in your safe, because then you wouldn’t be getting any interest at all. However, I do recommend having at least a one month cash supply on hand in case of emergency where ATMs and credit cards don’t work. So if you have your emergency cash taken care of, try to save up at least a six month cash supply in the ING account. After that if you have some additional funds that you want to put to work more aggressively, I would suggest opening a brokerage account and buying a bond ETF (I like TIPS for inflation protection), or a broad market ETF such as ACWI.

Comment on 10 Biggest WTFs of the Decade by MtnLaurel

MtnLaurel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:37:21 +0000

yes, it started earlier, but it really came into its own brand of weirdness. Kinda like the Republicans….

Comment on 10 Biggest WTFs of the Decade by sbahns

sbahns — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:50:51 +0000

Yeah I can see that. Although reality TV existed before 1999/2000…

I guess it did get really spectacularly stupid this past decade, though.

Comment on 10 Biggest WTFs of the Decade by Mountain Laurel

Mountain Laurel — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:28:13 +0000

I have to agree. There were plenty of personal WTFs too. I would have to say that the only WTF you missed was reality TV. Don’t get me wrong, some of them are amusing, but the whole idea of someone wanting to watch a person or family live their lives is a huge WTF for me.

Comment on 2009 As I Saw It by Tom Donahue

Tom Donahue — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:18:57 +0000

Well written. I’ll look forward to future blogs. Best wishes in your new chapter. You should look up Sean Figeoroa (spelling?). He is in same/ similar field there in San. Fran..

Happy, healthy, prosperous new year!