After starting off with 2 great weeks on the 101 things list, week 3 was a disaster. I should start off by pointing out that: I’m sick (flu-like symptoms, and I spent most of the week running mild fever) I had a colleague in town, so I had to go to the office everyday I’m …
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Week #2
Time (actually very late) for another update on the 101 things list. I sent my Rolleiflex camera in for service (#55), it works out that the taking lens has a small chip in it (grrr…), but apparently it’s pretty minor, and I went ahead and approved the repairs to the mechanicals (shutter and transport overhaul …
Global warming…
I can’t believe that some boneheads in a school district placed absurd restrictions on showing ‘An Inconvenient Truth‘ just because global warming is a theory. For christ’s sake it’s 63 degrees in the middle of January and I only live about 100 miles south of Valley Forge (you remember the place where the Revolutionary Army …
Diversification
After many (profitable) years of having a completely tech-driven portfolio, I finally chickened out and diversified my holdings. It’s still tech heavy, and I’m continuing to emphasize growth stocks, but there should be somewhat less risk overall. Here’s a bit of eye-candy on my current allocations. by Industry by Region of the World There’s still …
Skiing (at last)
With the past couple of days being cooler than the recent (globally warmed) trend, I managed to head out to Deep Creek Lake for a little skiing at Wisp. Temperatures stayed mostiy in the high 30’s to low 40’s and snow conditions were pretty good considering the high temperatures over the last month. Wisp managed …
Beginning of the New Year
Just a quick update after one week of the New Year, and 1001 days. With 7 days down, I’ve managed to knock-off a couple of minor items from the 101, mostly just buying small stuff around the house. A quck trip to Ikea and the local big-box home stores yielded a $50 faux-persian rug for …
A little help from my friends…
BTW: I just wanted to mention that if anyone has any ideas/suggestions/want to help or participate with the accomplishment of the 101 things, please let me know. I don’t think there’s anyway I’m going to get these done without a little help from my friends. Or maybe even a lot of help… 🙂
101 things in 1001 days
My list of 101 things in 1001 days. Officially started 1/1/07, and due 9/28/09. It’s currently in random loosely organized order, and I’m not positive about all of the items. It was harder than I imagined to come up with this whole list, and I’m not sure I can pull off all this stuff in …
Long Term Goals
I just posted a quick list of some of my long-term goals. I’m going to try to pull some of the more tractable one, or first steps for bigger ones, into the 101 things list. You comments are welcome!
Playstation 3 Dilemma
So I wandered into the local Best Buy — half looking for Clerks 2, and half looking for a Nintendo Wii — and walked out with a 60GB Playstation 3. I can probably eBay it for a couple hundred in profit, or Craigslist it for somewhat less, or I can just keep it and enjoy …