13 October 2008

Buy! Sell! Stay the course!

Wall Street soars as government pledges bank aid: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

What the hell am I supposed to do? My retirement account is down thousands, but we're supposed to stay the course because they are long term investments that will surely rise back up by the time I retire in 30 or 40 years. Early last week, I was looking at stock prices thinking that if I had a couple of thousand dollars, I should really grab some Google or Apple or something else while the price is down this low. But then they went lower.

Now today, the dow has risen about 400 points. So I could have already made money... but then I'm worried about not just this week but what about this next year? They say it could be a couple of years before we're back to pre-crash levels of production and a solid economy.

I regret not finding money to invest in the 90s. Now that I have a little money, I'm letting the brokers handle everything according to what they know as experts. But aren't they the guys who got us into this mess?

I don't want to be regretting doing nothing 5 or 10 years from now. But my resources are still limited, so $1000 or $2000 really means a lot to my here-and-now. I guess that's my answer. It's not like I'm sitting on a stockpile to invest. Let the market settle and maybe save a little and in the next few months reassess.

I just want my get-rich-quick scheme like everyone else got in 1995 (and then half of them lost in 2000/2001).

12 October 2008

Growing up? Or just older?

Back from wedding weekend and seeing old friends. Though instead of staying up until 2 am watching movies or gaming, we went to a park and watched our kids play.

I Don't communicate as often as I should with people I care about, especially friends. And I have too few friends close by to share new experiences with. I love that we built these bonds in high school (or earlier) and college that have lasted this long, but sometimes it's almost a curse.

Oh well. Had fun. And will have again. And it was great to see the kids playing together.

09 October 2008

McCain's health plan

An analysis of McCain's health plan from an actuary:

Father Sam Explains It All - Swampland - TIME

08 October 2008

It's a secret

"I'll get Osama bin Laden, my friends. I'll get him. I know how to get him." - John McCain, October 7, 2008

If he knows, maybe he could share with Bush, Rice, Gates, or Gen. McKiernan so that someone could capture this criminal. I thought it was all about "Country First". Senator, this would be a great time to remember that.

07 October 2008

Dreamblogging - Aimee Mann

Listening to "Freeway" by Aimee Mann reminded me that I had a dream last night where I won a contest to meet Aimee Mann, have dinner with her and 14 of my friends.

First of all, I'm not sure I could name 14 friends, much less 14 that listen to Aimee Mann or live close enough to make it to dinner with us. Beyond that, Aimee was graciously cool in the dream, and I just barely stopped myself from saying "I wish you would have brought your husband (Michael Penn), because my wife likes his music even more." When it came time for dinner, the contest administrators presented us with choices, the most palatable, for some reason, being a hot dog stand. WTF? Hot Dogs? I don't even eat meat.

Does someone have an interpretation of that dream for me?

03 October 2008

Election fraud watch

Wisconsin's got a lawsuit brewing about our Election Board's compliance with voting regulations. I heard Ohio basically said that it's too late to change anything for this election, and that the voting problems there in the last two elections (!) will probably happen again for 2008. And now a judge in NJ has suppressed a review of that state's voting systems and I'm sure it's too late to do anything with that anyway before Nov 4th.

If you're in a state with touch-screen voting, or other system without paper-identification, PLEASE go now and get an absentee ballot and follow the rules and send it in before the deadline.

And, elected officials, get off your butts and get this stuff straightened out in the first couple of months next year. The legitimacy of our democracy (and your positions) is at stake. We already have great cause to doubt your sincerity and competency. Don't increase our dissatisfaction. We'd actually like to believe that we have a system that kind of works sometimes. It's getting harder and harder to believe that.

02 October 2008

Debate - Wow

Biden just said "Cheney has been the most dangerous Vice President in history." Wow! He doesn't hold back. Didn't expect that comment, no matter how true it is.

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