By Mike on Apr 30, 2008 in Finance and Stocks | 1 Comment
I’m two days behind on this blog post, mostly because I really wanted to make my new stock purchase post first, but the stock I am after has had 3 strong days in a row, and a good earnings report, so I’m hoping for some fast money to get out of it, so I can [...]
By Mike on Apr 23, 2008 in Life and what it throws you | 0 Comments
Back in October I started using a site called mint.com to start tracking my spending. Having crossed the country into the land of “higher cost of living.” I wanted to see just how Stacy and I’s budgeting would do in this environment. Groceries seem to be more expensive, and gas definitely is. But what would [...]
By Mike on Apr 23, 2008 in Finance and Stocks | 1 Comment
In the first or, hopefully, many stock blog posts, I am disclosing the first ever sale from one of my IRA accounts. Back in August of 2000, I bought shares of Eli Lilly(symbol: LLY) after they had dropped off about 20% when they had lost a fight to keep prozac from being sold as a [...]
By Mike on Apr 18, 2008 in Life and what it throws you | 0 Comments
So I did a narrative podcast of our trip to Fort Funston. Stacy put it up on a page on her dot mac site.
By Mike on Apr 14, 2008 in Life and what it throws you | 0 Comments
Stacy and I took Stuart to the beach at Fort Funston yesterday. The weather was great, and Stuart even got some rough swimming lessons. His doggy paddle skills are a bit rough, but from what my mother tells me I was the same way when I got started. Stacy put together a page in iWeb. [...]
By Mike on Apr 10, 2008 in Life and what it throws you | 0 Comments
Stacy and I went out for dinner and drinks last night with two former co-workers of mine from boston.com. We had a fun night of reminiscing on the past and getting caught up on where we are in our lives now. It still seems strange to me that two people I used to work with are [...]