I had linked to this awhile back on one of my old websites...but I stumbled across it again and wanted to record it here for posterity again.  It's still funny after all this time:

All about the ninjas: Ninjas are sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants.  I can't believe it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart.  These guys are totally awesome and that's a fact.  Ninjas are fast, smooth, cool, strong, powerful, and sweet.  I can't wait to start yoga next year.  I love ninjas with all of my body (including my pee pee). via [gTexts.com]

11:15:22 PM  #  

Companies Fight Shortfalls in Pension Funds. Many American companies are spending large amounts to shore up pension plans that have deteriorated, sometimes drastically. By Mary Williams Walsh. [New York Times: Business]
10:52:39 PM  #  

Steve Case to Step Down as Chairman of AOL Time Warner. Stephen Case, the former chief executive of AOL who engineered its acquisition of Time Warner, will remain a board member. By David D. Kirkpatrick. [New York Times: Business]
10:52:22 PM  #  

2002 Investment Results (Internal Rate of Return)

Ed and Audrey's Portfolio: -6.01%

Ed's Portfolio: +5%

S&P 500: -19.22%

Dow Jones: -11.30%

NASDAQ:  -28.68%

Not bad if I do say so myself...comprehensive 3 year performance hopefully coming soon, provided I can find all my old records.  I guess I should state that the joint portfolio I set up for Audrey and I after we got married, so the performance for that is really only a 6 month rate of return, which skews the performance a little.  My personal portfolio actually had only one real transaction for the year, but incurred financing costs when it was moved from Schwab to Ameritrade so the performance is actually a little higher.  However, it has about 1/3rd of the money that the joint has so you can use that to calculate the actual return for the portfolios which leaves me down a little over 3% in aggregate. 

Compounded performance for 3 years of both portfolios may follow shortly...

4:34:35 PM  #  

Yousa thinka Gandalf gonna die?
2:33:51 AM  #  

Well, my wife and I just went out and bought bedroom furniture today.  Strangely enough the best furniture we could find also ended up being the cheapest.  My sister recommended a custom furniture shop that makes solid wood furniture and stains it to your specifications.  Since my wife and I wanted simple, Shaker style stuff it was a no-brainer and ended up looking better than the stuff you would find at the bigger furniture outlets.  We will get the pieces in around 4 weeks but until then it is comforting to know that craftsmen are assembling my furniture somewhere out there.
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