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Entries for March, 2008

Update on the 40 Day Challenges and a NEW Contest

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This really ticks me off. I’ve missed one day on each 40 Day Challenge I have going on. Last Friday I failed to post or eat an apple! (sounds funny)
I am at 32 days since starting the blog and […]

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The Bucket List Problem: Typical Hollywood Drama (bs)

The new movie, The Bucket List, has people talking. And when I first heard about it, it sounded like a must see movie to me. Until I saw a preview. Let me explain.
Here’s the gist. The Bucket List stars Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, both whom are recently found to have terminal illnesses. The bucket […]

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My Investment Secrets: Motley Fool

Most feel investing in stocks either takes too much time or requires too much study and information. This is not necessarily true. What once did require the reading of corporate reports for the necessary information and understanding the mathematical analysis of the reported earning statements etc, now is readily available to you […]

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It’s a Bird! A Plane! No! Another Sighting Over the Skies of Phoenix: The Space Shuttle

Actually, the Space Shuttle passed over the Phoenix valley just about an hour ago! Thanks to Julie, a regular reader here whose husband works for NASA. She alerted us to to the Space Shuttle’s path. I saw her message literally minutes prior to the scheduled flyover of the Shuttle from 7:15 to 7:20 here over […]

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Wise Words On Investing

I know there are a thousand opinions on what and where to invest, especially as one gets older and has more risk involved with time working against you. Listen to the words from Warren Buffett on investing:
Rule No. 1: Never lose money.
The great personal fortunes in this country weren’t built on a portfolio of fifty […]

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An Investment Strategy for Those Running out of Time: Buffett Style

That is not buffet style. It is BUFFETT style. As in Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha. I wish I would have paid closer attention to the investment style and advice of Warren Buffett when I was younger. Everyone today is talking about him as usual. He has quietly and humbly become the wealthiest man […]

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The Doomsday Vault

The Vault to protect and preserve the world’s most important seeds from catastrophe.

I read recently about the Doomsday Vault inaugurated in Longyearbyen, Norway in February. My first thought was DOOMSDAY??? What is it we don’t know?
Its purpose is to provide mankind with a collection of food in the event of a global catastrophe by safe […]

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