A Cry for Help

I planned on not watching tonight’s State of the Union. I’ve determined that it’s bad for my health to watch the president speak (since it’s usually less than enlightening). Yahoo News tells me, though, that we may be hearing some sense on the energy front tonight, which almost makes me want to watch. I’m sure [...]

Fun: Going out to a restaurant with friends, getting a cool little private “room”, having good food and lots of laughs.
Fun: Heading to Providence for some drinks, good beer, more friends, more laughs.
Not so fun: Coming back to your car parked on Fountain Street and finding the window smashed to pieces. Bunch of savages in [...]

Dilbert creator Scott Adams has a great blog that I enjoy reading. This morning we find out that yesterday’s Dilbert strip was sent to the papers with two different end panels, one potentially more risqué than the other. If you’re wondering which one the Providence Journal ran (and can’t guess from this post’s title), it [...]

I like to do my taxes as early as possible if I can help it, being poor has the benefit of getting most of your federal contributions back from the guv’mint. This year I bought Tax Cut Deluxe from Best Buy (mostly because I got a free wireless mouse with it), collected my various 1099s [...]

Have you seen those house flipping shows on HGTV and TLC? The ones where idiots who don’t know a saw from a hammer but have $500,000 burning a hole in their pocket go buy a house, renovate, then sell it for a hefty profit?
Have you heard of Hurrican Katrina, and the city formerly known as [...]

One of the neat things about living in the Biggest Little is the relative frequency you can run into your various elected officials a few times a year (alright, this is an extremely lame thing to be saying, I’m realizing as I type this). I think it’s cool to see Jack Reed at the same [...]

So it’s 2006 (Happy New Year, by the way!), and if you’re interested in some stock picks I suggest you buy Apple Computer now. This pick is roughly as credible as one that might show up in your email, so I make no guarantees. Here’s my reasoning, though:
I’ve never owned a Mac, but in the [...]