Technology and innovation is changing really fast. The most recent fad is NFT’s or Non Fungible Tokens which are more or less digital collectables. And, of course, there’s BitCoin which have a bunch of people scratching their heads about digital currency. The world is split between the believers, the non-believers, and the people who have … Read more
Or was it, don’t pet sweaty stuff? No, it’s definitely don’t sweat the petty stuff. But maybe don’t pet sweaty stuff either… Ramit Sethi, the author of I Will Teach You to be Rich, talks about a woman reaching out to him and complaining about how her husband buys $3 iced tea everyday. It utterly … Read more
The car battery died again. After just successfully jumping it 2 days ago and driving the car around for about an hour, today the car wouldn’t start. Granted, I noticed that the trunk was left open so that must have re-drained the battery. Knowing that stock car battery life is about 5 years, it’s about … Read more
When you take on a project. A lot of the time you will not know if and when the success will happen. It can be a lot like planting a seed. You water the seed every day. Not knowing if the seed is growing. If the roots are growing. Or maybe you have a dud. … Read more
Upon looking for a writing prompt today. I decided to write about writing prompts. There are dozens of sites with collections of writing prompts. I see a variety of topics ranging from fantasy, dramatic, serious, light hearted, sci fi – there are literally thousands of prompts. So, why are there so many so readily available … Read more
If Tuesday was a red day on the stock market, today was… Crimson? What’s redder than red? Uber red? Well, that’s how it was today. Superslide down and down. Combination of reasons, you pick and choose which one you think caused this, but it’s a bit of everything. The 10 year Treasury bond went up … Read more
Within minutes of my wife leaving the apartment to go to her dance lesson, I get a call. “The car won’t start” “Ok, I’m coming down”, I throw on some clothes because even though I was still working, it’s still pandemic quarantine. Sure enough, I get to the car and pop in my key. The … Read more
Today I ate a bowl of cookies and milk with my left hand. The new part is the left hand; I eat my original creation of “Cookie Soup” all the time. Now, I’m semi-ambidextrous, as I can write lefty really slow and ugly, but its legible. But it forced me to slow down and concentrate … Read more
Every time we enter a trade, are are subject to the changing market conditions. Just like a sailor must embrace the changing winds. Today, the stock market was bloody red. Right from pre-market hours right through the closing bell. For me it was especially painful because of my Options Positions on TSLA. Over the weekend … Read more
I encountered this question on a random Facebook post. And perusing the comments revealed so many ways to solve the problem. First up, the “classic” method I was taught to do by paper. 7 + 8 = 5, carry the 1 over, making 2 + 4 + 1 = 7. So the Answer is 75. … Read more