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Seattle true crime writer Ann Rule dies DW is a big "true crime" fan. I read a couple of her books. RIP

An interesting article (also rather long) that tries to answer the question of what the work world will look like in the future for the USA. A World Without Work - The Atlantic __________________

This article is from Motley Fool on May 6th. It seemed like mostly good advice but I will let the teeming millions on the forum decide. Unsolicited Advice for Everyone About to Graduate College More than a million people will be awarded a bachelor's degree in the next month...

Might be a good trade. AMD has a new president. She said that they will not live in Intel's shadow. I guess they will look for little fish to push around. Looks cheap right now. Any thoughts from the retired chip makers or others? Maybe a good one for my stock club. AMD Appoints Dr. Lisa...

Ever have a song stuck in your cranium for a few days? I have this one going today: What is your stuck song and how did you get rid of it?

Anyone holding Business Development Companies. I am curious about them. Business Development Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I am in a stock club and they are leaning toward a health care stock purchase. I know that a mutual fund would make sense here but the unwritten rule is stocks only. Edwards Jones recommends CVS. I naturally oppose anything the broker recommends. Suggestions?

"Who would have thought traveling to outer space could be such a profound experience? OK, probably everybody, but these former astronauts really articulate it in a way that was just a little mind-blowing."...

401Ks Not for Everyone I have been preparing taxes during the season for a few years now. During my 2013 tax season, a large percentage (about 15%) of my customers have cashed in their 401k accounts with penalty this year. We live in a poorer, rural area. Most of my clients are lower middle...

American 15-year-old tells TED 2013 audience how he used Internet to invent early detection tool for cancer I think this is an inspiring story. The test costs three cents, takes minutes, and appears to be 100 percent accurate, according to his TED Talk. ...What he found was there were...

Link contains a funny (at least to me) story of where you can end up if you follow your GPS. Reminded me of DW getting lost going to the shopping center one mile a way and ending up at the city airport, 20 miles away before she called. She threatened me with the banana slicer if I disparaged...

This is a great photo IMHO. He was there to photograph the transit of Venus. Click on "incredible images ..." to see the Venus transit and the Hubble Telescope transit across the sun. Must be some kind of amazing photo equipment! Thierry Legault: Moonbow and Meteor over Australia’s Wallaman...

I hope all of my friends are getting out of the way or preparing to ride it out. Tropical Storm Isaac cutting path eerily similar to Hurricane Katrina | Fox News

Destination: Maine Planning a vacation for July. We are either going to rent a class C, go to a resort or stay in hotels with our dogs. No more camping on the ground for DW. Researching the rental RV now. Any tips on things to see in Maine? Renting RV tips (I am research this)? Questions...

Net worth implosion: It's not just housing - Jun. 19, 2012 "Overall, median household net worth declined 35% to $66,740 in 2010. " It has been discussed before but hopefully not to death. Median net worth minus house value is $15,000. I am surprised that it is so low.

Map that shows the the average crime etc. Never seen it presented quite this way. Color coded map and ranking of the states. Good for general impressions only I imagine. As usual with all of these polls, YMMV. United States Peace Index « Vision of Humanity

Just an overview of the global economic climate Their read is on the optimistic side IMHO. I like their use of charts and graphs but I can't paste them into here. The fact that businesses are investing so heavily in equipment and software, which is in stark contrast to 2008, bodes well for...

The morning TV show had the melody of "Drift Away" playing in the background. I started singing the words. I don't know all the words to very many songs. Thank you for the joy that you've given me Doby...

Breaking news: Steve Jobs died. Just heard it on the TV. Wikipedia is already updated but no one else has the news yet. How did they find out? He has made his mark on civilization.

I was hauling firewood in the back of my hatchback for my neighbor at my cottage. I must have carelessly picked up a small snake. Tried to catch the little bugger but he went under the back seat. Now that me and the snake are back home, do I disassemble the car? Close the windows and try a...

Doesn't look good for Warren and the gang. David Sokol Resigns From Berkshire Hathaway - NYTimes.com

Housing prices have stood still at six towns in Mon Valley Nice urban places to live if you can deal with the lumpen stigma. Pitcarin is a nice lower middle class close knit community with relatively low crime. It is also aggressivly white. Turtle Creek and Wilmerding are are like Pitcarin but...

I have my US equity allocation in both index funds and Fidelity Contra fund (FCNTX). I am OK with it. I like that I have a seasoned manager there and that he can beat the index consistantly. I would like to sell it primarily to harvest the gain for tax purposes. I understand that there are...

I seem to be locked up in pulling the trigger on buying a new computer. Using the computer for web surfing, photo editing, spread sheets, email. Requirements: Desktop Windows 7, DVD RW, USB ports, flat screen monitor, Graphics card, speed over 2.5G, 4G ram. Most hard drives offered these days...

Michael Lewis has a new book out. He authored Liar's Poker and other financial tales. While looking for it, I ran across this article which I thought informative and a good read. He makes it sound like he is inside the guy's head. Betting on the Blind Side | Business | Vanity Fair Full...