Welcome to the bear market. I still occasionally kick myself for not staying in until Dow 14K, but as of late I feel better and better about selling out awhile back. I know that "market timing" is considered to be hocus-pocus but in this case I feel that I was better off with my money …
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The Gawker Media Style Guide
Succinct, and hilarious. It actually applies to pretty much all Web-exclusive content, unfortunately. Sprinkle in useless metaphors and orthogonal pop-cultural references. This is pretty much why I don’t really like Bill Simmons’ writing very much — it feels like he’s just following a recipe for writing, and useless metaphors and/or movie references are his punchline …
Tooth and Nail
I’ve had some not-so-smooth experiences with rebates lately, which are reinforcing my habit of actually keeping information about rebate submission and checking up on them when I invariably don’t receive them. First of all, my cell phone recycling rebate didn’t come within the allotted amount of time. I called Sprint, who told me that I …
The NBA Donaghy scandal grows…
Read this TrueHoop blog entry, which is an interview with a professional NBA gambler. The Tim Donaghy scandal has gotten pretty interesting over the last couple of days, with public allegations of game-fixing (including the playoffs) coming from the "rogue referee" camp. The timing of this, during the NBA Finals, is, naturally, very embarrassing to …
A Haiku
The hot and dry winds Cover my car in fine dust Washing is pointless
Fire Joe Morgan
The name reminds me of Fire Pro Wrestling, but Fire Joe Morgan is actually a site whose focus is tearing apart shoddy baseball writing and reporting. The authors are of the sabermetric school of baseball thought (that is, guided by objective statistical analysis), and bristle at constantly being stereotyped by the old guard as stats …
NCAA Update
I won my Yahoo bracket handily, picking 46 out of 63 games correctly. I only had two mistakes in the regional finals, and from that point onwards, my picks were on the money. This is a nice change from last year, when I did much worse. I find it interesting that the highest scoring brackets …
This Happened At My Old Workplace
The building sits right next to a freeway, protected only by a chain-link fence. The rear entrances to the building are connected to the parking lot by walkways that parallel the freeway. We would often speculate about the prospect of a car breaking through the fence and smashing into the building, which is part of …
Mortgage/Credit/Insurance Crisis in Brief
Check out this highly amusing PowerPoint presentation. You’ll have to click through to see each subsequent slide.
Awkward Sports Writing: Exhibit A
While filling out my Yahoo NCAA bracket, I came across the following passage describing USC: Trojans, led by dynamite freshman O.J. Mayo (20.8 ppg), have driven short swords into opponent’s torsos on defense – 12th-most efficienct defense in D1