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Starbucks
stock has been good to me. Over the last few years it doubled my money.
I think that’s great and SBUX and I had a great ride.
But my financial advisor urged me to sell.
Did I listen to him?
At
first, no. I thought (and still think) that they had enough momentum to
continue with respectable returns. I think they’ve levelled off over
the last six months and maybe dropped somewhat. If I had listened ot my
broker I would earned a few hundred more dollars.
But the time has come for me to sell. Good bye, old friend.
Where
do I put this new money, though? I looked at the rest of my stocks and
they are in a wide variety of industrial areas, so I’m not terribly
worried about diversification. But I wanted another hot performer to
take the place of Starbucks.
Where to turn?
Katrina
showed me the way. Now, this isn’t profiteering, I swear! But I’m
thinking that there’s about to be a minimum of $200 billion going in to
the Gulf Coast region to repair the extensive damage done by that
hurricane. As I write this hurricane Rita (category 5) is barrelling
down on 25% of this country’s refineries on the Texas coast. There are
hundreds or thousands of drilling platforms in the gulf of mexico.
I
can’t bring myself to invest in the oil companies. Yes, they’re doing
remarkably well, but so are the tobacco company’s. On principle I can’t
invest in the oil companies.
However!
I can bring
myself to invest in a company that specializes in repairing and
servicing industrial equipment. They’re based in Alvin, Texas. Here’s a page about who the company is.
I
looked at their history and they were already doing quite well with
very strong growth. I bet that they’re well position to take advantage
of all the work that will come their way.
I checked with my financial advisor and he agreed it was a good choice. I came across it on MSN Money.
I’m fiddling with Movable Type. Its
I’m fiddling with Movable Type. Its interesting. Its over here:
I haven’t decided if I want to switch or not.
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Starbucks stock has been good to me. Over the last few years it doubled my money. I think that’s great and SBUX and I had a great ride.
But my financial advisor urged me to sell.
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Feds Order Aid to Texas as Rita Threatens
September 22,2005 | WASHINGTON — The government rushed hospital beds, rescue teams and evacuation buses to Texas on Wednesday in an urgent effort to brace for Hurricane Rita and prevent a replay of the missteps from Katrina.
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First post!
So this is the first post of my blogrilla blog. Well, that is, its a new incarnation of the Movable Type implementation of “Blogrilla”. I’ve been using Blogger for the last six months or so and its gone well. I have no complaints about Blogger.
But I’m hoping to have a little more fun with Movable Type — it looks a little more flexible. With Blogger I seemed to be kind of locked in to the most common ways of doing things. For the most part that’s good because I do things similarly to everyone else and they’ve made all that very easy.
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Hey! When *DID* Motley
Hey!
When *DID* Motley Crue turn in to Classic Rock?!
Liz called earlier and said
Liz
called earlier and said that the apartment building next door to us was
having their driveway repaved. Turns out they have a big driveway
and there are all manner of trucks and bobcats all over the road.
Many of them were right in front of our house and even blocking our
driveway. As they were unloading their gear Liz told them they
were going to have to move along somewhere else because we had our own
contractors (carpenter & painter) coming today. I guess there
was some grumbling but they moved along and found somewhere else to put
their equipment.
called earlier and said that the apartment building next door to us was
having their driveway repaved. Turns out they have a big driveway
and there are all manner of trucks and bobcats all over the road.
Many of them were right in front of our house and even blocking our
driveway. As they were unloading their gear Liz told them they
were going to have to move along somewhere else because we had our own
contractors (carpenter & painter) coming today. I guess there
was some grumbling but they moved along and found somewhere else to put
their equipment.
She
said there were gardners and their landscaping trucks parked
nearby. Across the street the Falite Brothers were doing their
HVAC-thing with their big truck. She described this scene to me
of utter pandemonium. There were trucks and service people
everywhere doing all manner of things.
said there were gardners and their landscaping trucks parked
nearby. Across the street the Falite Brothers were doing their
HVAC-thing with their big truck. She described this scene to me
of utter pandemonium. There were trucks and service people
everywhere doing all manner of things.
“Its like their rebuilding New Orleans in Melrose!” she said.
Apparently,
Peterman was a little put out by our carpenter’s nailgun so Liz
relocated him and his pen to the playroom. She set his pen up
adjacent to the guinnea pigs’ cage. I thought it would go badly,
but she said that he and the lead pig, Cupcake, sniffed each others’
noses for a very long time. Then the pig got tired of the
exercise and wandered off to eat some hay. I guess Peterman had
other plans in mind and started yapping at the pig and wanting to play.
Peterman was a little put out by our carpenter’s nailgun so Liz
relocated him and his pen to the playroom. She set his pen up
adjacent to the guinnea pigs’ cage. I thought it would go badly,
but she said that he and the lead pig, Cupcake, sniffed each others’
noses for a very long time. Then the pig got tired of the
exercise and wandered off to eat some hay. I guess Peterman had
other plans in mind and started yapping at the pig and wanting to play.
Sounds like it could be a long and noisy, if amusing day in Melrose.
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Ok,
so I’ve been listening to “Nightmare before Christmas” songs and I have
to confess it has me in the mood for halloween. I know its only
the middle of September, but I’m ready for some ghosts and goblins.
so I’ve been listening to “Nightmare before Christmas” songs and I have
to confess it has me in the mood for halloween. I know its only
the middle of September, but I’m ready for some ghosts and goblins.
There
was a show on MTV about five years ago called “FEAR”. I thought
it was very underrated — well, until MTV ran the thing to death and
showed it over and over again. See, the early episodes would put
a camera on some college-aged kid and make them do some task.
Like a dare.
was a show on MTV about five years ago called “FEAR”. I thought
it was very underrated — well, until MTV ran the thing to death and
showed it over and over again. See, the early episodes would put
a camera on some college-aged kid and make them do some task.
Like a dare.
For
instance, the first episode I saw took place in an abandoned prison
that was notorious for torturing prisoners. The long, dark
institutional hallways that echoed and the whole place contributed to a
very spooky atmosphere. The kids would have to do things like sit
in a room with the light off for 15 minutes. That’s all.
But they would build the scene up with stories of what went on and
there was rubble in the corners. Maybe that schmear was
blood. Although they heard noises I was never convinced that
there wasn’t a produce sneaking around producing these noises.
Anyway, I remember the first few episodes were really scary. Now its all old hat, I suppose.
Fun
show, for a short while though. It eventually devolved in to
nastiness that didn’t appeal to me. Making someone who was
obviously christian perform a summoning spell asking satan to come
forth. It became… sensational in testing what people would
do. They made people go against their nature and their beliefs
for the benefit of the show and that wasn’t what I liked about it.
I’ll
have to watch Nightmare before Christmas again soon. Also Sleepy
Hollow. Very good halloween movie. That was a fun
one. The one with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.
Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,903
BAGHDAD, Iraq Sep 20, 2005 — The
U.S. military said Tuesday that four U.S. soldiers were killed in two
separate roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi,
pushing the toll of American forces killed in Iraq past 1,900.
its
not even that I think they should come home yet — I think they can’t
come home yet. There’s still too much work to do. We really
tore things apart over there and we need to put things right before we
leave. As bad as things are right now they can get a whole lot
worse. And that’s just what will happen if we leave right
away. Honestly, in my opinion, we need more troops there in
fact. I hate how we got there, and I think some people in
government should be prosecuted for lying to the american people and
getting us in there in the first place.
not even that I think they should come home yet — I think they can’t
come home yet. There’s still too much work to do. We really
tore things apart over there and we need to put things right before we
leave. As bad as things are right now they can get a whole lot
worse. And that’s just what will happen if we leave right
away. Honestly, in my opinion, we need more troops there in
fact. I hate how we got there, and I think some people in
government should be prosecuted for lying to the american people and
getting us in there in the first place.
But
we can’t just make the mess that’s there and then leave them to their
own devices. We have to put things right before we go. Its
going to be expensive — we may need to tax the daylights out of the
rich to pay for it, but that’s a price I’m willing to make them pay.
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own devices. We have to put things right before we go. Its
going to be expensive — we may need to tax the daylights out of the
rich to pay for it, but that’s a price I’m willing to make them pay.