The only thing worse than stock-talk is lawyer-talk.

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As you’ve probably forgotten by now, I like to play the stock market.  Last year, since there was no money available, I just did paper trading.   It went reasonably well and was somewhat enjoyable, although it takes only five minutes on 250 days of the year.

A hobby should bring good news into your life.  Keeping track of Trump’s ( Read more... )

(Brown text = post-election edits.)
It’s been almost six years(!) since the last time I linked to the blog of my American friend and colleague, Dr. J.  Gotta cross-link to your homies to keep our Google rankings up!  Anyway, Dr. J works for the US gov’t, so he may be obligated to write political tracts in support of the incoming Stalinist ( Read more... )

Our room.  Day 4 dose 1 of Kid #2’s ear drops.

Landscape of Flavors (12:12pm).  Lunch.

Ink and Paint (12:45pm).  Single-dose DayQuil for ( Read more... )

Our room.  Day 3, dose 1 for Kid #2’s ear drops.  He feels yucky: coughing, sneezing, sniffling.  I’ve got clogged sinuses as well.  Wifey isn’t feeling 100%.  Only Kid #1 (the germophobe) seems to be okay.  So it looks like we’ll have to skip another day at the park.

Epcot.  Attractions visited today: none.  Today was supposed ( Read more... )

Our room.  Day 2, dose 1 for Kid #2’s ear drops.  Wait around for Wifey’s college friend, whom we haven’t seen since our previous trip to Disney World ten years ago.

Our room (12:30pm).  Friend arrives.  We spend quite ( Read more... )

TD/Allianz Insurance (via telephone; 10:15am ( Read more... )

[My HOTTEST DAY *EVER* at Disney World!  97°F *before* factoring in humidity!  Ontario, Ohio, Florida - doesn’t make a difference, it’s been over 90 every day of this trip.  And Hollywood Studios is the hottest of the parks because its many tall buildings and excessive quantities of asphalt create an “urban canyon” effect.]

Ink and ( Read more... )

(Yet again, this distance took just about exactly *twice* as long to cover as Google Maps had estimated.)
Herkimer Motel (Herkimer NY).  A receipt for $124.49 for one ( Read more... )

Saturday morning, we awoke to find no hot water.  The pilot was out on the water heater and it would not stay lit when I pressed the igniter button.  Of course, it was a holiday weekend (isn’t it always?), so we just did without for a few days.  We had a kettle and the stove was still working, but hot showers were unavailable.

I invoked the ( Read more... )