Gail, Texas
Friday, 30 May 2008My sister and her husband are moving to Gail, Texas. The population of Gail, Texas is, according to Wikipedia, less than 200. It is the county seat of a Texas county with a population of less than 1000. This is a bafflingly small town, in a county with a population which is less than half [...]
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Megan Adair MacKenzie
Sunday, 25 May 2008Megan Adair MacKenzie was born at 2:51 a.m. on Sunday, May 18. She weighed 9 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20.5 inches long. She’s doing well, and seems to be a much calmer baby than Charlie was. This morning, she was napping beside Becky when Becky got up for a few minutes. I was watching [...]
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What I Learned from Dave Ramsey
Friday, 16 May 2008We’ve spent the last 3 months in what one might describe as a Dave Ramsey experiment. If you don’t know of Dave Ramsey, he is a nationally syndicated personal finance radio talk-show host. He is also an author of a few books on personal finance, and he now has a TV show on the Fox [...]
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Terrific Coffee
Monday, 12 May 2008I have disliked drip coffee forever. I didn’t touch coffee at all, ever, until sometime in college. Even in college and graduate school, I almost never drank it. After coming to Blacksburg, I started drinking coffee occasionally, but almost always in the form of an espresso drink, usually lattes. In the last two years, I’ve [...]
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Politics
Tuesday, 6 May 2008I have said almost nothing about politics in this election cycle. I desperately want the Democratic Primary to end. I don’t much care who wins. I have, over time, developed a marginal preference for Obama. But, I think both Clinton and Obama are flawed candidates. (By “flawed” I mean mostly in the “all human beings, [...]
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Quote of the Day/Week/Month
Monday, 5 May 2008A classic but a goodie. On investing, of all things. From Warren Buffett’s 1997 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders: A short quiz: If you plan to eat hamburgers throughout your life and are not a cattle producer, should you wish for higher or lower prices for beef? Likewise, if you are going to buy [...]
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