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In Conversation: David Letterman
This is a fascinating and at several parts wacky and somewhat weird interview of David Letterman. The guy just goes on and on about several things, his life, his career, politics, the state of comedy, Paris Hilton and more! And of course it includes ripping Donald Trump too! Enjoy it by your fireplace or, more likely, in your awesome hotel suite or over the water bungalow!
Another Darn List
I LOVE this list. As a practicing Certified Financial Planner, I could not help but go “Oh yeah, that too. And that one! And…oh my god, dude, your list is phucking amazing!”. So much in fact that I list it all below for you from the Humbled Dollar blog, respect!
…if any of the items below apply to you, you might want to get yourself to the financial emergency room. Here are 33 signs you could be in trouble:
- You save on eating out by attending free financial seminars.
- You earn extra income by purchasing mutual funds just before they make their distributions.
- All your stocks are penny stocks, but they weren’t when you bought them.
- Your insurance agent is your best friend.
- You’re investing in real estate—by remodeling the kitchen.
- Your broker saves you money by only recommending funds with “no initial sales commission.”
- You have $1 million in life insurance and no financial dependents.
- Shopping is your favorite hobby.
- You deduct a staggering amount of mortgage interest each year.
- You’re confident you are well-diversified, because you have five different brokerage accounts.
- Your friends are envious of everything you own.
- You figure inflation is too low to worry about.
- Your accountant whistled when he saw the size of your capital loss carryover.
- You get your stock picks from your spam folder.
- You’re absolutely certain the market is headed higher.
- You just rented a second storage locker.
- Every fund you buy has great past performance.
- You had a will drawn up years ago, so that’s one less thing to worry about.
- Your kitchen looks like a showroom for “as seen on TV.”
- If others are selling, why would you buy? You weren’t born yesterday.
- You never fail to make the minimum credit card payment.
- You cosigned your son’s $80,000 college loan to study social work.
- You plan to claim Social Security early and use the money to buy income annuities.
- You would dearly love to invest in a hedge fund.
- You know your house has been a fabulous investment, because it’s worth so much more than your down payment.
- There’s an equity-indexed annuity in your IRA.
- You never understood why they call options trading a less-than-zero-sum game.
- Your financial advisor is a fiduciary, but only part of the time.
- You don’t bother funding your 401(k) with its matching employer contribution, because you have a cash-value life insurance policy.
- Your children want for nothing.
- Your employer offered a lump sum instead of paying you a pension, and it was obvious the lump sum was the better deal.
- You own a diversified portfolio of timeshares.
- You like to have a margin of safety, so you always buy the highest-yielding bonds.
Flatland II, Curved Landscapes Panoramas
I posted about the amazing photography of Aydın Büyüktaş before here. And he continues his amazing Flatlands project, enjoy!
The Russia you’ll never see on postcards
The city is St. Petersburg. And the images are amazing.
Award-winning photographer Alexander Petrosyan has spent decades discovering what makes his home town tick: the everyday comedy and drama of a city built on contradictions.
And I leave you with this…Make your own caption, make us laugh!
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Ready to give the Gold medal!
Here, Boss.
It’s yours!
Hope ScottCastle is okay.
Buenos dias.
Loved that list
Loved st Petersburg. Still remember seeing older women in the subway train drinking vodka from a liter bottle 10 am on a Tuesday
Glad you liked them!
It’s a Sunday…We are all slower around here…
Om Suastiastu
What?
Buzz, don’t you get the Internet where you live?
“Hello”, from Bali 🙂
Caption: OMG, yet ANOTHER pic of Emily.
Happy Sun-day – not a cloud in the sky this morning.
#TBBon
@Gringo, FYI re: PDX donuts, you gave George bad advice the other day on our donuts. Dunkin Donuts left 20 years ago, the last Winchell Donuts shop closed it’s doors 8 years ago. Gringo now I know why they say you are loco, you have been watching too much Food Network or Anthony Bourdain (who had to be high when he came here).
FRIENDS DON”T LET FRIENDS WAIT ON LINE IN THE RAIN FOR 45 MINUTES TO GET INTO VOODOO DOUGHNUTS!
It’s PDX’s biggest tourist trap. Overrated is an understatement Unless of course, a mediocre quality doughnut with Capt’n Crunch or Fruit Loops topping is your idea of gourmet.
Then there is the highly touted Blue Star Donuts (now available in the airport too). Here you get the privilege of spending $3.50 for a cake doughnut topped with a pate of Marrionberry/Goose liver spread. Sure they are tasty, but for $3.50 for 1 doughnut, it better give me an orgasm too.
Buzz if you do come out here to PDX, bring a dozen of jellies from Dunkies with you
We will make sure that Buzz goes to CASA DIABLO VEGAN STRIP CLUB instead, making sure he eats healthy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgt544EvxWs
We will follow that with a tour of our remaining not yet condemned by the Board Of Health food carts. So what if he gets a little food poisoning, he has been packing on the pounds lately. The purge will do him good around the waistline.
Gringo Loco, I hope you come too, you crazy old bastard! Bring some Dunkies with you too.
Actually, upon further review, I never mentioned Voodoo nor Blue Star. As in many things, I am a traditionalist in the ways of fried dough. I grew up on Winchell’s and miss the h-e-double-hockey-sticks out of them!
I am informed this is a good list of PDX donut shops:
http://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-portland-doughnut-shops
My dear friend Estie, late of PDX and donut aficionado, dragged me to a couple of them one Thursday afternoon. I cannot remember which but think one was Helen Bernhard Bakery since I vaguely remember a piece of carrot cake on the nightstand when I awoke from the beer coma.
Hopefully Buzz can schedule PDX around the BRT — I am finally going THIS year after telling dhammer53 I’d be there at least 8 different years. Hell, I even paid for it one year and still didn’t make it. *sigh*
Speaking of Buzz travel, is your Spirit adventure to FLL solo or are you bringing the flock? Answer here or email or DM or, heck, even with smoke signals now that you have some experience! (ducking)
Oh that video lol.
Hey guys, I am not into donuts but thanks. Wait, if we do a tour of pot shops everything goes, including donuts. I swear, whoever invents marijuana that does not give you the munchies will strike it YUGE!
FLL getaway is solo, had to get rid of those last 5k Spirit miles #dontjudge.
Likely not in June. You never know though…all my travel plans are on hold until brother finally figures out when to go to Greece.
Oh, I LOVE food cart food. But not the food poisoning lol.
@GRINGO LOCO, did you say Helen Bernhard, I banged her! OOOOOOOOOh!
and of course, he will get a tour of our pot shops
Best avatar…ever?
I am reading one of the funniest articles I ever read. And I am really worried that GL will write about it first. What to do?
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Been watching old Perry Mason episodes, so hear this in Ray Burr’s voice:
Isn’t it true Buzz that, for as long as you can remember, YOU are the infamous Alan H? YOU have been supplying the blog fodder?
I know, #notreally
My late father told me near the end of his days — must have been when he turned 90 and started slowing down and only walking 1.5 miles/day and golfing 9 holes:
“Son, if you live long enough, you’ll see some damned strange things.”
Like this:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-01/i-m-renting-a-dog
Buenos noches, sleep well, don’t let the bed bugs bite.
I bet you Alan H. likes pancakes too 🙂