I often take it for insomnia. I don't have real anxiety, but I have also taken it in lieu of alcohol as a social lubricant or before a potentially stressful event, and it was good. Wish I could take it daily. Years ago, a friend of mine used to grow it on Tonga and he gave me a huge bag of the powde...

Does anyone take this supplement? I've found it to be a useful way to cut down on beer, because I don't dare to imbibe on days that I take kava. However, while I'm certainly reducing calories by drinking less beer, the impact on my liver might actually be worse. I think that deaths related to the in...

I think I saw that over at bogleheads. It's kind of how my remaining individual stocks are. Light on banks, anyway.

Almost on topic: there's a boglehead thread crying out for pp'er participation:

http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtop ... 1&t=161599
"What's a good pistol to buy"

I just knew you'd bring back the Hannibal avatar for this. 

Pointedstick wrote: Oh my god I want one right now. My childhood dream of building a snow fortress by flamethrowering tunnels through 20 foot deep snow comes closer and closer to fruition...

My old roommate used to set snow on fire with gasoline. I believe he now works for a large investment firm. ;-)

Didn't you say you've always wanted one?
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/19/49-s ... methrower/

Just saw your other thread in which it is clear that you have to use an ETF ticker. Hmmm.

I had a nice PM conversation w/ Larry once upon a time. He's not at Bogleheads as often as he used to be, either.

MachineGhost wrote:

dualstow wrote: I'm starting to realize that I'm something of an Islamophobe, but there's really nothing geopolitical about it and I agree with many of the author's points.

How can you be an Islamophobe about a religion of peace?!!

Must be a choline deficiency. 

buddtholomew wrote: Very surprising to see LTT's decline as the FED's remarks reinforce the belief that interest rates will stay lower for some time to come.

I wonder if there was some profit-taking from those who decided to get out while it's safe. They might have been waiting for this last bounce from Yellen.

Definitely interesting, although that allocation is 40/60 stock / bond (slice & dice; lots corp bond.) https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239765/ishares-moderate-allocation-etf That's a good point. I think it would be fairer to run the pp against Vanguard's Target Retirement 2020 Fund (VTWNX)....

No wonder wealthy Brazilians are buying up Miami.

I'm starting to realize that I'm something of an Islamophobe, but there's really nothing geopolitical about it and I agree with many of the author's points.

Lol. Thanks, MG. I think my memory is quite beyond the reach of supplements. Waiting for some kind of A.I. help, although I won't be half as charming when I'm a cyborg.

AdamA wrote: How good is this show?

I love seeing Saul dressed up like Matlock.

I dare say I'm enjoying it at least as much as Breaking Bad. Is that blasphemy? Love the characters, esp. Michael McKean's. He's come a long way since Lenny & Squiggy.

A young Paul Newman dressed as Matlock. ;-)

TennPaGa wrote: EDIT: Mrs. TPG says "I thought that board you spend so much time on was all about being careful with money! 

LOL. Didn't see that before tech quoted it.

Awesome. I just happened to be looking at this - http://nypost.com/2015/03/13/drunk-man-taunts-elephant-gets-trampled/  (article only; video is not worth it) but what you posted is much better. Btw, the recently deceased Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons , left a lot of his fortune to e...

Thank you! Using just SHIFT sounds familiar. It's only been a year. My memory's not great.
Will try tonight!

That's the plan: copy any notes I typed into some weird stripped down text editor and then format anew.

I'm anxious to play w/ Linux again but when most friends or relatives ask me about it, I'm in the it's-not-ready-for-primetime camp. That's not to say that some novices won't do fine with it. But, it helps if someone has a cousin PointedStick in the family for when the printer suddenly stops working...

Thanks, WiseOne.

The drive should be ok even though even though the missus sat on the machine once or twice. It's an SSD and still fast-- at least, last time I used it.

Looks scary for a novice like me, but I'll give it a try. Thanks.

It sucks to refrain from market timing while watching the herd escape before the new announcement due Wednesday.
Still, TLT is up today.

Hey, what's the simplest solution to this problem? I have a linux laptop that I almost never use, but I'm finally free enough to play again. I started out with Linux Mint 10 which stopped updating at some point but which kind of worked. Later, I installed Ubuntu and had it set up to dual boot. In Ub...

Pointedstick wrote: 2. Generic Linux ultraportable

Speaking of Linux, I definitely wouldn't buy this for myself at this price, but it looks neat.
http://liliputing.com/2015/03/system76- ... l-cpu.html