My brother sent me this image. I think we should split one and send it to mom.
http://www.despair.com/nsa-freedom.html

I always thought you were the K9 who used to hang with Doctor Who. I don't know if you use a Mac, smurff, but I'm lovin' these icons. http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/ss/Personalize-Your-Macs-Desktop-By-Changing-Desktop-Icons.htm It's especially nice to have a tardis icon for Time Machine-dedi...

Ok, I'll ask her, but I think I could answer that and so could you.

You know what's strange? I have the same code In two different google spreadsheets and it gives different prices. Currently, my old sheet says 1374/oz and the new one says 1381. 

My mom is ex-NSA and is completely unrepentant about the recent Verizon news. We've had some interesting conversations.  ;) That reminds me of the great line about never trying to explain something to a person whose livelihood (or retirement) depends on not understanding it. Haha. She hasn't been t...

It really brought into focus the difference between the private sector and the government: one tries to persuade you that your life will be better if you exchange your money (AKA time) for products it has created for your enjoyment, while the other used naked, unmediated power to intrude on your li...

...   I am just trying to figure out of there was logic behind HB saying to sell them in 10 years or if it was maybe a bit arbitrary.  I would guess that selling 30 year treasuries after 5 years instead of 10 years would generate higher returns. I think it was a balance between (a) having something...

I think it best to avoid dogmatism with the PP. There are some areas where I have really strong convictions (like not substituting individual stocks for the equity part), but there are many people who index their LTTs including yours truly. And no I don't think it is heresy.  Further, I am pretty s...

Yes, outside of the pp I have some VPAIX . I assume that this investment is fed and state tax exempt. Is this the prime reason for holding the fund and if you dont mind me asking, have you considered exchanging the fund for the PP or reducing duration? Correct on both counts. I love the pp, but I h...

buddtholomew wrote: Does anyone else invest a portion of their taxable assets in municipal bond funds?

Yes, outside of the pp I have some VPAIX.

6 Iron wrote: In a similar vein, I hate to see "dialogue" used as a verb or infinitive.

Unless, you know, they were actually talking about dyeing a log.

To the gentleman who posted the (now deleted?) question about patient (noun and adjective), they are in fact etymologically related.
I can see where you would view the noun as a euphemism. Makes sense!

Is there an iShares ETF for this yet? 

Some people say that when you start your PP, you should buy all 30 year treasuries, and 10 years later, when they become 20 year treasuries, sell them and buy 30 year treasuries again. Hi Greg. It's not just that some people say this. It's canonical. Those were Harry Browne's instructions in his bo...

Tortoise wrote:
"To engage with the customer": To talk with the customer (I guess talking with the customer often resembles battle)

yes! I hate that one.

Dualstow, before I put my leaf antenna on its current wall, the only channels I could get were Fox, MY 9 Network (a local channel), Shop NBC... I suspect that if I were to move the leaf to another room, I might get access to additional channels.  ... I always keep my antenna near the same window on...

part two --- Looks like we got doodle's sex cleared up. I certainly assumed that *this* suspect was male. Or has someone hacked into the twitter accounts of journalists again? Shannon Rogers Richardson has been arrested in connection with alleged ricin-tainted letters mailed last month to President ...

hah. I've got a German friend named Jan -- I know you're probably Dutch, Mr van Mourik -- and he often gets phone calls for "Jan" with the J pronounced as in jelly or for you Americans out there, as in Jan from the Brady Bunch. I have always assumed that PointedStick has an afro and sandal...

I've had a Terk HD antenna for about 9 years now since 2002. I thought I was so clever when I got it, and it really does perform well. However, when analog was phased out in the U.S., ABC lost their good spot in the spectrum and despite quadrupling the strength of their signal, I lost "Lost.&qu...

In any event divorce is a sin, Not really. I respect that people of certain faiths view it that way but for me it was a blessing. My ex and I are both happier now after "graduating" from each other. We're like old friends, and more importantly, I wouldn't have been free to meet my wife if...

A great old thread.

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I hadn't heard about the divorce. That's big news! How much of a jackass do you have to be to make a woman want to divorce you if you are the head of state of one of the most powerful and high profile nations in the world? Well, you have to be a big enough jackass to become the head of state of one ...

Fidelity will allow gold American Eagle 1-oz coins in the IRA ... Say what? I've been a Fidelity customer for years and never heard about this. They sure don't advertise it very much. They used to talk about this at bogleheads or some other forum and I did see it on Fidelity's home screen when gold...

Imagine how many more Soviets would have defected if they'd had access to the picture above. ;-)

Is this a good time to rebalance and take profits in stocks?  How frowned-upon is this type of market timing?  In other words, how badly could I screw up my returns assuming I timed everything very poorly... That looks like two very different questions (or 3), but you probably know the answer to th...