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Archive for October, 2008

Financial Panic (teotwawki!)

Posted in October 10th, 2008
by Chris in Uncategorized   

If you’ve been watching the news lately it’s all fear… financial meltdown, billions of dollars of wealth evaporating overnight… panic…. fear.  Coursing through the news, conversations at work, personal conversations… every where you turn, the sky is falling and it’s the end of the world as we know it.
So, first.  Turn off the freaking TV. [...]

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700 Billion Dollar Boondoggle?

Posted in October 5th, 2008
by Chris in Mashup   

Well, you’ve probably heard about the multi-billion dollar loan package that Congress passed this last week.  I’m slightly ambivalent about this.  I wouldn’t have done it but I think I understand the basic workings of the financial system to understand why Congress did it.  Frankly, the extra 100+ billion of pork is a whole lot [...]

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another (busy) Saturday

Posted in October 4th, 2008
by Chris in Uncategorized   

Today was busy… unfortunately, I still didn’t get the time to practice anything. I did, however, run a 5k in 22:38 or was it 22:35… ah, well, I can’t remember. Unfortunately it wasn’t fast enough to place in my age bracket, and that’s my current fastest time ever! argh!
After the race, we [...]

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