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bluechromis... I won't spill her good news, just say it was super nice to see her being happy and ambitious and psyched to learn about finances. :) I think maybe I need to reread Rich Dad, Poor Dad since there was a whole lot that wasn't sounding too familar... though I'm disappointed to learn from its Amazon page that the author sells all kinds of other crap to the especially gullible. Remind me to pick this one up used. :b
My vaguely related thoughts: multiple income streams do generally sound like a good thing to pick up. I haven't come across anything yet that's nearly as easy, timewise, as buying stocks (especially index funds). Dividend payments are low these days, so they don't really count in my mind as a separate source of income. They do represent a certain amount of time I could get by without income though. HLM has proved to me pretty conclusively that you can save up a stack of money and then live for a couple of years with no job and not die. Admittedly that's not sustainable, but it is repeatable, and it's easy. :) That said, it's not like I don't want to learn more... I just have 500 other things on the brain too.
I had a lot more I wanted to say about seeing M and editor bear, but I will merely say that it was fun, HLM and editor bear got to do some talking, and the sproggen did not dominate the conversation. I gave M my copy of Kushiel's Dart. I was upset to learn that editor bear and his lady bear, who have two daughters, are planning to take one more "chance" and then, if the third kid's also a girl, do the sperm-sex-separation thing to make sure they get a boy the fourth time around. Ugh, don't do that, bear. If you have to have a son that's one issue, but at least be sure of it on round #3 instead of gambling with the creation of another human being.
Can't believe it's time for advanced TKD already tonight--I just got over being sore from Sunday squats! I'm developing a theory that my body may not want to be working out as hard as I'm working it out. Or maybe that's just laziness. Hard to tell sometimes.
bluechromis... I won't spill her good news, just say it was super nice to see her being happy and ambitious and psyched to learn about finances. :) I think maybe I need to reread Rich Dad, Poor Dad since there was a whole lot that wasn't sounding too familar... though I'm disappointed to learn from its Amazon page that the author sells all kinds of other crap to the especially gullible. Remind me to pick this one up used. :bMy vaguely related thoughts: multiple income streams do generally sound like a good thing to pick up. I haven't come across anything yet that's nearly as easy, timewise, as buying stocks (especially index funds). Dividend payments are low these days, so they don't really count in my mind as a separate source of income. They do represent a certain amount of time I could get by without income though. HLM has proved to me pretty conclusively that you can save up a stack of money and then live for a couple of years with no job and not die. Admittedly that's not sustainable, but it is repeatable, and it's easy. :) That said, it's not like I don't want to learn more... I just have 500 other things on the brain too.
I had a lot more I wanted to say about seeing M and editor bear, but I will merely say that it was fun, HLM and editor bear got to do some talking, and the sproggen did not dominate the conversation. I gave M my copy of Kushiel's Dart. I was upset to learn that editor bear and his lady bear, who have two daughters, are planning to take one more "chance" and then, if the third kid's also a girl, do the sperm-sex-separation thing to make sure they get a boy the fourth time around. Ugh, don't do that, bear. If you have to have a son that's one issue, but at least be sure of it on round #3 instead of gambling with the creation of another human being.
Can't believe it's time for advanced TKD already tonight--I just got over being sore from Sunday squats! I'm developing a theory that my body may not want to be working out as hard as I'm working it out. Or maybe that's just laziness. Hard to tell sometimes.
