Is It Safe Yet?

Mar 19, 09 Is It Safe Yet?

Posted by in Soul-Survival

One night last week, I woke up around 2 A.M.  Normally, I find that I am forced into contortion, barely hanging on to the edge of my bed, while my 7 year old sleeps like a king with his knee in my back.  But that night, I was unusually comfortable…and alone.  I decided to sneak downstairs and check on my lil man.  I was sure...

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Misplaced Economic Outrage

Boo hoo!  AIG paid their top executives $160 million of our hard earned tax dollars and we are supposed to be up in arms about it.  Maybe you are genuinely pissed about this issue; and maybe it’s a way to rile up the Joes to get a free drink at the local pub. Either way, I am quite bored by the grandstanding from...

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What Does Surviving The Recession Mean?

Mar 13, 09 What Does Surviving The Recession Mean?

Posted by in Recession Opinions

When I visit STR, which is everyday, I am more than pleased at the progress the site is making, the new connections being forged, the insights that I am gaining, and the new skills I have learned.  Amazingly, the growth of the site is almost diametrical to the current state of the economy.  I have immersed myself in economic...

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The Two Year Diet: How to Lose 400 Years of Oppression in Just 24 Months

So this speech isn’t exactly about the recession. But anything Obama related is tied to the Recession these days. Besides… I figured yall wanted to see ya boy in action. ...

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Snow Daze

Mar 04, 09 Snow Daze

Posted by in Investing, Jobs and Business

Thanks to the snow storm that pounded the east coast, J is on his third snow day this week.  We haven’t seen anything like it.  Let me rephrase…we haven’t experienced anything like it.  So, while the snowball fights, snow angels, and failed attempts at snowmen were fun, there were some unexpected downfalls. I have seen...

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Big Easy Bona-Fides Not So Easily Defined

Mar 03, 09 Big Easy Bona-Fides Not So Easily Defined

Posted by in Soul-Survival

Plane tickets have been cheap lately, especially if you catch thrift-lovers’ specials on discount sites of the usual suspects.  Armed with this info, I had no choice, it seems, but to book a flight back to the motherland… New Orleans… So what if I arrived almost a week after Mardi Gras?  Not a problem.  I had...

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