This is the kind of nerd I am. Fun is…

surfing the fidelity.com website and trying to see what index fund, etf, or mutual fund has the highest performance to expense ratio for the last 3 years. playing microstakes ($0.10/$0.20) Omaha Pot Limit (hi only) and limping every single late position hand, regardless of the quality of my hand.  Just to learn how to steal.…

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“Danny Boy”, from the Muppet Show

The Internet is useful in ways you don’t understand.  I don’t say this because I have some unique insight into it’s inner workings, but simply because the sum total of information out there has different value to people in different situations. Take YouTube, for example.  For you it’s a source of funny distraction.  For me…

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Squid Pie and Skippy’s List

While I’m sitting here not producing the presentation I should be, I’m appreciating something called "Skippy’s List" of the 213 things he’s not allowed to do in the US Army.  I post it here merely because I’m laughing out loud at this and the Squid Pie story. Some of my favorites: 7. Not allowed to…

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Human space invaders stop motion film

I confess that I’m a little more tickled by retro space invaders jokes than other people at this moment, since Sarah’s knitting something for me with a space invaders alien on it.  This is pretty funny though, and I think you’ll enjoy it.

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