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    Steven Page leaving Barenaked Ladies

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    BNL definitely jumped the shark when that damn song one week. Their first two CD's Gordon and Maybe you Should Drive was their pinnacle. I remember seeing them at the old Icon downtown in the early 90's. Good times. They put out a children's album this year that my four year old loves. They should just stick to that genre at this point.

    Homebrewers of Off The Wall unite.....

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    I'm not sure of any issues with PET carboys. The only issue I have heard mentioned with plastic fermentation vessels in general is oxidation since there can be air exchange through plastic. I never worry about it and I have always done primary fermentation in food grade plastic buckets. I figure since I mostly brew ales that don't end up sitting in the primary for too long I'll end up ok. As KRC said sanitation is an issue. Since plastic can be easily scratched and harbor bacteria I always replace my fermentation buckets every year. Glass carboys are much easier to keep properly sanitized but they are a pain to clean.

    Anthony Bourdain... No Reservations

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    Although the quote in the original post was nice about Buffalo, I originally found out about the Buffalo episode last week when he spoke at the Durham Performing Arts Center. He said that he just finished filming a series of episodes he likes to call the "Fukked Up City Tour"....... Baltimore, Detroit and Buffalo.

    Lets discuss the Obama Stimulus

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    Maybe with regards to individual investing...But, not with my nest egg/retirement!

     

    I stemmed the tied early and I am out entirely (my retirement). Since Septemeber of last year I have nothing invested (my retirement) in the anything that can lose... It is all in a secure positive earning fund.

     

    I suspect a lot of people are doing that. ?? None of my money is anywhere near where it can keep the market up... See what I am saying? The market is gonna keep going down, I freely admit that I am not helping it... I am not going to keep losing money, I stemmed the lose last year at only 5k (chump change).

     

    It is all a confidence game that kept this market at over-valued numbers. Let it go where it naturally has to go.

     

    If I want to keep losing money, I will go to the boat and lose it by having at least a little fun for my buck.

     

    I have always been very conservative with my retirement... Almost to the point where I seen this coming (just didn't know when... I alwys suspected when the first Baby-Boomer hit 65 or so). I always played the game small and watched my earnings grow steadily AND WHAT I FEEL IS FAIR AND NOT TOO GREEDY. By this, I am not attached to mega loses. That has always been my philosophy. I may not have as much as other people, but I didn't lose my shirt and I still have a ton of money socked away at a fairly young age (40).

     

    Slow and steady wins the race.

     

    By doing this you are engaging in the practice of market timing. Academic research has shown this to be a very unwise investment strategy. Dr. William Bernstein's book The Four Pillars Of Investing is absolutely required reading for any investor. As he says in the book, young investors should get down on their hands and knees and pray for a market crash.

    Anthony Bourdain... No Reservations

    in Off the Wall Archives

    Posted

    It looks like Anthony Bourdain was in Buffalo recently filimg an episode of his popular travel channel show "No Reservations".

     

    Buffalo is a different culture. I look at Buffalo and Buffalonians as a different culture now. Ten years ago, I would have looked at them as those poor guys who live upstate, and I'm lucky enough to live in Manhattan. That's the way I would have seen it 10 years ago. Now I see it as a very distinct personality, a very distinct culture with its own architecture, its own kinda feel. It's, actually, a weirdly wonderful place. Even in winter. I think it took me traveling around the world to get to that point.--

     

    http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/01/bourd...ml#SlideFrame_0

    If it is not too late to get a flu shot ... get one

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    Latest weekly CDC flu report

     

    It looks like this years vaccine has closely matched circulating A strains (H1N1 & H3N2), B strain coverage however has not been as robust. Also, you can't get 'sick' from the flu shot. You can have an adverse reaction to it, especially if you are allergic to eggs or any excipients used in the manufacture of the vaccine, but there is zero chance of contracting flu from the flu shot.

    Friggin stock market!!!!

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    I would highly discourage engaging in market timing and the buying of individual stocks unless you do it as a hobby with the dollars in play being <5% of your entire portfolio. Market timing is a losers game. For anyone thinking of investing in the market either on their own or through a fee only financial planner I have always recommended this book Bogleheads' Guide To Investing. I just finished reading The Four Pillars Of Investing which is also outstanding.

    We've Got Snow!!!

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    The hysteria is in full force here in Raleigh in anticipation of the expected 2-4" falling overnight. Folks are getting testy as well when their winter driving skills are called into question. I don't know why people are so defensive about that though, 80% of the population are bad drivers regardless of weather conditions.

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