On my mind...
I'm so pumped for the start of Lost next Thursday. It's been a long 8 months since the last episode. It will be a bitter sweet start though. While it will be great to see the show start up again, it will suck knowing that there are only 8 episodes because of the writers strike. And apparently the part where they stopped filming is a pivotal part of the season that will leave fans wanting more. Of course noone knows how long the strike will go on, so it could be years before we see a conclusion.
At work they offered a Net benefits plan for our 401k. It's advertised as being somewhat of a no brainer approach to investing for your retirement. You let Fidelity manage your account and they are supposed to rebalance which funds you invest in periodically to maximize your returns. Well when I was managing my own 401k, I was up 12% for the year. Last year when Fidelity did it, I was up only 6%. In the 3 weeks they managed it in 2008, I've been down over 10%. Considering I've been contributing to my 401k for 8 years now, I lost a sizable amount of money. So I took the bull by the horns and opted out of the net benefits account and opened a brokerage account. I started buying and selling my own funds this week. We'll see how things go. The market has been crazy since the 1st of the year will all the talk of recession, the upcoming election and the value of the US dollar dropping like Lindsay Lohans panties. So it should be interesting. I purchased some mutual funds last year with my annual bonus, and the one TROWE Price fund I bought was up 27.91 percent for 2007. So I hope all the funds I pick do so well. Not likely, but I can dream.
Im totally addicted to this online flash golf game. Supposedly as you play and get better more courses and equipment become available to you. And hey, I think it's for charity.
I don't get the appeal of American Idol.
The woman who wrote the screenplay for Juno is kinda hot.
John Edwards was on Letterman the other night and listening to him and seeing him, he reminded me of Kenny from 30 Rock. Maybe it's just their accents. It was great when Letterman tussled John Edwards hair.
At work they offered a Net benefits plan for our 401k. It's advertised as being somewhat of a no brainer approach to investing for your retirement. You let Fidelity manage your account and they are supposed to rebalance which funds you invest in periodically to maximize your returns. Well when I was managing my own 401k, I was up 12% for the year. Last year when Fidelity did it, I was up only 6%. In the 3 weeks they managed it in 2008, I've been down over 10%. Considering I've been contributing to my 401k for 8 years now, I lost a sizable amount of money. So I took the bull by the horns and opted out of the net benefits account and opened a brokerage account. I started buying and selling my own funds this week. We'll see how things go. The market has been crazy since the 1st of the year will all the talk of recession, the upcoming election and the value of the US dollar dropping like Lindsay Lohans panties. So it should be interesting. I purchased some mutual funds last year with my annual bonus, and the one TROWE Price fund I bought was up 27.91 percent for 2007. So I hope all the funds I pick do so well. Not likely, but I can dream.
Im totally addicted to this online flash golf game. Supposedly as you play and get better more courses and equipment become available to you. And hey, I think it's for charity.
I don't get the appeal of American Idol.
The woman who wrote the screenplay for Juno is kinda hot.
John Edwards was on Letterman the other night and listening to him and seeing him, he reminded me of Kenny from 30 Rock. Maybe it's just their accents. It was great when Letterman tussled John Edwards hair.
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We have the Net benefits thing at work also. i gotta find out how I did this past year.
The woman who wrote Juno was a stripper at one time.
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