Stock it to me, Baby

I'm pretty sure I've gotten Ameritrade and First Tech talking and swapping spit. Yesterday I told Ameritrade to go get some spit from First Tech but I didn't make the 5 p.m. (EDT) cut off so I won't know for sure if it worked until Monday.

But, when the money gets there, here's what I'm thinking...

Sirius
Amazon
Ebay
Target
Hormel
Staples
Krispy Kreme

Yep, I'm getting more KKD. I mean the stuff is cheap and it's coming back. I swear to you... It's coming back.

This will be added to the stock I already have:

Krispy Kreme
Federated Stores
Tivo

I pick my stocks like I pick my horses, by the color of the jockey's silks. It's worked for me before and it's a lot more fun than wading through all that financial shit.

Once upon a time I lived in Minnesota and I worked for IBM and I did something good and my manager gave me a gift award of something like $3,000. I had met a woman the week before who was a stock broker so I called her and said 'so... You want this $3,000???' We met for lunch and she was great. She said 'hey, lets get you something fun. What do you love?'

As it happened Liz Claiborne had just come out with a line of clothes that was perfect for me. They were fun and yet corporate enough to pass at IBM.

And, Hormel - about 20 miles down the road - was doing all kinds of research and testing of easy, fast, tastey food for singles. Plus, I really do love Spam.

So I divided up that $3,000 between Liz and Hormel.

Cut to a year later. IBM moved me to northern California. I got there just as real estate prices were peaking for that decade and managed to buy in when the price was the highest. I needed every dime I could get my hands on. Liz and Hormel had done their part. They had turned my $3,000 to $4,500 in just one year.

Last night I dug out my Ameritrade stuff to see when I actually opened the account - April, 2000. I put in $2,000 and bought and sold some stuff - keeping the original KKD shares. I used to keep hard copies of the monthly statements and found a couple of statements when that $2,000 had swollen up to more than $3,600.

Sadly, today it is $1,239. But does that stop me??? Heck. No.

Stock it to me, Baby

I'm pretty sure I've gotten Ameritrade and First Tech talking and swapping spit. Yesterday I told Ameritrade to go get some spit from First Tech but I didn't make the 5 p.m. (EDT) cut off so I won't know for sure if it worked until Monday.

But, when the money gets there, here's what I'm thinking...

Sirius
Amazon
Ebay
Target
Hormel
Staples
Krispy Kreme

Yep, I'm getting more KKD. I mean the stuff is cheap and it's coming back. I swear to you... It's coming back.

This will be added to the stock I already have:

Krispy Kreme
Federated Stores
Tivo

I pick my stocks like I pick my horses, by the color of the jockey's silks. It's worked for me before and it's a lot more fun than wading through all that financial shit.

Once upon a time I lived in Minnesota and I worked for IBM and I did something good and my manager gave me a gift award of something like $3,000. I had met a woman the week before who was a stock broker so I called her and said 'so... You want this $3,000???' We met for lunch and she was great. She said 'hey, lets get you something fun. What do you love?'

As it happened Liz Claiborne had just come out with a line of clothes that was perfect for me. They were fun and yet corporate enough to pass at IBM.

And, Hormel - about 20 miles down the road - was doing all kinds of research and testing of easy, fast, tastey food for singles. Plus, I really do love Spam.

So I divided up that $3,000 between Liz and Hormel.

Cut to a year later. IBM moved me to northern California. I got there just as real estate prices were peaking for that decade and managed to buy in when the price was the highest. I needed every dime I could get my hands on. Liz and Hormel had done their part. They had turned my $3,000 to $4,500 in just one year.

Last night I dug out my Ameritrade stuff to see when I actually opened the account - April, 2000. I put in $2,000 and bought and sold some stuff - keeping the original KKD shares. I used to keep hard copies of the monthly statements and found a couple of statements when that $2,000 had swollen up to more than $3,600.

Sadly, today it is $1,239. But does that stop me??? Heck. No.

A new vocab

Here are the words that are not going to escape from my lips again:

• Awesome!
• You Rock!
• Sweet! (unless someone asks 'sour or sweet?' And then I'll probaby go with 'not sour')

And, yes, this is a direct result of my across the hall neighbors at work. Karen and I have decided that these these expressions are the quickest way to prove missing brain cells.

For my own sanity, I need to prove that this side of the hall is at least thinking. So no more

• Awesome!
• You Rock!
• Sweet!

From me...

A new vocab

Here are the words that are not going to escape from my lips again:

• Awesome!
• You Rock!
• Sweet! (unless someone asks 'sour or sweet?' And then I'll probaby go with 'not sour')

And, yes, this is a direct result of my across the hall neighbors at work. Karen and I have decided that these these expressions are the quickest way to prove missing brain cells.

For my own sanity, I need to prove that this side of the hall is at least thinking. So no more

• Awesome!
• You Rock!
• Sweet!

From me...

Bits - Tid and otherwise

I walked all through downtown this afternoon on the way home from work. I walked and walked and stopped and the library and walked home from there. I saw more than a few out-of-town looking people with Red Sox paraphernalia on. I gave each and every one of them a giant 'Welcome to Seattle' smile. I should have apologized for last night's game but I didn't the best I could muster was hiding my smirk.

Jake and Betty are having a disagreement about something in the hallway. I don't know who started it or who's fault it is but it's been going on long enough now that I'm sure the vacume cleaner will be called for duty.

Lately, whenever Betty is on the pillow at the end of the couch, and Jake sees her, he goes over and bites her on the back until she moves and the he settles in on the pillow.

They are now in the living room on either side of the coffee table stalking each other.

I finally got the final Discover bill from the card I canceled 6 weeks ago. Tomorrow morning is Reconcile Discover Accounts Day here at chez SusanDennis. It only took about a dozen phone calls to get the damn thing.

I finished an interesting book today - James Marcus was employee number 55 at Amazon and he wrote about his 5 years there in a book called Amazonian. It was a really good read.

I ordered my new camera from PricesRite.Com - it's a barebones site that I'd never done business with before. Their price was good and they offered UPS (as opposed to FedEx) shipping and I could use my Discover card so I ordered. I love a tracking number and order status details. This place turns out to offer both. I got emails when I ordered, when they shipped and when they got the tracking number. I am pretty impressed. In the last email they offered me $20 off my next $100 order from their website if I fill out their survey and give them a 5 star rating. However, the email had no instructions on where to find the survey. They didn't even have the URL of their site in the email. It's the little things.

Tomorrow there is a big college football game in the football stadium in the afternoon and a Mariners game in the baseball stadium - both sold out. This neighborhood will be action central.

Tonight, I have General Tso's chicken from my friendly deli for dinner.

Bits - Tid and otherwise

I walked all through downtown this afternoon on the way home from work. I walked and walked and stopped and the library and walked home from there. I saw more than a few out-of-town looking people with Red Sox paraphernalia on. I gave each and every one of them a giant 'Welcome to Seattle' smile. I should have apologized for last night's game but I didn't the best I could muster was hiding my smirk.

Jake and Betty are having a disagreement about something in the hallway. I don't know who started it or who's fault it is but it's been going on long enough now that I'm sure the vacume cleaner will be called for duty.

Lately, whenever Betty is on the pillow at the end of the couch, and Jake sees her, he goes over and bites her on the back until she moves and the he settles in on the pillow.

They are now in the living room on either side of the coffee table stalking each other.

I finally got the final Discover bill from the card I canceled 6 weeks ago. Tomorrow morning is Reconcile Discover Accounts Day here at chez SusanDennis. It only took about a dozen phone calls to get the damn thing.

I finished an interesting book today - James Marcus was employee number 55 at Amazon and he wrote about his 5 years there in a book called Amazonian. It was a really good read.

I ordered my new camera from PricesRite.Com - it's a barebones site that I'd never done business with before. Their price was good and they offered UPS (as opposed to FedEx) shipping and I could use my Discover card so I ordered. I love a tracking number and order status details. This place turns out to offer both. I got emails when I ordered, when they shipped and when they got the tracking number. I am pretty impressed. In the last email they offered me $20 off my next $100 order from their website if I fill out their survey and give them a 5 star rating. However, the email had no instructions on where to find the survey. They didn't even have the URL of their site in the email. It's the little things.

Tomorrow there is a big college football game in the football stadium in the afternoon and a Mariners game in the baseball stadium - both sold out. This neighborhood will be action central.

Tonight, I have General Tso's chicken from my friendly deli for dinner.