Friday, July 28, 2006
Samuel is on his way home!!!
No, I don't know what time he'll actually arrive home, but that will be worked out after he gets to LAX about 4:30, our time, this afternoon. :D
No, I don't know what time he'll actually arrive home, but that will be worked out after he gets to LAX about 4:30, our time, this afternoon. :D
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Words of an idiot:
Roger Schlesinger, an investment “expert”, says, “Suffice to say I can't stop the insanity but you can. You can end it for yourself by learning and understanding the power of home financing to get you out of the maze and on your way to financial freedom. At this point, someone always states they pay cash for everything. Unless you were born wealthy or won the lottery at a young age, you didn't buy your house with cash. You can use your house, however, to head yourself in the direction of being a cash buyer within a decade or two.”
Why do I say he’s an idiot? We paid cash for our home. We know other people who paid cash for their homes. You don’t start out by buying a house with debt and then work your way out of it,"within a decade or two". You start by buying a rat hole of a house or mobile home and improving on it to sell it for a better price. (Yes, even mobile homes can appreciate in value if you treat them right.)
Roger Schlesinger, an investment “expert”, says, “Suffice to say I can't stop the insanity but you can. You can end it for yourself by learning and understanding the power of home financing to get you out of the maze and on your way to financial freedom. At this point, someone always states they pay cash for everything. Unless you were born wealthy or won the lottery at a young age, you didn't buy your house with cash. You can use your house, however, to head yourself in the direction of being a cash buyer within a decade or two.”
Why do I say he’s an idiot? We paid cash for our home. We know other people who paid cash for their homes. You don’t start out by buying a house with debt and then work your way out of it,"within a decade or two". You start by buying a rat hole of a house or mobile home and improving on it to sell it for a better price. (Yes, even mobile homes can appreciate in value if you treat them right.)
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Vinton Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet, admits to a certain envy when he watches eight-year olds building Internet web pages, who use the electronic media with spontaneity and ease. "I keep thinking, I had to wait until I was 28 because we had to invent it first," he says.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Happy Independence Day!!
Thomas Jefferson once said, "The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management."
Thomas Jefferson once said, "The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management."
