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A Defensive Investment for Uncertain Times
With the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all hitting new highs on a regular basis, I’m starting to get more defensive in my investing.
Low Carb Dieting – Day 15 – 10 lbs Lost!
It’s been over two weeks since Heavenly and have been on the diet. We both have done quite well. I met my goal to the pound of 10 lbs… Heavenly did even better at around 15 lbs.
Liveable Wage at UVM
Over the last week there has been much news and talk over this UVM protest over the lowest starting wages of $10.60/hour, which would be $22,048/year.
Low Carb Dieting
Heavenly and I decided to go back on the Atkins Diet (or low carb diet or South Beach Diet) to lose a few pounds we’ve gained over the winter.
Snowmen in April!?
As many of you may know, we got another snowstorm this week here in Burlington, Vermont.
Busy, busy, busy…
I know it’s been over a month since I’ve posted. I’ve so much on plate lately and things are finally settling down.
Protests Over $124 Billion War Spending Bill
It seems that the $124 billion emergency supplemental spending bill for the War in Iraq has been unpopular with both Republicans and some strong anti-war protesters.
Vermont Trans Fat Ban Proposed
Vermont could follow in New York City’s footsteps in passing legislation that would ban restaurants and other eateries from preparing and serving food that contains trans fats.
Digging out in Burlington…
As many of us know, this year’s Valentine’s activities were cut short by Mother Nature…Here I am, bundled up & helping shovel Jeremy has a post & pics I took the day of & after. Thanks for subscribing to my feed!I always welcome comments, so please… feel free! The post Digging out in Burlington… appeared […]
Valentine’s Day Blizzard
Wow, what a storm! Over the weekend, Heavenly and I finally finished clearing our driveway of snow. We shoveled 3 times on the day of the storm, a couple times after and then finally cleared a second spot for visitors on Sunday.
Bill Proposed to Ban Distractions in Cars
Many have now heard about Republican state representative Thomas Koch’s distracted driving bill.
Ice & snow sculptures coming to Burlington this weekend!
Yeah, due to some last minute saving maneuvers by some wonderful UVM students, a few events have been saved from the chopping block. My favorite is the ice sculptures.Click this link for some video footage I took of last year’s sculptures, near the ECHO center.Hosting courtesy of Hello Burlington. Thankfully this year, the sculptures will […]
Global warming campaign coming to Burlington
Just received this from VPIRG (Vermont Public Interest Research Group): Global warming is all over the news, and has become the top issue of this legislative session, ski season and kitchen table conversations everywhere. But it will be up to the people of Vermont to ensure we find solutions that match the severity of the […]
Patience is a Virtue
When investing, you sometimes need patience. Especially when you invest in companies that are out of favor with wall street. However, it’s usually when wall street hates a stock, that it gets cheap.
UVM Students Save the Ice Sculpture Contest
A big congrats to Gregory’s class for succeeding where the city couldn’t. I thought it should be possible to still have the event without taxpayer’s money. You would think that with all the connections the city officials and CEDO have, they should have easily been able to find the sponsors to pick up the tab.
Bangor Maine Makes It Illegal to Smoke in Cars
The Bangor Maine city council recently approved a smoking ban in vehicles where kids are present.
Inventor of Ramen Noodles Dies
Momofuku Ando the inventor of the world’s first instant noodle or better known as ramen noodles died on Friday (January 5, 2007).
It’s Hammer Time!
Did you know that as of this year, all passports issued by the US State Department will include an always-on radio frequency identification (RFID) chip to make it easier for officials, or hackers, to get your personal stats?
Happy New Year!
Wow, what a year 2006 has been… at the end of 2005 I had set out to complete some ambitious goals and did better than expected on most of them.
Annual Winter Festival not happening this year…
Yeah, I know… long time no blog, since (glances at past blog entry) November! wow… anyways, here’s the 1st entry for ’07 Yup, announced on Ch. 3 last night: Burlington is putting the freeze on its annual winter festival. The snow sculpture contest and popular Penguin Plunge have helped attract people to the waterfront at […]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales Look Strong
As you may know, part of what I do is run several online retail websites including jlryan.com, champlaincoffee.com, portablechangingroom.com and cosmicvitamins.com. Usually, jlryan.com and champlaincoffee.com get large increases in sales for the holiday season.
What I’m thankful for…
Every Thanksgiving, I do reflect on things and think to myself what I’m most thankful for. This will actually be the first time I’ve actually written (or typed) my thoughts.