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Archive for February, 2008

What is Meditation? Everything it seems

Meditation is something I have always been interested in, but never really grasped. Some blogger posted a link to this book on stress reduction The Millionaire Meditation and I had to click.
I only spent about 10 minutes reading the pertinent information in the book. Did I only spend 10 minutes on [...]

“purchasing power parity”

So I am reading Kiplinger’s and I come across this sentence.
The dollar is far below its “purchasing power parity” (a measure of the greenback’s buying power), which is a good guide to long-term exchange rates.
This term came as a shock to me. What exactly is “purchasing power parity”? I have had long arguments [...]

Carb withdrawl

My body is going through mild carb withdrawal. In the afternoon I have cravings for M&Ms or something similarly sugary. Mild headache to go along with it.
Last week I had chicken and pasta for lunch and two oranges almost every day and the same thing for dinner minus the oranges. Breakfast was [...]

101 Days until Cancun

And I am fat.
Not obese, but I have more body fat than I would like if I am going to chasing bikini clad women around a Mexican beach this summer.
So my long term plan:
Decrease binging eating and drinking. The only problem I really have with this, during non-holiday events, is going out [...]

Another way to look at savings (savings vs lifetime earnings)

Just some food for thought.
Saving is a long term commitment, but I usually only think of it in the short term. How much am I going to save this month, what percent of my income did I save for the year, etc.
But since it is a long term commitment, a long term [...]