Archive for the 'Finances' Category
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- How’s your bank? |
Posted by e4 on May 30 2008
I keep seeing economists and politicians saying that the worst is past, the economy is stabilized, and best of all, we're not even in a recession! Then I run across something like this comment from the FDIC: Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, said it was likely loan-loss provisions ...
- Investing in a future |
Posted by e4 on May 21 2008
I'm finally getting to the point where I can write some things that have been floating around in my head for a while. It's been a busy couple of months, first with a new baby, then with a new Jersey cow. But hopefully now I can get back into a ...
- Blog slacker… |
Posted by e4 on Mar 31 2008
Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been a bit distracted. I'd hoped to have a little write-up about having a low-energy birth, but alas, Fate (or something resembling it) was against us. Just to stay on topic, here are a couple links of interest: Aprovecho.org. They've got a lot of interesting ...
- Just how screwed is our financial system anyway?!? |
Posted by e4 on Mar 16 2008
This is probably way off topic for a peak oil oriented blog, but I am just blown away by this. Bear Stearns is a large US financial institution. Reportedly the fifth largest in the country. Other than being a little more heavily invested in hedge funds and mortgage-backed securities, their business ...
- 200 Things: Home |
Posted by e4 on Feb 06 2008
By Sharon Astyk. Reprinted with permission. **** If you live in a place where it gets hot in the summer, consider building a screen room (a room with screened windows all around or almost always around), either attached to your house or separate. You can put a wood cookstove in the screenroom ...