Comments on: 2006 Goal Setting, Other Stuff

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 08:13:00 +0000

“I’m not sure what kind of ticket I can get for moving through a line of traffic, but I’m willing to find out.”

As a motorcyclist, I can tell you with certainty that what you are doing is ‘lanesplitting’ and lanesplitting is illegal in all states except CA right now. The level of punishment will depend on the jurisdiction and the officer who observed you lanesplitting. Most will let you slide, at worst giving you a warning; others will write you up. Testing the waters is probably your best move. Ask other scooter riders also.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:33:00 +0000

"Listen brother, if rules were kosher with us, we would've been next in line at the next corporate office. DON'T MOVE THE COFFEE BEANS FROM THE COFFEE ROOM, DAMNIT! But, what did we do? No, we ventured out to create our own rules. We live in a world where coffee beans outside the coffee room is acceptable phenomenon."

Your analogy is flawed. The entrepreneur doesn't take the beans that don't belong to him and move them somewhere he doesn't have permission to.

The entrepreneur grows his own beans, does what he wants with them, and outperforms the company with the restrictive rules.

If your logic held up, corporate criminals who line their pockets by defrauding employees and shareholders are just "entrepreneurs" who are bending the rules to be personally successful.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:28:00 +0000

To the individual who called me a “girl scout” above:

Spare me. Breaking traffic laws because one doesn’t have the patience to obey them has nothing to do with being an entrepreneur. It has to do with being an immature, impatient brat who doesn’t have the sense to not risk throwing away money to pay traffic violations.

A mature, responsible adult — especially one with any business sense — leaves enough time between commitments to reach his or her destintation safely and legally. Don’t conflate entrepreneurialism with disrespect for the law and the safety of one’s fellow citizens.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:34:00 +0000

Eh, you can lose a lot of money starting a business, real estate, etc. Managing the risk in whatever investment is key, and of course anything can happen.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:19:00 +0000

I just stumbled randomly upon your site and I’m hooked! Suscribed!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:11:00 +0000

Nev, I just checked and the cop is right (go figure) – Lane Splitting, as it is called, is currently illegal in Texas.

However, it is being considered for legalization by the Texas legislature, as it is legal in many other states. You should hob-nob with some state officials like you do with businessmen, and get that fixed =)

By: jim

jim — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:07:00 +0000

With Godaddy, nothing prevents you from putting in bogus information.

By: Neville

Neville — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:24:00 +0000

Michael,
I usually use GoDaddy for registering a domain, but I have a dedicated server for hosting all my domains.

Gualberto,
Much of my money is in stocks, however I've known many people to lose massive amounts of their networth in stock. Supposing the worst happens, I will always have cash in my low yield investments. I like risk, but I think it's also neccessary to be somewhat conservative.

Jonathan Hartman,
Right on.

Anonymous,
When I say splitting my accounts, I literally mean I have a different account. I generally keep over $500 in each account in order to avoid monthly fees.

Michael Patzer,
I've been holding DYN for a long time now. Yes, they are heavily in debt after the whole Enron thing, but they have been trying to turn that around, with relative success.
I usually do all my own research, as I've never had much success taking reccommendations from other people....especially from stock gurus.

By: Michael Patzer

Michael Patzer — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:24:00 +0000

I never thought DYN was a good pick for your portfolio because of the debt, but Moody’s raised its debt rating today, and I’m watching Jim Cramer sing its praises right now. I know it’s sort of unrelated, but I couldn’t find a post about your portfolio. Did you do all your own research when you picked your stocks, or do you listen analysts/experts/tips?

By: jeoff krontz

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