On Risk PDF Print E-mail
Written by Michelle   
Sunday, 20 September 2009 17:30

So, there has been a lot of explanations of what exactly happened when the real estate bubble's burst caused (or increased the speed of) the current economic downturn.  And a lot of it makes no sense to the casual observer, for example, why would a big stack of sub-prime mortgages ever be a good investment?  The key to understanding that is to understand how financial people assess risk and assign ratings.

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Gold Farmers PDF Print E-mail
Written by michelle   
Wednesday, 15 July 2009 21:36

Due to gold farmers using my site to leave stupid gold farming comments, I've disabled comments for non-users.  As soon as I figure out how to make it so people can read them and then log in to comment I will.  In the mean time I'm taking my ball and going home.  :P

I'm good, I figured it out already.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 15 July 2009 21:48 )
 
SCARE for a Cure PDF Print E-mail
Written by Michelle   
Monday, 15 September 2008 02:25

During my spare time (*snicker*) I work for a non-profit organization that raises funds for various causes by putting on an annual haunted house.  This is the second non-profit group that I've worked on haunts with (excluding that one night in high-school that I got my heart ripped out (literally, but fake) for a Jaycees fund raiser.)

The first was the Wild Basin's Haunted Trails.  Now I, and many other volunteers from Trails, work for SCARE for a Cure.  The charities they benefit change each year, but they try to go towards helping someone local deal with or recover from a tragic disease, usually cancer.  In its second truly public year, SCARE is raising funds for scholarships for students that have been adversely affected by cancer.  Dealing with cancer personally or within a family can derail a student's journey to college, both financially and emotionally, and that, like, totally sucks.

Last Updated ( Monday, 15 September 2008 02:26 )
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True-ish? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Michelle   
Wednesday, 25 February 2009 22:52

 From this article:

Republicans criticized Obama’s tax proposals, contending many small business owners would face higher taxes if taxes are raised for individuals with incomes above $250,000. The profits of most small businesses are taxed at the individual level.

“Every dollar the government takes is a dollar that cannot be used to make that month’s payroll or reinvested to create new jobs,” said Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri, the ranking Republican on the House Small Business Committee.

Does Congressman Graves have a bad understanding of tax law, or is it just me?

Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 February 2009 21:54 )
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Open Source Software -- Accounting Style PDF Print E-mail
Written by Michelle   
Monday, 23 June 2008 01:26

I've been doing research on software that I can use for maintaining the books for The League.  The easy choice is an off-the-shelf accounting package that everyone and their brother can use, but I drank the proverbial Kool-Aid on open source.  So the search began.

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