Labor Day Links

Lots of these are non-investment related…and it took a little longer to post than normal.  The good news is the cast comes off soon and I can get back to writing some of those white papers.

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Traveling to Dallas next week, drop me a line if you’re around.

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I really miss going to the drive-in – used to do it all the time growing up in Colorado.  Now, the drive-in comes to you

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TiVo’d – Ken Burns’s new National Parks documentary series on PBS.

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Gonna teach all of my nephews how to dominate the paper plane folding world.

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Gold trading at $999 on 9/9/09.  Coincidence?

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Pre-ordered Bernstein’s new book on how to avoid the market collapse after the fact. (That is a little harsh, as he usually writes good books but focuses mostly on strategic buy and hold asset allocation. That, and he poached some research without giving it credit/citing the original source last year.) Regardless, I’m looking forward to what he has to say.

The Investor’s Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between.

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I was planning my first ever ski trip to Europe next year (tenatively St. Anton), but with the US $ puking as much as it is Mammoth is looking a lot more attractive.

From FutureSource:

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