Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Crazy Conspiracy Thought

What if someone (or some group) had been manipulating oil prices, but once they saw Obama win, they decided to lay low for a while, because they don't want the American people to completely abandon oil?

What if John McCain had won and the oil prices would have stayed high because John McCain's policy was to invest in offshore drilling (i.e. more oil flowing) rather than clean energy technologies?

Just a crazy thought.

It is weird how the price of oil dropped since summer. It takes the wind out of people's anger against oil.

I kind of wish oil prices had stayed high because it would have kept people interested in solar and wind power.

:(

Why you should give up drinking booze

So last night, feeling sorry for myself, I went to a bar by myself and drank two drinks.

Cost of each drink: $5, tip to cute bar-maid: $2.

$14 for two drinks.

I probably drink three times a week. Cost: $42 -- except most bars aren't as cheap as Daddy's (In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States).

So let's say $50 for easy math.

That's $200 a month.

$2400 a year

$24,000 a decade

$120,000 over 50 years

If you figure in compound interest it's something like:
1.5 million!

http://www.moneychimp.com/calculator/compound_interest_calculator.htm

Now let's look at what I did on the way home.

I got the booze munchies, a common phenomenon for me.

So I spent another $15 on chips, salsa and a other goodies.

Now we're starting to talk some major money.

That's why I think I'm going to quit drinking.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Kanye West is an arrogant prick

I don't even know why this is news.

CNN reports that a rapper named Kanye West calls himself "the voice of our generation."

What a doofus. I don't listen to his music, except when my stupid ex-girlfriend put Madonna on in the car, and Kanye West was blabbering about how it's easy for him to get laid.

I'm sorry, but I'm part of Kanye's generation, and if that's all he has to say, he's not speaking for me.

Why, oh why does CNN put this as a news story.

Especially after Barack Obama becomes the role model of this generation.

Can the media stop giving idiots a public forum?

Who cares what Anna Nicole Smith, Paris Hilton or Kanye West think?