Recent content by Sleestak

I have mixed feelings. Best wishes to our servicemembers. War is hell. This post has been edited to comply with Joe's no-politics bent. Hopefully the fact that I have mixed feelings is OK with all.

I took the DoD DRP+VERA offer. My last day in the office was Tuesday. It was a wistful day. Nice going-away gathering. I am on administrative leave until my September 30 retirement date. Full pay and benefits to sit around and annoy the wife! I plan to go back as a contractor in October...

I thought he did a great job in Conspiracy Theory

Happy 420 Day Everyone

Signed up for DRP+VERA. Last day in the office is in May, retirement day is at end of September. Got the whole summer to myself.

I know this is a stock thread, but I will say that I went ahead and bought my $10k iBond for the year. Not too much I can do to protect myself against inflation, but I did what I could. Sure wish I didn't sell in early 2024 two $10k tranches that had a 0% fixed rate. My iBond pile is smaller...

I'm planning to retire at the end of June. I'm a Fed, taking advantage of the VERA. Will be 55 in a couple months. My plans haven't changed. I won't need to sell stocks until 2028 at the soonest, and can stretch it to 2030 pretty comfortably, which makes it easier to stay chill. I've been...

No, I was posing two honest questions. - Should high officials, for instance an AG or a President, publicly pronounce guilt? - Is an AG pronouncement of guilt considered "ok" because that stance is expected for that job?

Does nobody else take issue with Bondi saying via statement that "Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson ... was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination..."? Hard to get a fair trial anywhere in the US when the AG says "he's guilty". Are AG given latitude because it is assumed that they always...

Read and collected some Marvel comics in 70s and 80s. Some of my favorite runs and/or limited series: Wolverine 1-4, limited series, Frank Miller, 1982 Ronin 1-6, limited series, Frank Miller, 1983 (DC Comics) Contest of Champions, 1982 (actually sucked, but somewhat significant) Thor 337-340...

Fair warning: I just nibbled at a little VOO. The real downturn may now begin.

Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

Sorry, no. But it was one of those rowhouses that functions as a 12-room hotel. Great little cozy bar off the entry. Kept kegs of local beer in a cage on the garage roof (cage due to thieves), hauled a new one in through the window. Can't remember the name of the place, just that the owner's...

Break out the sweaters!