Advent continues on merrily, hopefully you are having fun with it. If you have been reading my twitter feed, you have seen that I have resurrected my Financial Advent Calendar (from many years ago) in the land of 144 characters or less! It was fun when I did it a few years ago, hopefully it is still topical.
Happy Chanukah!
John McAfee may make some OK anti-virus, and may have made a lot of money from it, but his life currently is tabloid fodder. He has been accused of murder, he has been on the run and he eventually got found because a photographer posted a photo of Mr. McAfee, which had GPS co-ordinates in the meta-data. The Meta-data in any picture you post on the web should be wiped (if we learn anything from this interesting story). Hopefully Mr. Norton is leading a quieter life?
For those claiming there is a war on Christmas, lighten up, wish folks Merry Christmas and move on with your life. If there is a war on Christmas, Christmas is winning!
Happy Chanukah to my Jewish friends as well, I couldn’t find a video of Adam Sandler singing either Chunukah song.
Twitter Land
In my version of the Twit-o-sphere there were some quite interesting oldies that I found along with some retweets of some of my favorite writers:
Adventures in Car Buying (or Now that is Chutzpah!) http://t.co/gOUpTp1J #in #yakezie (OBG)
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 1, 2012
Advent: It Begins Again http://t.co/UXYRe4om
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 2, 2012
Once You Have 2000 Posts… http://t.co/MZ6r4fvm #Content via @bigcajunman (OBG)
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 3, 2012
I wish I was a Runner http://t.co/vgzjKaGa (OBG) #in #yakezie
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 3, 2012
Why Not Just Give Ca$h? http://t.co/vmwWaNpI (OBG) #in #yakezie
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 4, 2012
Whatever little money you have, make sure you spend it… http://t.co/D0KNlj59 (OBG) #in #yakezie #Christmas
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 5, 2012
Dickens and Finance Revisited http://t.co/JdexiRvE (OBG) #in #yakezie #Christmas
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 6, 2012
The Eaton’s Catalog and The Sweater http://t.co/dwi1XvGH (OBG) #in #yakezie #video #Christmas
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 7, 2012
Sometimes you need to take a risk http://t.co/ObH6JVbP (OBG) #in #yakezie #Hoops
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 8, 2012
Advent Calendar
Financial Advent Calendar Box 1: Start a Financial plan for 2013, which you can stick to #FinancialAdvent
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 4, 2012
Fin Advent Calendar Box 3: Get Safety Deposit Box & put your Will, Insurance Policies and important doc'ts in it #FinancialAdvent
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 5, 2012
Fin Advent Calendar Box 4: A note: Get term life insurance if you are married and have kids #FinancialAdvent
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 5, 2012
Fin Advent Calendar Box 5: Write a Will, or update your will, if you have family, you need a will #FinancialAdvent
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 6, 2012
Fin Advent Calendar Box 6: Money doesn't buy happiness, but Debt sure buys misery #DontUseCredit4Xmas #FinancialAdvent
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 7, 2012
Fin Advent Calendar Box 7: Use points and Old Gift Cards to help pay for Xmas, saving you Cash! #FinancialAdvent
— Big Cajun Man (aw) (@bigcajunman) December 8, 2012
Video
One of my biggest issues with my co-workers is the same problem that most women have with the men in their lives, they don’t listen, they try to solve problems too damn quickly! Don’t believe me? Watch this interesting video from our friends at Ted.Com
It seems Macafee has gone off the deep end. I read in some of the initial reports that he’s all hopped up on those bath salts drugs. I’m not surprised, it makes me wonder when a rich American leaves the U.S. for some tiny country if they’re not doing so because lax laws elsewhere let them indulge in behavior (like drugs) that’s not acceptable in the U.S.
“If people don’t wish to be helped, then leave them alone. Passion for growth… knowledge is available. Don’t tell them what to do, listen to them.”
Excellent video, I hope others watch it. Great humour (those lucky hippos), and a serious message. We can learn more from others by listening. Thanks for sharing this, made my morning! Mr.CBB