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Scarab, nature, Egypt, ancient...
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Does the clock look alright? Or should I make the main circle a bit smaller? Or even bigger so it's all red?
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This is really nice, love the colours!
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Teenage actress Dakota Fanning once "lost it" during a chance meeting with Britney Spears - because she had idolised the singer for so many years.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
April, Jazz appreciation month
Thelonious Crunk is available now, just in time for April.
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With the physical copy of the zine there was a Mix cd. Here is the link to the track on the mix cd if you so desire.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
i made a game
i made a video game. The graphics were not my own. The music and sounds i did create. It is a simple drop game. the movement of zeeton is with the left and right arrow. there is a few glitches. the zeeton animation only faces one way. the objects that fall sometimes will appear very fast from the top of the screen and fall through. it can be discouraging. here is the link to download it.
it is unfortunately only for the windows pc users at this time. thank you
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Baby Robo V
Baby Robo V from psticks on Vimeo.A new weapon to the battle of monsters and unexplained troubles. I made this out of cardstock and card board. I started with the feet and worked my way up. I wanted to build a jumbo machinder. It has three points of articulation. The head i made from a mold i created from an old doll head i found at a thrift store. Baby Robo V ended up being a little taller then Gaiking. When i finished i applied a coat of fiberglass resin to keep it rigid. Then i hit it with my airbrush. Thank you.
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Warlock of Site
From the cavernous reaches of a crystaline tower, the warlock of site watches to see the mischief his spells endure. I made this new mego figure using a ping pong ball for the eye/head. the body and the boots i purchased from dr. mego. here is his site so if you are so inclined you could purchase your own body. http://drmego.fatcow.com/store/index.html I also built a box for him too. Like a real action figure. Thank you
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Monday, February 18, 2013
I made this simple theremin from a Forrest Mims III circuit design. it was really easy to make. thank you.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
New things here
Just a few things I finished before a new batch gets underway. I have about six new zines in the works. Of the sixone is fully complete while two of them are close to being finished. At the end of June one shall be released. Here is the cover of the new zine.
It is a bunch of plush characters i made interacting with backgrounds from various Nintendo games. The combination of two things that i enjoy, making dumb toys and playing Nintendo games. Below are some of the plush characters you will find inside the zine.
1. Efron I made him out of a High School Musical sock I found at the dollar store.
2. A pumpkinhead with skeletal body, made from felt.
3. Random big mouth monster.
4. Secret one eyed ghost made from a semi rigid foam block.
5. Silas was made from two car scrubbers used for cleaning your car, also found at the dollar store.
6. Nimoy was screenprinted on the material. He makes sounds, video coming soon.
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Ultra-dramatic, Steve, and just brilliant in every way, just love that split-second slice of action! Bravo, Sir!
this totally kicks it!!
Damn cool!
Your inks are flawless.
love your lines, man.
Stop being so cool and awesome Steve.
FUCK YES!!! Out of all your amazing illustrations and comic pages this is by far my favorite thing you've done. So good!!
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You're welcome! Hey, my comic is FINALLY available at IndyPlanet ( [link] ) and if someone with your experience had any tips on promoting it, I'd be very interested. Are there any blogs or reviewers it's worthwhile sending freebies to? Also, was it you that said ComiXpress is also worth using and that their print quality is actually better? Any others? Sorry to bug you but I know you have experience with this stuff. Thanks!
I don't think I sent out any for review. Just hit local shows, ebay(with a sketch inside-I had to put a drawing in them to move 'em!)-It was hard. Get ready for a lot of people at the shows walking past your table to go buy a batman toy instead. If I sold 7 issues at a show it was a good day. For some reason I just love doing this comic stuff! Your stuff has a fantagraphics kind of feel-Maybe it'd be a good idea to hit the alternative circles Like the beat and comics journal
I actually sold quite a few in our only little comic con here in Saskatoon a few weeks back. I think my stuff is definitely "alternative" so I will try your suggestions. Thanks!
probably the best hellboy fanart/comission ive ever seen. Great job man! Your variety of inking techniques really works well in this piece. Killer!
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Just Pull Yourself Together is a therapy scheme that first became popular in 2010 in Los Angeles. It gained notoriety after various Hollywood celebrities championed it as a treatment for various ailments and addictions. Its most famous proponent is actor Helen Hunt, who credits the therapy for helping her beat an addiction to stuff.
edit Core Program
The Just Pull Yourself Together program has four key steps.
edit Step 1 - Get told by third-party to 'just pull yourself together'
The first step is not initated by the patient, but by a third-party. This third-party must identify the patient has a problem and communicate this to the patient. This communicatation marks the commencement of the program and consists of the third party addressing the patient with the words "Just pull yourself together". The statement should ideally be preceeded by other different words that give further context as to what issue the treatment is seeking to address. For example, if the patient has a drugs problem, the full initiation statement may be, "You've got vomit on your jumper. Just pull yourself together."
Helen Hunt has recalled how director Richie Cunningham from Happy Days told found her drinking a coffee in a bookshop in 1992. The director recognised Hunt was in distress and was reported to have told her to, "stand up, walk out, and get back in that fucking canoe."
edit Step 2 - Patient realisation of need to 'just pull yourself together'
To move on to this statement, the patient has to react to the third-party's assertion that they should "just pull themselves together".
The patient can accept step 2 by making one of the following statements:
- "If I clean myself up will you sleep with me?"
- "My wife doesn't know I've mortgaged our house"
- "I don't want to die"
The whole program can be cancelled at any time by the patient by using one of the following statements:
- "Fuck off, it's my body."
- "Don't exagerate."
- "It's just the odd fiver, here and there."
- "My existentialism demands the bucket be brought to the top of that hill."
edit Step 3 - 'Just pull yourself together'
In this step the patient will 'Just pull themselves together.' This involves immediately abstaining from the source of their addiction and never mentioning this 'journey' ever again. If the therapy is failed at this stage then the therapy is automatically aborted and the patient ostracised from friends and family.
edit Step 4 - Be complimented by a third-party over 'pulling yourself together'
Any recognition that you have been successful in beating your addiction by a third-party should be dismissed as not news in an efficient yet embarrassed manner.
Helen Hunt apparently responded to a compliment from a Lisa Kudrow fan with the words, "it was just an Expresso."
edit Criticism of the Program
The lack of opportunity to sit in a circle with people you've never met before, is an often stated criticism of the programme. Advocates argue that there are plenty of opportunities to sit in a circle outside the programme such as barbecues in adequately-sized gardens and gatherings specifically laid out with circular seating plans.
Many argue that if "things weren't much worse in Africa", the programme would not function as well as it does. Helen Hunt has admitted that the therapy is only one Geldoff in spired music event from being in, "one big fucking crisis."
edit Similar Programs
The success of Just Pull Yourself Together has meant many simlar programs have emerged. 'Your Dead Mother would be Ashamed of You' is now one of the leading weight-loss successes, with Just Smile for Fuck's Sake having recieved considerable success in the treatment of Depression.
edit Links to Scientology
A similar therapy is available under the Scientology religion called 'Xanaduism'. The main way it differs is that each stage must be signed-off with a high-five from a Xob or a cob, or something or other. And it's got Tom Cruise in it instead of Helen Hunt.


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The House on Black Lake has been adapted to screenplay. Go to Home Page to view provocative trailer featuring scenes from novel.
[amazon_link id="0982500203″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] has three powerful, dominant alpha men. Ramey Sandeley has never tasted failure and expects he will always win, whether in business or pleasure. His uncle, Roger Sandeley, is a member of a group of international businessmen in Montreal that make up a nearly invincible power elite. Georgie La Pointe is the cousin to Ramey Sandeley, a spoiled rock god, born to great privilege. A supreme narcissist, Georgie has never slept with the same woman more than once, grooms his hair in the eyes of his lovers, and makes love to himself while listening to his songs.
Alphas are great fun to play with and when a woman wins in the game of love with an A – it is a triumphant battle indeed. Alexandra is lured by all three of powerful dominant alphas. A broken and world weary divorced mother when she journeys to Black Lake, she seems ill equipped for such a task. But as Alexandra is drawn into the underground and mentored by the mystics and gypsies dormant powers are unleashed, and she begins a dramatic transformation. Will the romantic beauty beat the dominant alphas at their games and tame each and every one? Perhaps not tame, but their lives will never be the same.
I have taken a poll from the romance community, and the following have been voted the top ten most dominent Alpha men in romantic novels. Thanks to Amazon Romance Forum.
In no particular order, the winners are:
1. Domenico, [amazon_link id="0345289927″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Silver Devil[/amazon_link] by Teresa Denys – cult favorite – dark historical romance set in renaissance Italy about Duke who sees peasant girl in window and buys her from her brother and forces her to be his mistress
2. Jamie, [amazon_link id="0440423201″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Outlander Series[/amazon_link], by Diana Gabledon – historical romance time travel
3. Wrath [amazon_link id="0451947630″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series[/amazon_link] by J.R. Ward -leader of vampire warriors set in New York
4. Lucan, [amazon_link id="0553589377″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Midnight Breed Series[/amazon_link] by Laura Adraian – eight books in vampire series
5. Bones [amazon_link id="0061245089″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Huntress Series[/amazon_link] by Jeannine Frost – an urban vampire fantasy
6. Jericho [amazon_link id="0440240999″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Fever Series[/amazon_link] by Karen Marie Moning – fantasy/paranormal set in Ireland
7. Zadist, [amazon_link id="0451947630″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Black Dagger Brotherhood[/amazon_link] by J.R. Ward – six vampire warriors gravitate between turf battles and sensuous delights
8. Raphael, [amazon_link id="0425233367″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Guild Hunter Series[/amazon_link] by Nalili Singh – female vampire hunter and powerful archangel
9. Rolfe the Relentless, [amazon_link id="044020609X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Conquerer[/amazon_link] by Brenda Joyce – romance set in England in 1069
10. Gregori, [amazon_link id="0312949596″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dark Magic Series[/amazon_link] by Christine Ferham – heavy on romance and intimacy with vampire, magic, paranormal twist
Pamela Palmer's [amazon_link id="0061794716″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hunger Untamed[/amazon_link] series follows feral warriors in all their glory. Looks like this alpha might must make it to the top ten very soon!! The model on the cover, international model/actor Tos Yanez plays Andre Labat in the Trailer for 'The House on Black Lake' which can be viewed on Home Page.
[amazon_link id="B00486UF4S" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hunger Untamed[/amazon_link]


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Michael Wright (shown at left holding a pen) of the Fort Worth, Texas-based Trinity Valley Quilt Guild (TVQG) checks off items as quilters from the town of West select fabric and all sorts of quilting and sewing supplies from those donated by TVQG and the Grandbury Quilter's Guild. Photo courtesy of The West News.
On April 17, 2013, an explosion that measured as a 4.1-magnitude earthquake at a fertilizer storage and distribution facility devastated the small north-central Texas community of West.
Fifteen people were killed (many of them first responders), and more than 160 were injured. Hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed —a sizeable portion of the town, which previously had been best known for the Czech pastries, called kolaches, produced there.
Just about everyone in West (population 2,800) felt the disaster in one way or another. As many as 350 homes were affected, and the harm ran the gamut from exterior damage to complete destruction.
Once the immediate and most pressing relief issues were handled, the community began to realize the magnitude of its losses of a more commonplace nature, and for the quilters in the town, that meant such everyday things as fabrics and other quilting and sewing supplies.
Upon becoming aware of that fact, the members of two quilt guilds in the same general area as West, the Fort Worth-based Trinity Valley Quilt Guild and the Grandbury Quilter's Guild, stepped in to help.
They set about collecting everything from bolts of fabric, tools, books, and batting to an ironing board, a refurbished sewing machine, a serger, and a felting machine. The Guilds gathered so many items, in fact, that it took two trips and a rented trailer to hold it all.
Irene Schiemenz, a local machine quilter, was on hand to open the doors to the fellowship hall at the First United of West (United Church of Christ) where the supplies were delivered and distributed.
"The ladies of West just couldn't believe that strangers were being so generous to them," Schiemenz says. "They were just so happy to get it all! A church group took some of the supplies to make quilts for people who had lost their homes in the explosion, and others were going to make quilts for people in the hospital. It was all most welcome, and the community definitely benefited from it.
"There was one lady who came and said that her sewing machine survived the explosion but her machine cabinet got destroyed," Schiemenz continues. "Someone from the Guild heard that story and said that she had a cabinet that was just waiting for a new home, so she brought it to the lady who had lost hers. The Guilds were just wonderful and the people of West really appreciated what they did."
Of course, it should come as no surprise that quilters would step in to help. The generosity of the Trinity Valley Quilt Guild and the Grandbury Quilter's Guild is just one of countless examples demonstrating that's just what quilters do.
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Transformers Reviews: Encore #20 Devastator /w XTransbots XP-1 Add-On Kit
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Encore Devastator
This review will mostly be on the XTransbots XP-1 add-on kit. I will just do a mini review of the Encore Devastator. I've only ever had a KO Devastator (the really cheap one) so I can't compare the Encore version to the original G1 but I heard that they made some improvements. The quality is definitely better than my cheap KO Devastator, which broke recently. One of the things that I wasn't aware of is that the chrome parts on the Constructicons aren't just chrome but are actually die-cast. This makes the figures feel much more solid than my KO version.
XTransbots XP-1 Add-On Kit
This is a very good looking add-on kit and at a reasonable price, unlike the CrazyDevy add-ons. There are a few problems with it, though.
The plastic quality is pretty decent. Design-wise, I think chest plate and waist piece could have been design to be better looking. I'm actually considering using the original chest plate. The waist piece is not compatible with the original waist piece.
There are a few quality issues I have with this add-on kit. The first thing that I had problems with was that the right knee could not bend very far. The reason for that was that they had used the left thigh pieces on the right leg. I was able to unscrew the right thigh and reverse it to get the knee to bend properly. It looks pretty much the same now except the right thigh has the screws on the outside of the leg. This seems like it would just be an issue with mine.
The fingers are terrible. They fall off extremely easily if you try to pose them. This also makes it pretty hard to have make him properly hold his gun.
The head sculpt is awesome and I consider it to be the best thing about this add-on kit. The bad part is that the piece that connects the head to the body does not connect on very well. It doesn't click on at all. I noticed that on the original piece, there are small tabs that allow it to click on to the body that is missing from this add-on kit piece. Also, the LED only lights up one eye.
I've already mentioned that the waist piece doesn't look that great but it also falls off extremely easily. The waist piece attaches to the abdomen piece by two small pegs. I don't see why they couldn't make the pegs bigger or just make the waist piece apart of the abdomen piece. I'm actually considering just gluing the waist piece onto the abdomen piece.
Another issue I have is that Long Haul's dumping piece (or whatever it's called) keeps falling back. The original leg connectors actually prevented this from happening, so what I did was just add the original leg connector and that fixed the problem. You can see what it looks like from the photo above. It doesn't look too bad to me and is better than having a floppy back piece.
It also comes with a purple mixer drum for Mixmaster. It would be pretty hard for them to get that wrong. There were no instructions to replace the mixer drum so it was kind of scary trying to figure it out myself. I found that pulling it from the front end was easiest.
The add-ons gives Devastator pretty good articulation but unfortunately with all the issues, the poses are pretty fragile and he could fall apart at any moment.
I think this add-on kit makes him a very good display piece but not really playable. I can tolerate most of the issues but the one that bugs me the most is the head piece not snapping on securely. Just any slight movement and the whole torso would fall off if you're not careful.
I give this add-on kit a 7/10 rating. I really like the way it looks. The new head and having actual thighs really improves the look of the figure a lot, in my opinion. I would recommend this add-on kit if you just have to have a good looking Devastator for display at a reasonable price. I got it for US$39.90 + shipping at
Still a head shorter than Metroplex
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I want to make a correction to the review. The original waist piece is actually compatible with the new abdomen piece. There are two small pegs in the back of the original waist piece that plug into the new abdomen piece. A warning, though. The pegs on the original waist piece may be bigger than the holes on the abdomen piece. This may cause the holes to expand if you force them in, causing the upgrade piece to no longer fit properly. I've also found that sanding the bottom of the head connector piece helps it fit better onto Hook.
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Awesome review, you wouldn't have a crazydevy version for comparison now would you? thx
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Sorry, I don't have the CrazyDevy add-ons but I heard it has its own problems. I'm actually curious to know if their head connector piece has the same issue. It would be great if Xtransbots sold a fixed head connector and fixed the LED positioning for like $5.
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For whatever reason without reaching to RobotKingdom, they contacted me and said that they would send me replacement hands for the crappy ones that came with the original XP-1 kit. Not a bad deal at all!
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I'm not a fan of Robot Kingdom, anymore. Their customer service is not that great. I emailed them about the possibility of getting a discount if I bought another XP-1 add-on kit because the one I received had a slight defect. They asked me to send them pictures, which I did, and they never responded to me even after I sent them a follow-up email. Would it have been so hard to send an email to say, "no, sorry, we can't give you a discount"? I received the same poor customer service from iGear. If I lived in the US, I would buy from BBTS all the time. They have the best customer service and the best return policy if there is a manufacturer defect.
Also, I bought another item from RK just so they could combine the shipping with the new hands and they didn't even include the hands.
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I wanted to capture the idea of a girl trying really hard to be pretty in spite of being so sad.
I've never seen this one before. As others have commented, she's cute, but the sadness definitely carries through. I just wanna hug her and tell her it'll be okay.
No way... I have jealousy over her. You captured the pretty in spite... perfectly
love all the colors!!!!
Love this... I love all of your work!
Thanks dear for the kind words and for all the many faves of my work. Glad you found my gallery and that you like my style.
i really love the way that you drawing gothic/emo/sadness in one pic O_O
i was wondering if you would draw a character of mine
The characters I draw tend to be of interest to a wider group rather than other's originals. Hope you'll understand and thanks again for your support.
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Thanks for the super nice comment. I use Photoshop as a painting approach with a pen tablet. I scan a drawing and then work away on it with a bunch of layers. I constantly learn new things and try out new ideas. With the undo command it encourages experimenting.
Very nice. Good detail on the dress.
It seems reminiscent of Dawn (the Linsner character.)
It seems reminiscent of Dawn (the Linsner character.)
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You are correct bonds pay interest and stocks pay dividends of course.. I meant to say distributions. Since I sweep all interest and dividends into a money market account along with year end capital gains distributions for me it becomes a pot of money from which I pay my self and use the rest to rebalance my portfolio. With regard to an emergency fund for me I try to have the equivalent of 6 months income available in money market and checking accounts most of it at a local brick and mortar bank.
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Total return investing will almost certainly result in selling stock assets to meet living expenses unless: a) your living expenses are really low like 2% of your annual net worth or b)your nest egg is very large like 5 million plus. or c) you have super high dividend investments such as MLPs REITs etc. For most people a combination of long bonds and high yield bonds making up 70-80% of a portfolio to generate a steady retirement cash flow is a better solution. Other- wise people will be left doing software games like Monte Carlo to guess if they will outlive their money. A total return retiree with less than $2 million would have probably had to sell a lot of stock investment in 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2011. A cash flow investor would have been able too ride those years out with bond dividends and high yield stock dividends and would not have been forced to sell anything in those negative total return years to meet expenses. Investing for capital appreciation ie. total return is entirely different than income (cash flow) investing. Some people have fat pensions or other sources of income like rentals and total return investing would still work for them if they have little or no need to draw yearly cash. But most retirees will run out of money using the total return model due to the inevitable bear markets ahead and forced asset sales at market lows.
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Thanks Eddie
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The Bond era is not over in my opinion. Here is why I believe this. #1 Take a look at German and Japanese government bonds they are well below US rates. #2 My main focus is on high yield corporate and HY muni bonds which react more to a financial crises than treasury rates. #3 the government can not afford to pay higher interest so it will do is much as possible to keep rates low at the fed including even more treasury purchases.#4 the demographics work against inflation the peak spending age is 48 and our population thanks to boomers is getting older. #5 the new service sector jobs such as do not pay what those smokestack factory jobs paid before we shipped them off to China. If for example if we do hit another financial crises and my high yield bond fund hits double digit returns after a 20% drop like it did in 2008 I will happily buy more hand over fist. Finally if you look at the Shiller PE and the Buffet GDP vs Total stock market returns over the next 7-8 years the stock market is likely to return low annualized single digits, from here that are worse than the bond yields that I hold. Thanks for the praise I do walk the walk and eat my own cooking. What I dislike most about a total return approach to stocks is in a breakeven year like 2011 you would be forced to sell stock to pay bills. Had you been able to hold those stocks you would have made nice gains in 2012 and 2013. Even in my IRA Which I have no plan to touch for another 8 years for RMDs I own mostly bonds but use 1/2 the bond interest to buy the total stock market index. Thanks again for your reply
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To my mind in retirement cash flow is king. A total return approach can lead to big drawdowns in capital and investments in bear markets which seem to come along every 5 years or so. I think the best way to construct a portfolio is based on income need. In my case I need to withdraw 3% per year of my investment portfolio. I am a young retiree at age 62. I also have a young wife with a child on the way. So I need to preserve my wealth and not draw it down so I need to capture at least an additional 2%+ per year to keep up with inflation. About 20% of my investment is in stock funds from Vanguard the stock side of my portfolio alone does not provide the 5% I need without being forced to sell stock funds to put food on the table which I don't want to do. My bond portfolio generates my income. I don't like short and medium duration bonds they don't pay enough to keep up with inflation let alone generate a useable income. My remaining portfolio 80% is in the following vanguard bond funds. High Yield muni tax free (30%) payout 4.2% High yield B grade corporate (30%)payout 5.8% Corporate investment grade (20%) payout about 4.8%. This is where the nice cash flow comes in. Since March 2009 my net worth is 1/3 Higher and my cash flow has been nice and steady with no need to sell any stock funds to support my family.
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another headwind is that when boomers who over own stock or equity funds will be forced to be net sellers in retirement with not enough younger buyers to pick it up. The whole IRA 401K scheeme is a huge untested retirement scheem that depends of robust population and economic growth which we no longer have.
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Well said the economic headwind from the aging population is huge.(full disclosure I am a boomer) Your points are well taken and supported by demographer Harry Dent. I would add one more issue. Lets call it the crowded exit for equity since more people will be retiring over the next 15 years or so, many more than entering the workforce. And since financial people have pushed boomers into 60+% stock vs Bond positions. Boomers will be forced to sell equity at ever lower prices to raise cash during retirement since puny 2% dividends will not be enough to fund retirement expenses. With relentless future net selling and not so many Gen X and Y buyers we are headed for a big market drop. Dent himself is predicting Dow 3000. I am sure the market can rally off and on for a few more years but the day of reckoning is coming probably around 2017 or so. Our 1-2% GDP "growth" will bring it sooner rather than later. If inflation was not understated by the government true GDP is closer to 0-1% when adjusted for the 3-4% real world annual cost of living we actually experience including the higher cost of taxes to pay for more government.
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Thomas ...The second shoulder we are in now is the sovereign debt bubble which followed the tech shoulder and housing head. Need more evidence.... how about serious talk of issuing trillion dollar coins and a 20+ Trillion dollar debt ceiling. PS how much money was made in the stock market from 1929 to 1954? answer 0, market returns can be poor for a long time well over a decade in secular bear markets such as what we have now My 15% stock 80% bond 5% cash portfolio annualized total return results are as 5y=6%, 3yr=8% last year=10% that would work well for any age person saving for retirement or in retirement.
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15 minutes in and I can't hardly watch any more. Worse movie ever.
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Couldn't agree more. The "comedy" is just brutal. Its like slapstick humor between old friends the whole time. My eyes started to bleed during it. I rant all the time about how much this movie SUCKS.
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I don't know what you guys are talking about...I loved it. I also thought it got better as it went on.
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I enjoyed it, granted I was drunk. I wouldn't call it a good movie necessarily, but just something fun to watch with other people.
It's a funny movie. Get a lighter sense of humor. It's cheap but funny.
It's the classic Adam Sandler movie where you're gonna either like it or hate it.
Personally I liked it, but I tend to like all his movies even though they aren't great. (And honestly, I think I prefer Kevin James' and Chris Rock's characters)
Adam Sandler should be put out of his and our misery.
He is terrible.
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I love most Adam Sandler movies, but this one just flat out sucked. It had no plot, it was basically them just hanging out around a lake telling bad jokes. There was no controversy either. The only good part was the hot daughter.
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Adam Sandler should be put out of his and our misery.
He is terrible.
Not all of his movies are great, but Billy Madison, and Happy Gilmore are classics.
His movies are slip, sliding away. I place it back to when he started having kids. His movies just have gotten more and more corny. Chuck and Larry, Grown-Ups were both pretty bad, and I almost walked out of Just Go With It. I didn't really mind Funny People, even though that still wasn't that good. The last movie of his that I liked was the Longest Yard...
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I liked it.
I agree it was painful to watch.
Comedies are tough to watch as you get older. In almost every one, you can see the same jokes being set up and then knocked down. Usually, you've seen twenty variations on a joke.
When a good, unique comedy comes along, it's pure gold.
Few funny scenes...but definitely a bad movie.
I enjoyed it... need a good laugh every once in a while.
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