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Tumblr (3.0; @bripblap)http://bripblap.tumblr.com/<p>great quote from Churchill: when you are going through hell…keep going.</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70294292http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70294292Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:13:06 -0500<p>volume level in the house is getting unmanageable!</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70294205http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70294205Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:12:42 -0500<p>off to the mall for the morning - at least it’s a weekday…argh</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70202230http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70202230Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:47:57 -0500<p>I’m trying out the hellotxt service - should be updating twitter and facebook at the same time (assuming that isn’t annoying…)</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70194624http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/70194624Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:59:52 -0500<p>almost every single person at my part-of-the-US-financial-meltdown client took the day off today. must not be too worried…</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/59706988http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/59706988Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:07:26 -0500<p>wow - security buildup around my building in lower Manhattan intense</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/59540996http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/59540996Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:20:45 -0500<p>it seems almost bizarre not to be reading about the election late on a Sunday…</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/58857073http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/58857073Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:35:55 -0500<p>I’m using a new service - hellotxt.com - and I’m seeing if it works postingto all of my “social networking” sites.</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/58232723http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/58232723Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:35:54 -0500<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/08/markets/private_equity/index.htm?postversion=2008050812">The changing face of private equity</a>: <p>Having spent some time consulting for a private equity firm, it’s interesting to see them bubble up to the surface once in a while in the “light” business media like CNN Money.</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34488889http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34488889Sun, 11 May 2008 22:43:02 -0400“Rachel is a high school junior in Harrison, N.Y., who came down with a painful intestinal ailment that forced her to miss the entire 2006-7 school year. So she resolved that if she couldn’t go to school herself, she could at least help other kids who wanted to.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/opinion/11kristof.html?hp">Saving the World in Study Hall</a></em>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34442987http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34442987Sun, 11 May 2008 11:23:15 -0400<a href="http://wideopenwallet.blogspot.com/2008/05/millionaires-drive-minivans.html">Millionaires drive minivans</a>: <p>Good point….</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34389019http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34389019Sat, 10 May 2008 21:42:34 -0400<a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/billionaires/2008/04/30/billionaires-london-moscow-biz-billies-cz_cv_0430billiecities.html">Cities Of The Billionaires</a>: <p>Nice to see that the money is following me.  I must be doing something right… not.</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34376009http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34376009Sat, 10 May 2008 18:19:27 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_tQ3wB4inS0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_tQ3wB4inS0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Another random astronomy observation…. </p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34362522http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34362522Sat, 10 May 2008 14:57:31 -0400<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/business/smallbusiness/01sbiz.html?ref=smallbusiness">A Classroom Path to Entrepreneurship</a>: <p>Interesting idea.  I’m not sure entrepreneurship can be taught, but much like the projects we work at in MBA school (designed to simulate the “real world” project environment) it might be great for confidence-building and test runs.</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34360972http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34360972Sat, 10 May 2008 14:37:11 -0400“Federal regulators says they’ve closed ANB Financial National Association banks after discovering “unsafe and unsound” business practices there.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/09/news/companies/arkansas_bank.ap/index.htm?postversion=2008050920">Regulators shutter Arkansas bank, citing bad business - May. 9, 2008</a></em>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34357166http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34357166Sat, 10 May 2008 13:46:42 -0400“AIG stock has lost 44% of its value over the past year. Here’s why.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/09/news/newsmakers/aig.under.pressure.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008050914">AIG chief wins few fans - May. 9, 2008</a></em>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34357034http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34357034Sat, 10 May 2008 13:44:54 -0400<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/business/10transit.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin">Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit - New York Times</a>: <p>Just goes to show what a progressive tax on gasoline could have done to encourage mass transit for years - the system could have been improved and the environment helped.  Now we’ll have nothing to show for it.</p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34351416http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/34351416Sat, 10 May 2008 12:35:06 -0400<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/15413322_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/news/0710/gallery.luxury_expensive_food/3.html">The most expensive junk food - Golden Opulence sundae (3) - CNNMoney.com</a></p>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/15413322http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/15413322Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:31:13 -0400<a href="http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/12/the-american-retirement-account/">The American Retirement Account</a>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/15309228http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/15309228Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:51:22 -0400<a href="http://www.four-pillars.ca/2007/10/12/becoming-cheap/">Becoming Cheap</a>http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/15309229http://bripblap.tumblr.com/post/15309229Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:40:27 -0400