i know geronimo

Today’s theme song of the day is "Uknowhowwedu," by Bahamdia.  It’s fresh. check it out.

 

fresh.beats.for.you 

We’ve been talking a lot about the Rent v. Buy question (but not on this blog) — and I have promised everyone that I would post my calculator.  I’ll try to get it posted today.  Until I do — here are some links I found on the net.  I must point out that I still have not found a calculator that takes taxes into account — without taxes, it’s an oversimplified approach that adds very little value.  Given our income (this especially applies to my mba classmates, rockstar oncologists, and soon-to-be venture capitalists), we need the tax benefits of a mortgage — so much so that it often justifies purchase (even in this market).

Here’s something I found at NYT’s website today — a good discussion of rent v. own:

definitely.an.article.that.you.should.read 

 

 

Article about home prices in California (32% lower than a year ago). Check it out:

san.jose.business.journal 

I found an interesting article at Economist.com regarding VC selection and the debate of management v. business.  Many say that it’s all about the management team — but in reality, it takes both.  Take a look at the article:

picking.winners.economist 

And if you were wondering who is on the winning end of higher commodities prices, read this one:

as.food.prices.spiral.they.profit 

Thomas Friedman writes a very interesting op-ed piece for the NYT.  I recommend it:

Truth.or.Consequences 

And I really enjoyed the article about twenty-something living in NYC and getting by on low wages.  It reminded me of living on the Lower East Side with Chef Tell (you still rock climbing on weekends, man?):

young.poor.nyc.still.living.the.dream 

And here’s a site that everyone should love — it tells you where all the drink specials are.  Detroit Bar has $1 beers?! Rock on!

myopenbar.com 

 

Mine was super fun! Today’s theme song of the day is "End of Summer Song," by The Billionaires. It’s more of that fun summer pop (but not quite pop) music. I think that you’ll dig it.

 

happy.fun.music

Today’s theme song is the strings version of "Campus," by Vampire Weekend.  I wasn’t cool enough to catch them live (unlike some people  — insert jealous smile), but I can share this unreleased demo with you.  It is definitely fresh.

 

can’t.get.enough.of.this.band 

 Today’s song of the day is "Troublemaker," by Weezer.  It’s from the forthcoming Red album, to be released on June 3rd.  I’ve been playing it for a few weeks now — it’s nothing spectacular…but fun summer music.  I’ll post a link to the entire album in the comments section.

 

kinda.what.you.expect.but.i.still.like.it

 

Today’s song of the day is, "This Is What We Fought For?" by Lyrics Born. It’s on the LB Variety Show Vol. 3.  If you didn’t know, mixtapes are at an entirely new level — more like albums than mixes. Definitely fresh.  This track has Cee Lo on vocals and a mellow hook that I can’t get out of my head:

 

hip.hop.is.not.dead.in.2008 

 

I just found a blog called "results junkies."  I definitely think that you should check it out.  Here’s a link to a post entitled, "Some lessons I wish I learned earlier in life."

good.stuff 

Since I’ve been posting about oil lately — here’s an article from the telegraph that might make you feel a bit better — a strong rebound in supply may bring prices back in line:

hope.for.the.masses 

Personally, I am hoping that eager politicians will repeal state gas taxes, step in to maniuplate futures trading (in their favor), and take away tax incentives from large oil companies — all just to save consumers a few hundred dollars a year. Don’t be surprised if you see all three. I won’t.  And since we are talking about government and oil; let’s talk about Haliburton:

Hals.$3.36B.bid.for.oil.services.firm

And can another day go by without news of Warren Buffett?  The word is that the InBev bid for Anheuser Busch (valued at $46B) is going to happen — and Berkshire Hathaway is the second largest shareholder of AB.

beer.money.buffett

This is totally unrelated…but I still don’t understand Twitter.  It just seems silly to me.  But somehow they have an $80 Million valuation.  Here’s to silly things that make money — someone is stoked right now.

money.for.nothing.or.at.least.close.to.it