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Dave

davekro

About Me

Working on computers pays the bills, playing music keeps me sane.

My Interests

I try to play as much music as possible. Currently, I have 2 bands that are more or less active. Both have pages on myspace. The Stonewall Jackson 5 and One Foot in the Gravy

Heroes:

Kurt Cobain, Bill Hicks, Sifl, Olly, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman,

My Blog

big toes are important

Medical people tell us that the big toe has a responsibility for balance. Having broken it, I can confirm this to be true from first hand experience. Talk about a frustrating injury. As someone who...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:09:00 PST

toe woes

Last night during softball I took a line drive right to the big toe. I managed to finish up the game. Later on I took a look at the toe and it was a bloody mess. The softball managed to jam and tea...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

pleasant street

As I wind down my life on pleasant street I’m reminded of the immortal words of Socrates when he said "I drank what?" It’s a time when I changed from thinking this probably won’t ki...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:21:00 PST

every morning is like xmas

When you’re obsessively into the market every morning is like xmas morning. You wake up and scramble to look at what has been left under the tree. Some mornings it’s great gift and other...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:30:00 PST

leveled out

About 2 years ago, I set a goal for myself to fix my finances. I’m proud to report after much hard work, discipline, and a good touch of common sense I am debt free. No car payment, no house p...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:31:00 PST

Willie Sutton

When asked why he robbed banks, Sutton replied simply "Because thats where the money is." Using his logic, it would make sense to focus on oil. Quite simply, because thats where the money is. It is...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:08:00 PST

stimulus bill

I'm trying to make sense of the stimulus bill. I encourage people to actually read it and see if they can understand it.Here is a link:http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5140/showIn particular, I'...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:57:00 PST

there is no offseason

I recently stumbled across a fantasy stock market simulator. It's very similar to fantasy football or fantasy baseball. I've setup my own league. Here are the rules for my league:*) No cost. Just...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:34:00 PST

this tape sucks

It seems as if my foray into the stock market couldn't have come at a worse time. When I traded in fantasy baseball for the fantasy that is the economy the US stock market was in the midst of a 5 yea...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:17:00 PST

can’t keep up

I have a bad habit of over extending myself. For awhile I do fine and then slowly piece by piece I scale back until some semblance of equilibrium is reached. Unfortunately, this won't win me many po...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:08:00 PST