I took control of my 401k today, finally re-balancing it. Only time will tell if I made the right decisions, but investing always comes with risks. I do have a unique way of seeing investing, and I mean investing, not betting. If you invest in something and it's not sharing the profits with you, congratulations, you're in Vegas. I mean dividend stocks of course. Purchase a share of the profits, don't purchase a lottery ticket.
Soon I'll be converting an old 401k into an IRA and using it for direct investments, not the limiting 401k mutual fund options. There are some interesting investment strategies I've been batting around for a while, and I'm very excited to see how thhey turn out.
Dividends, dividends, dividends. I can't stress it enough.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Time's Horizon
Why was he hiding it? All of the Archons had to know how the power came to them, and none of them had ever been this close to breaking, but still there was only mystery. All around the earth smoked, singed by the last throws of the now dying Archon.
Streaming tears flowed down his face; he knew he was about to die. Bruises covered his twisted face, but oddly there was no blood. The Archon tried to pick himself up off the ground, but each time his arms buckled under his own weight and he hit the ground with a soft thud. His breathing was becoming more labored by the moment, and with the sun touching the horizon there couldn't be much time now.
"You can still pay penance. Don't die with this stain of blood on your hands, wash it clean. Tell me what I want to hear and you will be absolved.", said the young man with a slight snarl.
"There is nothing to tell.", the Archon managed to say between coughs.
He could still lie with a straight face, amazing. For years his predecessors had tried and failed to understand the Archons, but they missed the plainly obvious; Science was no place to seek answers when concerning the Archons, only God could bring the power to the world in such a fashion. This fool, this dying fool couldn't see how he was an instrument through which God acted.
With an pronounced effort the Archon roughly pushed himself into an ackward sitting position, staring straight into the setting sun, never blinking. Quietly the Archon sat, and he stood watching the setting sun. Turning his head slowly the Archon managed a strained smile at him.
"I have been hunted by your kind for six long months", the Archon said while slowly turning back toward the sun. "So many died trying to find out some secret I never had. All in the name of science they told me; for the greater good."
Nodding slowly, although not agreeing the young man continued his gaze into the sun.
"You think God gave me this power." he said smiling with all his teeth bared. "God would never have a hand in something so evil; no this power doesn't come from the divine."
"God works his will Archon, not even you can know his plan for us all."
Slowly the Archons eyes began to close, his breathe slowed, and his smile melted away. "I know this hunter, my poor fool. Your fate is to find the answer, but it will destroy you."
Slumping to the ground the Archon exhaled for the last time. Along the horizon the last slivers of light vanished behind the ground. Another Archon had already been chosen. Time was something he was always short of, time needed to find the next Archon, time to stop the world from being destroyed.
Quickly he pulled his cellphone from his pocket and dialed it. When the other end picked up he instinctively typed out a code on the keypad. When the voice came back "Confirmed" he raised the phone to his ear.
"Archon, code Thomas confirmed dead. Initiate search."
After a short pause came a mechanistic "Confirmed" from the cell phone. Soon he would be hunting the next Archon, with each one bringing the end of the world that much closer.
Streaming tears flowed down his face; he knew he was about to die. Bruises covered his twisted face, but oddly there was no blood. The Archon tried to pick himself up off the ground, but each time his arms buckled under his own weight and he hit the ground with a soft thud. His breathing was becoming more labored by the moment, and with the sun touching the horizon there couldn't be much time now.
"You can still pay penance. Don't die with this stain of blood on your hands, wash it clean. Tell me what I want to hear and you will be absolved.", said the young man with a slight snarl.
"There is nothing to tell.", the Archon managed to say between coughs.
He could still lie with a straight face, amazing. For years his predecessors had tried and failed to understand the Archons, but they missed the plainly obvious; Science was no place to seek answers when concerning the Archons, only God could bring the power to the world in such a fashion. This fool, this dying fool couldn't see how he was an instrument through which God acted.
With an pronounced effort the Archon roughly pushed himself into an ackward sitting position, staring straight into the setting sun, never blinking. Quietly the Archon sat, and he stood watching the setting sun. Turning his head slowly the Archon managed a strained smile at him.
"I have been hunted by your kind for six long months", the Archon said while slowly turning back toward the sun. "So many died trying to find out some secret I never had. All in the name of science they told me; for the greater good."
Nodding slowly, although not agreeing the young man continued his gaze into the sun.
"You think God gave me this power." he said smiling with all his teeth bared. "God would never have a hand in something so evil; no this power doesn't come from the divine."
"God works his will Archon, not even you can know his plan for us all."
Slowly the Archons eyes began to close, his breathe slowed, and his smile melted away. "I know this hunter, my poor fool. Your fate is to find the answer, but it will destroy you."
Slumping to the ground the Archon exhaled for the last time. Along the horizon the last slivers of light vanished behind the ground. Another Archon had already been chosen. Time was something he was always short of, time needed to find the next Archon, time to stop the world from being destroyed.
Quickly he pulled his cellphone from his pocket and dialed it. When the other end picked up he instinctively typed out a code on the keypad. When the voice came back "Confirmed" he raised the phone to his ear.
"Archon, code Thomas confirmed dead. Initiate search."
After a short pause came a mechanistic "Confirmed" from the cell phone. Soon he would be hunting the next Archon, with each one bringing the end of the world that much closer.
Buggy Script of DOOM!
There is one issue with VBscript that I was aware of, but didn't pay it much mind; it is nearly impossible to debug. When I got the script working on my PC and a few others I thought I was home free, oh how wrong I was.
I moved to another PC, confident that I would be able to quickly install the script and move on. I ran a test of the script, only to find it wasn't working. After some quick debugging I found the culprit line of code, which didn't make any sense. If it worked on a number of other PCs, why would this one not work?
Then I remembered some random update that came down a while ago that crippled another macro of mine. It changed the window to cause a cross-scripting error. I still don't know how this is possible because the window doesn't use any frames that I can find, but once I added the site to my list of trusted sites the problem went away.
My natural conclusion was that this was the problem. I added the site to the trusted ones, and even lowered a few cross-scripting rules along with some activeX ones just for good measure, and nothing. I played with the PC for about an hour, and nothing would work, the same line of code still bombed out.
Eventually I decided it was best to see how the settings do tomorrow. I've experienced in the past how IE settings can take a VERY long time to actually take affect. So I'm hoping that tomorrow the PC will work. I have one more security trick left, but otherwise I'm at a loss. I like to blame Microsoft, since it's easier than blaming me.
I moved to another PC, confident that I would be able to quickly install the script and move on. I ran a test of the script, only to find it wasn't working. After some quick debugging I found the culprit line of code, which didn't make any sense. If it worked on a number of other PCs, why would this one not work?
Then I remembered some random update that came down a while ago that crippled another macro of mine. It changed the window to cause a cross-scripting error. I still don't know how this is possible because the window doesn't use any frames that I can find, but once I added the site to my list of trusted sites the problem went away.
My natural conclusion was that this was the problem. I added the site to the trusted ones, and even lowered a few cross-scripting rules along with some activeX ones just for good measure, and nothing. I played with the PC for about an hour, and nothing would work, the same line of code still bombed out.
Eventually I decided it was best to see how the settings do tomorrow. I've experienced in the past how IE settings can take a VERY long time to actually take affect. So I'm hoping that tomorrow the PC will work. I have one more security trick left, but otherwise I'm at a loss. I like to blame Microsoft, since it's easier than blaming me.
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