Calculating dong futures, originally uploaded by james94103. My money is helping...

USD/VND(CCY: VND=X)Last Trade: 17,440.00Trade Time: Mar 11Change: Up 10.00 (0.06%)Prev Close: 17,440Open: 17,430Day's Range: 16,750.00 - 17,445.0052wk Range: 15,800 - 17,900Bid: 17,435.00Ask: 17,445.00...

Well apparently I played hookie. Work called at 12:45 to inform me I was supposed to be in at 12:30. On the office schedule I had the day off, on the front end one I was 12:30-4:30. Oh oops. I typically check both but the past couple weeks they've been identical so I didn't. Figures. Anyways I bicke...

There you see Sarah receiving her first belt at her taekwondo class. The final part of her belt test involved kicking through a board. I expected it to be some kind of styrofoam or balsa or something–she’s only four years old after all. But no, it was a pine plank, and a decently thick o...

The cult co-op's annual meeting wasn't so bad. The usual suspects got up and spouted their insanties, and we got through it without a lot of other nonsense. Of course, they started half an hour late, and we barely had quorum, but hey. I did finish a baby sock, got back to the apartment all excited a...

As I was driving into the Lijit offices, I was thinking about this years SXSW conference, and how different it would be for me. I was thinking about the posts I had read from friends who were going and had gone before. The difference for me this year will be striking (speaking vs. not-speaking, know...

USD/VND(CCY: VND=X)Last Trade: 17,440.00Trade Time: 4:46pm ETChange: Up 10.00 (0.06%)Prev Close: 17,430Open: 17,430Day's Range: 16,750.00 - 17,445.0052wk Range: 15,800 - 17,900Bid: 17,435.00Ask: 17,445.00 DONGS ARE UP!!!...

Sorry not to have posted today. Aside from doing the work I usually do to get the opinion pages out, I'm dealing with a lot of e-mails and phone calls related to my personal and professional news -- mostly very kind and thoughtful (although not quite all -- hey, you know my public). When I came ...

Today I came across Holy Trinity Cheltenham's rather well produced parish magazine while at New Wine's offices. I say parish magazine, it's actually a bit more than that - it's a blinkin' 60-page glossy mag!  Anyway, there is a thoughtful article by one of its members who t...

Written by Meryl Evans. Not understanding bookkeeping, taxes and other administrative tasks can be very off-putting for people thinking about starting their own business. But in reality, these tasks are not that hard to do if you’re organized and get a little professional help. Now, I’m ...