It’s been the wildest ride of all the investments I’ve made.
Summer 2003, I bought $600 of Apple stock. The average price per share was somewhere around $18. Then I forgot about it.
Then it began to go up. And up. And up.
Then it split 2:1 (you know the drill, double the shares, halve the price). Then it went up more. And more. And more.
Over the past few years I’ve milked the stock for many thousands (with an S) of dollars. Recently I sold all but $650 of the stuff to help pay down some school credit debt. I figured eventually even that $650 may go up. I was right.
However, I think Apple’s stock may have peaked. It’s a great company, but it’s officially overvalued in my opinion. I’m an Apple fan through and through, but investments need to be practical, not emotional. So, I just sold the last of my stock at — gasp — $93/share. I don’t recall the final amount, but after commissions I’m getting somewhere around $750 out of that last $650.
Total increase in my investment: somewhere in the ball park of 850%-900%. Try that with a savings account… Wow.
Call me crazy, but the logo for the new Utah First Bank bears a more-than-passing resemblance to the logo I created for the University of Utah’s Block-U Campaign, right down to the typeface.
Hmmm…
I can hear you through the Internet: WTF?? But trust me, I know what I’m talking about.
(more…)
This is too good to be true!
Goofy tid-bit: I snagged this image from ksl.com, a site that has already given the election to Hatch. Idiots.
Update: Yes, I know this is just a fraction of 1% of the precincts. Still, it’s fun to see Hatch not winning, even if the moment is fleeting.
…you’re no longer allowed to read my blog.
So there.
Update [12:37 p.m.]: Aw, COME ON people… How long does it take to plug in a voting machine and test it? Seriously, who’s running the show here? I can’t believe after all the BS of the 2000 and 2004 elections and all the hubbub about Diebold voting machines that we’re dealing with technology issues at voting stations. The utter and complete incompetence blows my mind.
Luckily, the worst thing I can say about my voting location is there’s no indication that people are supposed to vote there. I had to walk in the school and ask where to vote. “Oh, I guess we should put up signs, huh?”
*Smack
Update [12:45 p.m.]: *Smack again. Just because I felt like it.
From a comment on DesignObserver:
“It’s easy to blame the decline on stock illustration, computer programs etc. they are easy whipping boys. But much of the blame has to be placed on artists that refuse to expand their own creative horizons and would rather insist on things remaining as they’ve always been which at best is unrealistic. A one trick pony use to cut it, but not anymore.”
Maybe I’ll print this on small cards and slip them under the doors of art department professors at the U of U. It’s tempting.
