20: MVL Sells Out

Today’s big business story is the proposed acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by Walt Disney Co. This is a huge surprise, since Marvel is a newly rising entertainment juggernaut with strong financials and nowhere near exhausting its growth potential. Walt Disney recognizes this in Marvel and is proposing to pay an appropriate premium for the company. [...]

19: Nara

Nara died Thursday morning while I was on campus and Dariya was in Seattle. She was hit by a car on our street and killed instantly. The driver notified our neighbors, who were gracious enough to keep her body until we both returned. With their guidance we found a serene location to bury her Saturday [...]

18: Logo

I have created a logo for this blog using MS Paint.

I am not a graphic designer by any means, but I did know what I wanted to depict, so I took my own shot at it. It uses simple representative symbolism – mountains for power, sunrise for knowledge, that is easily scalable (if I [...]

17: Classic Investing Reading

Three basic motivations for learning how to invest wisely are:

1. Beat inflation or your money will simply be worth less as time goes on. There is a big hyperinflation scare right now but it is mostly scaremongering. However, inflation is ever-present in a growing economy. More people make more money, and if there is more [...]

16: New Zealand Playlist

This is the audio accompaniment (playlist) to my time in New Zealand.
It meanders through my experiences studying abroad roughly chronologically.

#: Artist – Album – Name
01: Explosions In The Sky – How Strange, Innocence – A Song For Our Fathers
02: Fat Freddy’s Drop – Based On A True Story – Wandering Eye
03: Daft Punk – Discovery [...]

15: Memories #3

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