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I was visiting NYC this past weekend and walked past Miss Price's townhouse. One year after my original posting the house looks to be far from complete. The main entrance, which used to be on a landing between the two lower floors, has been moved up to the parlor floor where a window used to be. The professional photos all excluded the entrance to the underground parking lot immediately next to the house.

This month's issue of the AAII Journal (American Association of Individual Investors) has a good article for those of us with gray hair. It is important to keep some assets in a safe place (CDs, short-term Treasuries) so when the market turns bad one will draw on these funds for everyday living expenses. One won't sell equities for everyday living expenses during this down period and take a loss. The biggest risk for us long-term investors is not achieving rates of return about the inflation rate.

Yes, I have fond memories of the Gaiety. I never drank from the punch bowl because I wasn't sure how clean the water was, or how clean were the hands of the person who prepared it. Can anybody send me private messages about "Big Frank" a French-Canadian dancer there who was a huge bodybuilder? Thanks

This is the season to buy - my list of ETFs is prepared

I've also seen it spelled "Lawn Guyland"

I met Apollo Phoenix back in the days that he was with Maximum Escorts. Giovanni Volta is back escorting, now Apollo Phoenix. Who's next ... Zeb Atlas?

I recently learned this interesting fact - the Met Christmas tree has to be artificial. A real tree in the museum poses the threat of insects leaving the tree and damaging the works of art

Genius!! aha ha

I met him about 15 years ago. He was very pleasant and I enjoyed meeting him. My impression was he was straight but willing to work with gay clients. Am I wrong about that?

You were luckier than I was. I had a time set up with him .. and he never showed up. I never met the guy and I have no interest in knowing him

I heard Dame Joan sing this aria in a recital, with her husband at the piano. Yes, the final note was so refulgent and beautiful, and it just floated throughout the theater. During the cadenza that preceded it she did one of her signature long trills, with the two notes bouncing back and forth in a way that no other soprano has matched.

I ask my escorts, in the heat of passion, to say "I love you", "I adore you", "I belong to you", "I'm yours", etc

I agree. Why buy a bond with a lower interest rate than a CD?

I like that idea. I'll give it a try

3 years ago I sold an apartment when the Dow was 10,000 points lower than it is today. All the financial experts were shouting "there's a recession around the corner" so I've been waiting for 3 years to put that cash in the market at low prices during the recession. Now I'm regretting not going into the market 3 years ago when the Dow was at 34,000

The trailer held my interest and I'd see the film. I wonder if the film touches the question of whether or not she was impregnated by A. Onassis.

I discovered Tony Dinozzo's videos by chance last year. The guy has a hot body. The problem is the videos are produced cheaply - they are one-camera productions. On top of that, the camera is set in place, not giving the viewers different angles of the action. I tend to lose interest after a few minutes. I wonder why he didn't go to a major studio that makes high-quality videos.

One of my CDs matured today and, looking at rates today, I've already noticed a decrease. I have my ladder of 3-month t-bills and CDs ($ from the sale of my apartment 2 years ago) and I'm waiting for the recession to hit to put that money in the market at the low prices. The recession has been 'just around the corner' for 2+ years! Any advice from you guys is much appreciated

I saw E. Gruberova in La Traviata and she sang the best Act I of that opera that I have ever heard. I was supposed to hear her sing a concert performance of Norma in Vienna and she cancelled. I believe it was Maria Pia Piscitelli who sang the performance, which was quite fine

I would have volunteered to be his cell mate

I have a ladder of t-bills with no local taxes ... I love it!

The great Warren Buffett has recently recommended 2 ETFs - VOO and SPY. Coming from Warren Buffett, that means a lot Warren Buffett Really Likes 1 ETF. Here's an ETF That's Just as Good and Could Help You Retire as a Millionaire. FINANCE.YAHOO.COM Both of these exchange-traded funds are great picks for long-term investors.

For several years I've had a subscription to the AAII Journal. It is published monthly and provides great charts on the best-performing ETFs and Mutual Funds

I go to the opera to hear great singing and the fact is large voices are often housed in large bodies. When an opera singer is attractive, like Franco Corelli or Anna Moffo, it is a plus but I'd happily hear Luciano Pavarotti in La Boheme even though he doesn't look like a starving young bohemian.

I saw John Adam's "Nixon in China" and I enjoyed it; I know nothing about El Nino. I would have to define myself as (mostly) an old fuddy-duddy since my preference is bel canto rarities.