Hope I’m not too late to make it a happy 40th for you. e-mail me about Wendover at HANNAHBAIRatAOLdotCOM and I may be able to help you out.

Thanks for the fun thread guys.

Fran

“Who needs a house out in Hackensack,
Is that all you get for your money?”

See? He knew about the housing bubble 30 years ago.

http://www.yuppiesherpa.com

This article also talks about how media just feeds us with fear to keep us hooked;
http://www.tipsforsuccess.org/anxiety.htm

Thanks again!

“But if you ask for a rise/It’s no surprise that they’re/Giving none away”

(A number of PF bloggers have written about asking for a raise.)

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

Styx was my absolute favorite band in the day! Now I’m all nostalgic.

And I’m struck by how beautiful and down-to-earth their lyrics were — I’d take this music over current rock any day.

“It’s about a revolution in your heart and in your mind
You can’t find the conclusion, lifestyle and obsession
Diamond rings get you nothing but a life long lesson
And your pocketbook stressin’
You’re a slave to the system, working jobs that you hate
For that **** you don’t need
It’s too bad the world is based on greed
Step back and see”
…
“Possessions, they are never gonna fill the void
Take it away and learn the best lesson
The heart, the soul, the life, the passion

Present yourself, press your clothes
Comb your hair, clock in
You just can’t win
Just can’t win
When the things you own, own you”

(papa roach, between angels and insects)

good song. better message. these types are showing up more in popular music.

I think Vote for your fav finance song would be a great post/poll!

” … we now have everything,
or so people say,
but now this emptiness
haunts me every day
we seek the lion’s share
never knowing why -
come alive:
spread your wings and fly

Pieces of eight
the search for the money tree
don’t cash your freedoms in for gold
Pieces of eight
can’t buy you everything
don’t let them turn your heart to stone …”

And not everyone knows Styx is still recording and touring (and they’re still AMAZING!). (Hey, JD – looks like they were in Portland not long ago!) This is from “More Love for the Money” from their recent “Cyclorama”:

“At the mall again
I’m feeling desperate and uncertain
God it’s got to be here somewhere I believe
My demographic profile
Knows it’s show time
Raise the curtain
Start the comedy and let me be naive

A circus flea from A to B
I jump for my keeper
In search of true enlightenment
For ten per cent cheaper”

Still got my Styx Fan Club membership card …

“Keeping my mind on a better life
Where happiness is only a heartbeat away
Paradise can it be all I heard it was
I close my eyes and maybe I’m already there”

It’s not just ’70s power pop/rock, it’s a financial education!

Hollywood, and the music establishment are just trying to reinvent themselves.

As to the post… I have noticed that from watching TV a *LOT* less, and reading most of my sites in NetNewsWire…. that I reduce my advertising intake significantly.

One of my co-workers is retired military – and he always talks about how his drill instructor said we live in a spoon-fed society.

Unfortunately, how true it is.

The Grand Illusion

People who trained to be stock brokers can’t reliably beat the market, so why believe you can?

Keep humming …