Life After Thirty

Madoff's Stolen Statue Returned With a Note

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:13:00 +0000

CNN reported that the statue that was recently stolen from the Palm Beach, Florida, estate of Wall Street investment adviser Bernard Madoff has been found. The statue was found with a message...

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Say No To Over-Regulation, Protectionism and Anti-Globalization

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:25:00 +0000

Don't Let the Economic Downturn Lead to Over-Regulation Following is an edited report on statements made by a director (Tony Tan) of the Singapore Sovereign Wealth Funds: There is a danger that...

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Humor | Global Financial Crisis

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:43:00 +0000

What a ride we've had over the last two weeks, especially during the remaining few days of last week! Well, last Friday should be the bottom, and people will begin buying again on Monday. For all...

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What is "Naked" Short- Selling?

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:48:00 +0000

There has been a lot of buzz in the news about "naked" short selling because of an emergency ruling that came into effect yesterday. Stock investors in the United States are now banned from the...

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Commitment and Divorce

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:28:00 +0000

I wrote this piece two years ago, and dug it out recently because I was in a reflective mood after reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I have only just finished reading the book, so I will...

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When We are Vulnerable to Oil Price Increases

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:24:00 +0000

It was not too long ago when I was paying one dollar something per gallon for gas (see picture on the left). In fact, the memory of those days are still fresh in my mind. We did not own a car then,...

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Five Simple Steps to Resist Aging Fast

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:27:00 +0000

It is summer time, and we are all getting ready to go on a summer travel vacation either with our families, loved ones, or good friends. However, summer is also the time of the year when direct sun...

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Renaming of Chinese food for Olympics

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:47:00 +0000

Looks like the Chinese government is encouraging Beijing hotels to rename some of China's more strange food tems in preparation for the Olympics. It has put down more than 2,000 proposed English...

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Remembering Tim Russert

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:09:00 +0000

Today, Meet the Press remembered Tim Russert. How sad it is that today is Father's Day. Readers, pick up the phone and call your father, if you haven't already....

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Breaking News: Tim Russert Is Dead at 58, His Family Says

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:35:00 +0000

According to The New York Times, Tim Russet, the tv journalist at NBC, has passed away from a heart attack. Russet who is best known for his hard-hitting interview style in his popular news show,...

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Beautiful Things in Orange

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:30:00 +0000

I am in a phase right now, where I am obessed with beautiful things in an orange color. Why this craving of all of sudden, I do notknow. Perhaps it is the impending onset of summer that has brought...

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Rice Inflation

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:15:00 +0000

Rice inflation. This is bad. I know a while ago I lamented the fact that my favourite pita bread has gone on a price hike due to inflation of wheat prices. But of course, it only hit me when I went...

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Toxic People

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:30:00 +0000

Sometimes you will encounter people in your life who seem to have been put in your life's path just to torment you. They will bring you down, and then take perverse delight in making you feel like...

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Fat Loss 4 Idiots

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:09:00 +0000

I know I have said somewhere on my blog that fat people bother me because the extra weight they carry, to me, signifies a lack of control over their lives. But contrary to what some people imagine, I...

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The Problem of Hoping and Waiting

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:35:00 +0000

You know the popular saying that says each day is a new beginning? I used to have a poster with that very saying emblazoned on it. I have probably lost the poster in one of my many moves. But I do...

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Beautiful Old Age

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I was at my favourite grocery store today - Trader Joes. After getting my usual grocery stash, I got into a line to pay. There was a woman unloading her cart of groceries onto the counter for the...

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What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:40:00 +0000

The book "What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage", which was published earlier this year, came about as a result of a 2006 New York Times article, "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy...

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The 10 Women You'll Be Before You're 35

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:12:00 +0000

I was at Barnes and Nobles the other day, and I came across this book by Alison James - The 10 Women You'll be Before You're 35. I spent some time flipping through the book, and I came away with a...

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Baba Ali: Who Hijacked Islam?

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:27:00 +0000

This is a good video, especially for those who like to precede the terms terrorists or fanatics with Muslim or Islam.

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Persuasion Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:12:00 +0000

I have re-read Jane Austen's Persuasion many times. It is my favourite of her six novels. I believe that it has got to be her best novel. It is a very human story - full of recognizable and genuine...

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Danish Cartoons Outrage

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Here we go again. Two Tunisians and a Dane of Moroccan descent were arrested by the Danish police last month on charges of plotting to kill Mr. Kurt Westergaard, one of the 12 cartoonists whose...

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Racism in the USA

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:45:00 +0000

Senator Obama is apparently writing a speech that he will deliver tomorrow. He seeks to clarify his association with his (now former?) pastor Reverand Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Senator Obama has...

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Re-Financing My Home

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:26:00 +0000

After many years of paying rent, I bought my first condo apartment two years ago, back when the US property prices were still relatively hot. I obtained a 30-year fixed mortgage loan, placed a 20%...

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Standing Humiliated

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:20:00 +0000

I do not follow the lurid details of political scandals that hit the front pages of newspapers with a regular frequency that has ceased to be surprising. It is the usual stuff repeated time and time...

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Common Man's Attempt to Beat Inflation

noreply@blogger.com (LogicGirl) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:52:00 +0000

So we all know that we have been hit by inflation - my personal awakening call being a price increase in my favourite bread! Is it possible, for us normal folks, to "profit" from inflation through...

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