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January 24, 2004
Volume 2, Number 2
ISSN 1554-6330
In this issue:
1. Carpenter Country Essay |
2. Top Drawer Article |
3. Top Drawer Tips |
4. Top Drawer Book Review |
5. Top Drawer Satire |
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CARPENTER COUNTRY
What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human ExperienceThe standard January forecast: fickle weather.
This year is no exception. Early in the month, when unseasonable highs hit northern climes, the snow melted and there were murmurs of a warmer-than-usual season.
Then wintry blasts nipped New York and New England. Sleet and freezing rain slushed over New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and Pennsylvania. Arctic air hovered above North Dakota, Minnesota and Missouri. Rainsqualls blew in and drenched Indiana. A cold front blanketed the Carolinas, slipped into Georgia, then drifted down to Florida.
A few shivers later and the murmurs were of a cooler-than-usual season.
What else would you expect from a month named for a double-faced Roman god except weather that’s of two minds?
Fortunately there’s more to January than atmospheric conditions. The garnet-and-carnation month also hosts a pair of famous birthdays.
On the 8th, fans and Graceland remembered Elvis (it would have been his 69th). A week later, on the 15th, Martin Luther King – and a dream – were born. In the true spirit of their birth month’s ambivalence, both men were hated before they were loved.
Here in Carpenter Country (where the January weather changes hourly), another birthday is also on the calendar.
And we can vacillate with the best. On one hand, we hate getting older. On the other, we love to celebrate.
So we’ve arrived at a solution that we think suits the season: we’ll light the candles ... but refuse to count them. That way we get to eat our cake and enjoy it, too.
Now if we could just do something about the weather ...
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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE
Attaining Financial Goals
byHL Carpenter
You could choose to reach financial goals by using the cookie jar plan. It’s a popular, simple savings program. But is tossing pennies into a container the best way to save for that new car, education expenses or a vacation?
This information should not be considered legal, investment or tax advice. Top Drawer
Ink Corp. does not provide legal, investment or tax advice. Always
consult your legal, investment and/or tax advisor regarding your
personal situation. |
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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits
The Mars Mission: Spirit is talking again, although with a stutter, and
Opportunity will land today, Saturday, January 24, 2004. Here’s
the link if you’re following the exploration: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html.
Curious about the fastest-growing jobs of the current century? Find out
what they are, what they pay and where they are: http://www.acinet.org/acinet/.
Want
to know more about your brokerage account insurance coverage? Read about
the Securities Investor Protection Corporation at http://www.sipc.org/.
Wondering
about your credit score, but don’t want to pay to find out what
it is? Providian Financial Corp. will soon be offering a way to get your
score for free. Watch here for more info as it becomes available.
If you missed the State of the
Union address or just want to know what was said (without the talking
head interpretation), here’s the link: [Broken Link Removed].
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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW
byHL Carpenter
The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp
243 pages; hardcover; $25.00
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003
Thomas Edison once said genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. Twyla Tharp, choreographer and author, wrote an entire book that says essentially the same thing.
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TOP DRAWER SATIRE
Who's Controlling the Thermostat?
byHL Carpenter
Unhappy with dreary weather conditions? Don’t blame the hole in the ozone layer, global warming or even Mother Nature. But you might lift your snow goggles long enough to direct an icy glance at Uncle Sam.
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HL Carpenter, an experienced investor and a CPA, specializes in reader friendly financial and tax topics for individuals and small businesses, and publishes Top Drawer Ink, a newsletter that's chock full of humor and common sense information.
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