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Cucurrucucu

The great Caetano singing in Spanish on Almodovar's movie Talk To Her.
Beautiful.

First Kiss

15 years later, on a night out with his mates:
-"Mate, I still remember my first kiss...it was with Allison from 5th grade! What about you?"
-"Me? Hmm, let me see... Well, I spent this weekend on granny's farm, and..."

London calling

Capital of the World

Now settled 5 minutes away from Primrose Hill, I often recall the glorious London of my first week with The Clash looping constantly in my head: alive, drop-dead gorgeous, intense, truly cosmopolitan, and brimming with possibilities! 9+ years later it still feels that way.

My Dilbert Financial Test

1. Make a will - @TODO
   
2. Pay off your credit cards - DONE, never had debt.
   
3. Get term life insurance if you have a family to support - @TODO
   
4. Fund your 401k Pension to the maximum - DONE
   
5. Fund your IRA ISA's to the maximum - @TODO, I'm about 60% done.
   
6. Buy a house if you want to live in a house and can afford it - @TODO
   
7. Put six months worth of expenses in a money-market account - @TODO, only have 2 months.
   
8. Take whatever money is left over and invest 70% in a stock index fund and 30% in a bond fund through any discount broker and never touch it until retirement - DONE
   
9. If any of this confuses you, or you have something special going on (retirement, college planning, tax issues), hire a fee-based financial planner, not one who charges a percentage of your portfolio - NO NEED
   

3 out of 8 is not particularly impressive...

Dilbert's 'Unified Theory of Everything Financial'