Securing your financial future
Despite the title this post doesn’t contain any advice. I could actually probably use some advice in that category. Instead, I will discuss something far more meaningless.
Have you ever seen those commercials for various mutual funds, bonds, and brokerage firms that all say “you tell us your dreams, we’ll make sure they happen” or something to that effect? They seem to becoming more and more popular these days, probably because pensions are long gone and there are all kinds of Baby Boomers getting ready to retire. And they can make a lot of money on them.
I’ve always felt like calling them up and just saying strange things, like “I’ve always wanted to get into falconry,” or perhaps something like “I’d like to ride a tame T-Rex around San Francisco.” I mean, those are a couple of my dreams. They’d be lucky I didn’t ask about the ones involving Scarlett Johansson.
I wonder if they’d hang up on me or still try to sell me on their product.
January 9th, 2008 13:35
i would like to ride a t-rex around san francisco as well. and stomp all over scarlett johansson >:)
January 9th, 2008 22:16
Scarlett Johansson is extraordinarily attractive, and part Polish.
I think Charles Schwab can hook you up with that…and falconry.
Personally, my dream was always to have my hands hum a nice C chord when i rubbed them together. That or climb Mt. Everest…but that’s actually legitimate.
January 10th, 2008 00:13
Is she? I know her father is Danish, but only that her mother is Jewish and from NYC. I guess she certainly could be part Polish.
I’d also like to climb Everest actually. I’m not sure that I’ll ever get to do it (I’d clearly need to do some other mountaineering first) but who knows. Maybe it’ll happen.
January 10th, 2008 10:23
Hey Falconry is doable…