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A Frog Visits the Dentist Part 1, Or Fear and Trembling in New Jersey
2007-08-29 06:05:00 Shouldn’t you be over at Diesel’s place voting for me in his latest caption contest? I took a spin over to Bobbarama’s place yesterday and saw his dental trials and tribulations, so I figured I’d share mine as well. I have a dental visit scheduled for tomorrow morning. The dentist. Ooh boy. I hate going to the ... More About: New Jersey , Frog , Fear , Part , Jersey
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for August 27, 2007, Or Jim Cramer Proves T
2007-08-27 19:54:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. Barron’s had an article about stock guru Jim Cramer last week. Jim Cramer is a former hedge fund manager and currently the host of Mad Money, a CNBC program that combines market ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock
You Love Me, You Really Love Me!
2007-08-27 05:23:00 Polli of Polliwog’s Pond gave me The Silver Recommended Read Award. Awwww yeeeahh. You can see my award proudly displayed under the “Kudos” section of my sidebar. This award was given to Polli by Shinade of The Painted Veil and Zainordin of Total Happiness. Zainordin also runs The Book Project. The rules: 01) As all of us go on building our e-Communities, when ... More About: Love , Ally
The King of Scalp Health
2007-08-24 10:51:00 For the four of you who read my blog when I originally posted this, my apologies. I am quite busy and am using the time-honored blogger sleight of hand known as “putting up a post from when no one read your blog” to save some time and creative mojo. Yes, I’ve been called a lot of things, probably ... More About: Health , The King , King , Heal
The Garlic Smoosher
2007-08-22 16:18:00 OK, it’s officially called The Garlic Twist, but a friend of my wife’s and mine (who we purchased one for after he fell in love with ours) wrote to thank us for “The G arlic Smoosher,” and I think that’s a much more catchy name. Need to finely chop or mince garlic? You NEED this. Ever tried ... More About: Arli
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for August 20, 2007
2007-08-20 17:07:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. No downgrades from the pros today that could be incorporated into the TFF system, so we’re just letting the portfolios ride for another week. The TFF portfolio did suffer a teensy bit of a setback ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock , August
My Name is Zenoa Nehemiah, And I Will Be Eaten By A Shark
2007-08-17 15:16:00 This is disturbing. I surfed on over to The Ironic Catholic a couple of days ago, and she had one of those “What kind of (fill in the blank) are you?” thingies. Sometimes I don’t bother with those things, because I know myself pretty well, but since it had to do with finding out my Biblical ... More About: Shark , Nehemiah
Spot The Difference Between Me and Brad Pitt
2007-08-15 06:19:00 It seems an appropriate time to write this post, since I am a virtual bachelor, having lost my wife to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a couple of days ago. About two or three times a year, I have a sweet, harmless dream that Jennifer Anniston and I are romantically involved. I do not have ... More About: Brad Pitt , Spot , Brad , Pitt , Difference
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for August 13, 2007
2007-08-13 16:37:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. Today Credit Suisse upgraded TXT, so TFF is downgrading it. TXT opened today at $113.78. Keybanc downgraded DBD, so TFF is upgrading it. DBD opened at $49.18. The TFF rules state that if there ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock , August
A Post For Janice Who is Trying To Undermine My Street Cred
2007-08-12 07:11:00 I should really be in bed. It’s way too late. But Janice of Twist and Skewer, which is here, is trying to challenge the street cred I claimed in the post I just put up like 10 minutes ago. In part, she commented, “Uh, Mt. Clemens isn?t exactly Detroit?. ” Check out the map below. The area referred to as Mt. ... More About: Post , Street , Under
Please Pardon Our Appearance As We Upgrade This Site For Your Benefit
2007-08-12 06:03:00 No new post the last few days. Since September is just around the corner, and it’s time for me to get back in the music teaching groove, I’ve been working on importing my music teacher site over here. If you’re interested, it’s being moved to the cool new “Music” tab just under the header. In other ... More About: Site , Appearance , Benefit , Ease , Pardon
100 Frogster Facts- Fact 6
2007-08-08 15:58:00 Fact numero seis about me is that I can give myself hiccups on cue. There is a spot on the right side of my jawbone which, when rubbed, causes me to contract a case of the hiccups. I have diagrammed the exact location on my niece Kira in the picture below. I used a picture ... More About: Facts , Fact
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for August 6, 2007
2007-08-06 16:50:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. The TFF Portfolio made a bit of a comeback this week, but still trails the Wall Street portfolio by 5.5 percent. But TFF has some picks today that will turn this ship around. Today Credit Suisse ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock , August
Top 5 Pizza Topping Combinations
2007-08-04 08:23:00 Still having a bit of trouble sleeping, and when I don’t sleep, I like to work out meditate eat. I like to eat the things I listed here. Regarding the whole pizza thing, just in case, I wanted to make it clear that I am not monopizzatic, but enjoy plenty of variety on my pizza, as evidenced by ... More About: Pizza , Ping , Topping , Comb
A Piece of Cartilage to Pick With Shark Week
2007-08-02 22:25:00 I would have a bone to pick with Shark Week , but, as we all know, sharks are not bony fishes. It’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, one of the few times each year I am motivated to actually decide to turn on the TV at a certain time. I’m fascinated by sharks. I just searched ... More About: Pick , Piece , Cart
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for July 30, 2007
2007-07-30 17:47:00 A few more people have been stopping by The Frog Bog lately. In response to the “What is with all these weird stock market posts?” question, I offer the following explanation: A number of years ago I traded options on the floor of The Pacific Stock Exchange (we called it ”The P-Coast”). It was JUST LIKE the end ... More About: Stock Picks , Fearless , July
A Victory Over The Simpsonizer, Or ?It?s Alive!?
2007-07-27 17:03:00 The Simpsonizer! Hah! You’d have to be a complete geek to sit there refreshing the screen every minute or so for goodness knows how many hours until you finally got in and uploaded a picture it actually liked. Then there would be the waiting for your computer to spit you back out as a Simpson. As if life’s ... More About: Victory , Alive , Tory
The Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, Or A Desperate Housewife?s Best Friend
2007-07-25 16:13:00 I am a housewife. Don’t think that I can’t be a housewife just because I’m a guy- we housewives have to put up with enough annoying comments (oh, so you don’t work?) as it is, so don’t go getting all chauvinistic on me. And, until recently, I was quite desperate indeed. I was desperate because stains ... More About: Magic , Friend , Clean , Ouse , Rate
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for July 23, 2007
2007-07-23 17:24:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. Today Citigroup downgraded KWK, which opened at $44.80, so TFF is upgrading it, as it must, according to TFF’s Law Of Palindromic Tickers. This states that if a stock symbol CAN be reversed, it must be, ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock , July
For Whom Do The Deathly Hallows Howl?
2007-07-21 01:23:00 I read the first Potter book, but none of the others. I really enjoy the movies, though. Usually, I’m the other way around. But since the final installment is going on sale tomorrow at midnight plus change, I figured I’d make my Potter Prediction. J.K. Rowling stated that two main characters would kick the bucket in ... More About: Deathly Hallows , The Deathly Hallows , Deathly , Hallows , Howl
The New York Times Made Me More Stupider
2007-07-20 16:19:00 First of all, it should be pointed out that my grammaticals is goodly and my spelling is lejenderry. So it’s not like I’m some kind of a maroon! It’s really not The New York Times ’ fault. There’s a movie called Wordplay, which is a great flick. It’s a documentary about puzzles in general and The Times ... More About: New York Times , Made
Dog Bites Quarterback
2007-07-18 16:12:00 Michael Vick was indicted by a grand jury for various counts related to dog fighting yesterday. If he’s not guilty, I hope his name is quickly cleared. If he is guilty, I hope he sits in a jail cell until he is no longer able to play football. To the people who claim that more attention was brought to this ... More About: Quarter , Bite , Quarterback
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for July 16, 2007
2007-07-16 16:56:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. Today Lehman downgraded WTI, which opened at $25.57, so TFF is upgrading ITW, which opened at $57.68. Deutsche upgraded HES, which opened at $66.69, so TFF is downgrading SEH, which opened at $18.60. DG was ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock , July
Our Big Trip Part 12- Buffalo, South Bend and the Windy City
2007-07-13 16:36:00 The background info about Our Big Trip is here. A Big Thanks I would like to thank Beth for doing such a great job on the last update. She worked long and hard on it and saved your humble narrator a few brain cells. And I need ‘em. Sunday, October 5: We got up and went to the Coffee Bean in ... More About: Buffalo , City , South , Bend
Top 5 Bread and Cheese Concoctions
2007-07-11 12:58:00 Had a bit of trouble sleeping last night, which is really nothing new. It seems to have gotten a bit worse over the last few weeks, which is perhaps normal given recent events. So I was having a midnight snack at 4am when I realized how important it was to educate the public about the importance of ... More About: Cheese , Bread , Brea , D and C
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for July 9, 2007
2007-07-09 18:15:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. Today Citigroup downgraded TYC, which opened at $52.10, so TFF is upgrading CYT, which opened at $65.91. Lehman upgraded SLGN, which opened at $59.24, so TFF is downgrading NGLS, which opened at $33.95. ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock , July
The Bluebird of Happiness Didn?t Poop on My Birthday Cake, But The Mourning
2007-07-06 15:25:00 Yesterday, I put up a post in which I postulated that perhaps my late father came to visit me in the guise of a Mourning Dove. It turns out that was not correct. In this shocking Frog Bog expose, I offer you the complete, unadulterated truth. This is my house (don’t get excited, we only ... More About: Happiness , Poop , Cake , Birthday , Bluebird
Reincarnation in a Dovebird
2007-07-05 14:36:00 Sort of starting to feel like a human being after the passing of my father a couple of weeks ago. Some days are better than others, but I know that’s just the way it will be for a while. I spoke to a friend of mine a few days ago, and she said that a couple ... More About: Incarnation , Carnation
The Fearless Frog?s Stock Picks for July 2, 2007
2007-07-02 17:25:00 The background info about The Fearless Frog is here. The more recent background info about TFF’s patented Alphabetic Inversion and Chart Reversal Strategy is here. Today Citigroup downgraded PHM, which opened at $22.45, so TFF is upgrading MHP, which opened at $68.09. Deutsche upgraded TRB, which opened at $29.56, so TFF is downgrading BRT, which opened at $25.76. The TFF steamroller ... More About: Stock Picks , Stock , July
Hilmar Robert Mueller, 1943-2007
More articles from this author:2007-06-25 18:13:00 Those of you who stop by here often have probably noticed a marked decline in the number of posts I’ve put up recently. This is because I haven’t been home much. I generally look at this site as a blog where I just sort of take a funny or amusing look at what’s going on in ... More About: Robert , Mueller , Robe 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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