Archive for December, 2012

  • 2012 – The Year In Kid Dynamite – My Favorite Posts Part II
    Posted by on December 31st, 2012 at 8:46 am, Comments: 0

    Here’s the second half of my favorite posts from my own blog in 2012.  For part I, see here. August: Oh No – Another Post [...]

  • 2012 – The Year In Kid Dynamite – My Favorite Posts Part I
    Posted by on December 29th, 2012 at 8:56 am, Comments: 0

    Here are my favorite 2012 posts from my own blog.  If you’re new to these pages, I urge you to read through these posts – [...]

  • 2012 – The Year in Kid Dynamite – Most Popular Posts
    Posted by on December 28th, 2012 at 8:43 am, Comments: 0

    It’s time to take a look back at the Year That Was on this blog.  In this post, I’ll list the most popular posts of [...]

  • My Favorite Videos of the Year
    Posted by on December 27th, 2012 at 9:59 am, Comments: 0

    Counting down from4 to 1…. #4:  Pete Weber fails at his “DYKWTFIA” attempt:     #3 Bulldog Jumping on a Trampoline     #2  Russian [...]

  • Why Bill Ackman is Wrong About Herbalife
    Posted by on December 21st, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Comments: 0

    Whoa – I must be out of my mind with that title, right?    Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman is a smart dude.  He  and his [...]

  • Your Twitter-Length Investment Theses For 2013
    Posted by on December 20th, 2012 at 8:51 am, Comments: 0

    I put a call out to my Twitter followers asking for their 2013 investment ideas in Twitter-length:  140 characters or less.  I even allowed 2 [...]

  • Holiday Gift Guide 2012
    Posted by on December 13th, 2012 at 2:16 pm, Comments: 0

    By popular demand, here is my 2012 holiday gift guide.   I would like to remind readers that if you click through one of my Amazon.com [...]

  • Now Accepting All Mayan Apocalypse Wagers
    Posted by on December 12th, 2012 at 9:21 pm, Comments: 0

    As a service to my loyal readers, I am offering to book all bets on the Coming Apocalypse, which should be imminent in a matter [...]

  • Another Look Inside My Bedroom
    Posted by on December 11th, 2012 at 1:45 pm, Comments: 0

    It’s like the cartoons are made just for me: previously: A Look Inside My Bedroom -KD disclosure:  long 3 Brussels Griffons (2 permanent, 1 foster) [...]

  • Fox Censors Nate Diaz Giving “The Finger” – Strange Societal Values?
    Posted by on December 9th, 2012 at 12:14 pm, Comments: 0

    Last night, the UFC aired another free “UFC on Fox” special, on, well yes, as the title suggests, Fox.   For those unfamiliar with the UFC [...]

  • Santi Cazorla Should Be Suspended And Fined For Trying To Ruin The Game Of Soccer
    Posted by on December 8th, 2012 at 12:19 pm, Comments: 0

    I think the subject line says it all.   The video is here: and here is an animated GIF of the awful dive that earned Arsenal [...]

  • Netflix, Social Media, and Regulation Fair Disclosure
    Posted by on December 6th, 2012 at 8:06 pm, Comments: 0

    Tonight’s Netflix ($NFLX: no positions) story is a pretty interesting one that will probably be symptomatic of a larger debate over the next several years.  [...]

  • Predicting the Future and Remembering The Past – AT&T as Nostradamus
    Posted by on December 6th, 2012 at 8:45 am, Comments: 0

    I sometimes make jokes on this blog about how technologically “spoiled” we are these days.    Kids these days will never know “Encyclopaedia Britannica” or 20 [...]

  • What Does James Bond Smell Like?
    Posted by on December 5th, 2012 at 1:21 pm, Comments: 0

    I’ll pose this as a question to the audience:  what does 007 smell like?   My guess: gin, gunpowder and expensive whores (not cheap whores) [...]

  • Oceans I Would Like To Listen To More Than Frank Ocean
    Posted by on December 5th, 2012 at 1:09 pm, Comments: 0

    Short list of oceans I would rather listen to than Frank Ocean: 1) Billy 2) Atlantic 3) Pacific 4) Indian 5) Ocean State Job Lot [...]

  • The Beer Diaries – Chapters 19-22
    Posted by on December 4th, 2012 at 9:52 am, Comments: 0

    Chapter 19:  Apple Crisp Ale Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Apple Crisp Ale was interesting – a dark brown ale with a nice hint of apple due [...]

  • The Beer Diaries – Chapters 13-18
    Posted by on December 3rd, 2012 at 9:00 am, Comments: 0

    I’m consolidating several “Beer Diaries” posts that I’ve fallen behind on: Chapter 13: Peach Cobbler Ale This beer under-delivered on both the “peach” and the [...]