Comments for Back in the Saddle

Comment on My Feelings by Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:06:20 +0000

I hate to say it, but it’s true – yours is better.

Comment on My Feelings by Conor

Conor — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:03:17 +0000

Anthony, I dislike your poem immensely. It lacks feeling, emotion, and it hardly rhymes at all.

Here’s how it should be done.

The Cruel Stoat, by CJ O’Carroll

The cruel, cruel stoat
made his nest in my throat,
he breached my moat,
porridged my oat,
and sailed in my boat,
to John O’Groat(s).

Enjoy.

Comment on Advice by Karl

Karl — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:10:03 +0000

ssshhh…. hear that?

That’s the sound of Anthony guzzling tequilas in a strip bar and crying “Gerremoffff” while he blows his 401k!

Comment on Advice by Uncle P

Uncle P — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:30:15 +0000

Do it. I’m about to do something similar, and desperately need the comfort of knowing there’s someone else doing the risky thing…

Comment on Advice by Karl

Karl — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:17:21 +0000

Ahhh. I wonder am I the only one to have misinterpreted the 401(k)? (Own up, go on!)

I honestly thought you were splurging 401, zero, zero, zero! Which I was about to say today was vulgar and give you a good ould lecture! But now I realise it is in fact the pension scheme, then it changes things – cuz that’s probably less and means yer rightly fucked now eh! Ah the mid-life chrisis!

Tried the Radio stations yet? A ‘sound’ opportunity!

Comment on Advice by Paul

Paul — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:54:47 +0000

You were correct in your judgement!

Comment on Advice by Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:09:42 +0000

When you work on video games the question of what is a hobby and what is potentially financially rewarding is very much a grey area!

Comment on Advice by Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:08:24 +0000

I did in fact link to the Wikipedia article about 401(K)s, but as you didn’t see it here it is again!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/401(k)

Comment on Advice by Karl

Karl — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:04:24 +0000

Hmmm…. Anthony, my dear friend. Dream up the kind of world you want to live in and, dream out loud. I think our Lord Bono said that. And it’s true. But if you blow one penny of that 401k to be a tortured artist I’ll personally come ovre and vomit on you.

Trust me…. there’ll come a day…. medical problem, unforseen calamity, wedding, the plane fare home…. what ever – don’t waist hard earned spons on frivality!

Rather, treat your dough like an investment opportunity; put aside a certain amount and give yourself a goal or a target to reach from it. Does’nt have to be a fiscal goal, but if you invest in something, it has to give a result. If it does’nt give you a result, either by way of a new path, or a tangable satisfying result, then it’s not worth investing in is it? So my advice – set yourself a target of what you want to achieve before you commit to any rash decisions and then ask yourself if they are achievable and do they warrant the financial support? If they don’t, then be honest to yourself and ask if ‘it’ can be sidelined as a hobby or an indulgunce.

Comment on Advice by The big dude

The big dude — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:35:25 +0000

Your readership is global, the number of potential advisers a legion but many will need to know what exactly a 401K is. Pending that information, the picture of you half starving but content, dedicated to your art, fervently working on your masterpiece in a Brooklyn garret has romantic appeal.