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[vicarz]

Just saw the funniest commercial...mocking the victoria secret lingerie concept of guys trying to get their women out of their clothes, and instead into some horribly uncomfortable and expensive things "for her" so she will pleasure his visual whims...
http://www.pajamagram.com/ says give her what she really wants, some big floppy comfortable pjs! In my world view - that's for the win.

To my dismay, after sitting around last night watching the "How it's made" special on chocolate, which included Lindt truffles, I did some research to find out if I cound sink my retirement investment for the new year into truffles rather than doing any serious research. Instead, I found that LDSVF.PK is barely tradeable - showing up as $1900 a share US, but upon further research it hasn't sold since 2006 and then for about $3200.

I'm thinking of trying to balance investment with environmentally friendly activity, from organic food to solar power. These areas appear to be all research and fluff, with no profit at this time however.

I have a hard time investing because I'm so far outside the mainstream...how can I predict what people will buy if I don't even understand what music they listen to, shows they watch, and social networking sites they use?

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[pictsy.livejournal.com]

PajamaGram is a new sponsor of WAMU (or maybe NPR itself), so I get to smile about them every morning. :)

I get Pax World Funds (http://www.paxworld.com) to do my socially responsible investing for me, but I realize that's no fun for you.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I'm ok with funds - their perf isn't stellar though. I have some $ in Domini, but they also avoid "liquor" which I find absurd. I'm even up to the point I figure it's ok to invest in tobacco...

But avoiding environmentally destructive groups, horrible human rights records, and supporters of politicians I hate is worth a few % points.