The Valuation on Tiffany & Company Common Stock Continues to Perplex Me
The current valuation of Tiffany & Co. seems absurd to me. I do not understand why people are paying it. Let me walk you through the numbers.
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Why I Refuse to Criticize the 05/21/2011 Doomsday Cult
I am a big advocate for rationality and using a rational framework to manage your life. But you haven’t heard me mock or disparage the doomsday group that has recently been in the news for its failed rapture prophecy that was supposed to occur on May 21st, 2011. Many followers of this cult cashed in…
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Flying Back to Kansas City
We finished our business on the East Coast, though you only saw the personal parts of the trip, and flew back to Kansas City this afternoon. I’m finally starting to feel better. Most of the way home, I read magazines such as Architectural Digest and the Harvard Business Review. I also listened to my iPad…
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Visiting Ashly and Ian in the Mountains for Some Julia Child Coq au Vin
After breakfast with Laura this morning, Aaron and I took a detour and ended up swinging by Rider University and went into the bookstore to pick up some paper, pens, highlighters, etc. We then picked my mom up at the hotel, and drove 2.5 hours through the mountains to visit Ashly and Ian. It was…
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Breakfast with Another Hugely Influential and Favorite Person In My Life – Laura
Had I been running this blog years ago, you would have seen Laura on a consistent basis. She was the Assistant Dean of Student Life and adviser to the Student Government Association back when we were in college. The lessons I learned from Laura were about people and human relationships. I am a better man…
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We Spent the Afternoon and Evening with One of Our Favorite People in the World, Diana Crane
Yesterday, we attended the Diana Crane Scholarship Benefit Concert in Princeton, New Jersey, spoke at the event, and had our foundation make a gift to celebrate the 26 years of service of one of our favorite professors at Westminster, the music school of Rider University. Diana was both Aaron and my academic adviser throughout much…
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House of Cupcakes in Princeton, New Jersey Are the Best Cupcakes on the East Coast
At least that is my personal opinion. Finally! At this point, I had taken a bite of (and spit out) more cupcakes than you can imagine. Some of these legendary bakeries made products that tasted liked Crisco or raw butter. But we heard about a new little cupcake shop that had opened in Princeton, New…
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Speaking at a Scholarship Benefit Concert
Tonight, Aaron and I attended a concert designed to benefit a scholarship setup in honor of one of our favorite professors, Diana Crane, now that she has decided to retire. We agreed to speak at the event and had the Kennon & Green Foundation make a donation to the fund. I was grateful that I…
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Attending a College Graduation Ceremony This Morning
We were supposed to have breakfast with Jimmy this morning but we ran late because I was still really, really under the weather and trying to drag myself out of bed. You may remember him; he works for a major opera company in the United States and was a Fulbright scholar with whom we attended…
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Dinner with Aaron, Ian, Ashly, and Jocelyn at Winberies in Princeton, New Jersey
We had dinner scheduled for tonight with Ashly, Ian, and Jocelyn. After buying our five toe running shoes, we made our way to Jocelyn’s condo a few towns over. It was rush hour, which delayed us, but we arrived and got to meet her roommate, see where she lived, and catch up before piling in…
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