Comments on: Family Financial Memo

By: Plague Update « SW Suz

Plague Update « SW Suz — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:25:52 +0000

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J’s blog » Blog Archive » Catchup blogging again… — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:20:39 +0000

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By: Tuesday’s Worth Reading | Transbuddha

Tuesday’s Worth Reading | Transbuddha — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:00:27 +0000

[...] And finally… the global financial crisis has impacted nearly every aspect of business, but Marc Stober showcases where it’s hurting the most: Personnel. read the Stober Family Financial Memo. [...]

By: James

James — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:55:03 +0000

I love this memo, both for its own merit and as a commentary on “corporate-speak”. I’m also a fellow Newtonian and my family and I live near Cabot’s. Having experienced an uptick in our human resources in the past year (she’s 8 months old), I can relate to the budget crunch.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:53:44 +0000

Oh Dear God, please do not leak this memo to the press!! It’s hard enough convincing our CEO here at TJ Industries Ltd that it is worth the extra money to buy the name brand peanut butter. No more fuel for the fire please!!!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:00:33 +0000

Another suggestion for food savings I’ve undertaken is a return to bread making. Bread has become very expensive, but think about it – 5 pounds of flour can be had for $2.50. After you’ve tried this out and it seems like a viable plan consider buying a pound of instant yeast from King Arthur or other sources. If you have a food processor it takes 45 seconds to knead a loaf of bread. Takes no more than 10 minutes to do it by hand. (Mark Bittman has a great recipe for no-knead bread at the NYTimes.) The bread will be outstanding, you can control the ingredients, and you’ll be comforted by the smell of bread in the oven. It will call you back to something you’ve lost.

By: Family Financial Memo « Dog-eared page

Family Financial Memo « Dog-eared page — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:26:02 +0000

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By: Financial crisis hits home: Brad Neese: Living Large in Oklahoma

Financial crisis hits home: Brad Neese: Living Large in Oklahoma — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:09:20 +0000

[...] Marc Stober writes a memo to his household “organization” regarding the financial crisis: * M E M O R A N D U M [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:44:00 +0000

While this may all be fine and dandy for some, I have learned valuable lessons from the current politics going on in DC.

After many years of close examination of my prospective take over target, I plan on a friendly merger with my neighbors co-executive, followed by a break up of their assets, which are I believe to have a greater asset value than book value to my corporation. I calculate this under “goodwill”. I will then use their retirement funds to “bail out” my organizations under funded equities. This “synergy” between the best of my organization, and my ex-neighbors, should supply the needed cash flow to create team building exercises in Hawaii and Paris, thereby cementing a spirit of commitment to the newly expanded corporate structure.

After all, I am learning from the government that morality is for people without lobbyists on K street.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:28:26 +0000

A good investment that could yield increasing returns is a pressure cooker. I notice your reference to a crock-pot. Beleive me, a pressure cooker can provide the same benefits and more. It is a lost art which my mother – a survivor of the depression – took full advantage of, often having two or three going at the same time. Pot roast in 45 minutes and it tastes like its been cooking all day.. Chicken soup? Now you’re talking.