Scott Adams: In his own words
One of the curses of wedding planning is the whole gift-giving dilemma. This is especially acute for people like my fiancée and me because for us, all material goods fall into one of these categories. 1. Already have it2. Don’t need it3. Too expensive for a gift4. What the hell…
Read MoreIran claims it doesn’t plan to build any nuclear weapons. They say they only want nuclear technology for energy. The United States and lots of other folks believe it’s all a trick to get nuclear weapons and hand them out to terrorists, or possibly just nuke Israel for fun. I’m…
Read MoreI’m fascinated by people’s opinions of the “start” of the universe. The most popular theory is that God came first and created everything. But that leaves hanging the question of how God got here. If God was always here, then time has no beginning. And if time has no beginning,…
Read MoreDid you hear about the German cannibal? It sounds like the beginning of a joke but it’s not. A German guy had a lifelong fantasy of eating someone. So he ran an online ad for a volunteer. This is the funny part: A guy volunteered. So the cannibal and the…
Read MoreSomeone asked me about my pet peeves. Here’s a few that spring to mind. Ambiguous Tipping Situations====================== For example, I once gave a speech on an island that doesn’t allow tipping. Gratuities were built-in to the charges. This concept made me happy. But when I showed up, a guy took…
Read MoreThe Dilbert Portfolio is up 7% in 2 days. I am now officially jaded and expect it to continue forever at the same pace. Dilbert Portfolio Shares Price Current Value Cost ChangeADM 500 …
Read MoreRecently I asked for your future-trend-based stock recommendations. I decided to invest in the ones that sounded most reasonable and call it the Dilbert Portfolio. Apparently you people are as smart as you think you are. The portfolio is up 3% in one day. Shares …
Read MorePeople often ask me if I mind all the personal attacks that people leave in the comment section to my blog. If you’ve been following the blog, you know that I get a healthy dollop of personal abuse. My incoming e-mail is worse; it’s a virtual festival of Scott-bashing. My…
Read MoreYour collective brains have come up with the following trend investment ideas since yesterday: CoalWiMaxGold and silverRFIDDesalinizationFuneral homesNursing homesTattoo removalOLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) Does anyone know companies that would benefit from those trends without being the obvious ones that are already bid up, or big conglomerates that have too…
Read MoreThe other day my future step kids, ages 6 and 8, were playing with my recumbent exercise bike. Their tiny butts both fit on the seat and they each controlled one pedal. I was watching TV nearby and overheard this conversation: Justin (age 6): “Don’t pedal backwards!” Savannah (age 8):…
Read MoreI wonder what would happen if we used our collective Dilbert-Blog-Reader brain to come up with stock investment tips. Let’s find out. I don’t believe it’s wise to pick individual stocks based on factors such as the quality of management, quality of products, or projected cash flow. First, those things…
Read MoreA reader of this blog is asking for some help on his college class. What better way to tighten up a theory than to let you jackals rip it to pieces? His e-mail to me… Scott, I am a student at Shippensburg University in PA. I am going to be…
Read MoreI keep hearing pundits whining about the growing gap between the rich and the poor. I have difficulty empathizing with that viewpoint for two reasons: 1. Poor people can vote.2. There are more poor people than rich people. In theory, those unhappy poor people could vote to tax the living…
Read MoreI remember years ago when the “three strikes” law was being debated in California. For you out-of-towners, the proposed law would put repeat criminals (those convicted three times) in jail for exceptionally long sentences. The statistics showed that the repeat offenders committed a huge chunk of the overall crimes. Here’s…
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