38th

I ran my first race since I did the NYC marathon in 2005. It was a five mile one in New Jersey. I came in 38th. Out of about 400. Nothing to write home about.

Money-wise, over the weekend, I found 16 cents.

pronounced "en-ye"

Met up with a friend this evening at this great tapas place called (that is pronounced) "en-ye". On my way to dinner, I picked up a dime and two pennies. Broke the nine dollar mark. Boo-yah. That's pronounced the way it looks.

Financial Economist Joke

Picked up a penny near the City Hall station as I was buying coin wrappers for all the other change I seem to amass during my transactions throughout the day. Why do I still do this? There are machines that will tabulate my loose change collection. Saw one at Duane Reade. They take out about 9 cents for every dollar calculated. Not bad......maybe I'll try it.

Anyway, here's the joke which I saw while reading "The Four Pillars of Investing" by William J. Bernstein:

A professor and a student are strolling across campus. The student stops to pick up a ten-dollar bill which is lying on the ground. But he's stopped by the professor who says "Don't bother. If that were a real ten-dollar bill, someone would have picked it up already." The joke pertains to the market behavior.

I guess it's gotta be worth more than a penny for people to pick up street change in this city.

No jackpot but still collecting

Well, I found a fairly decent amount of money throughout the evening yesterday. 39 cents worth. Still doesn't make up for losing the Kentucky Derby bet on a sign that practically hit me in the face. But overall, I have almost $9. Nine dollars. When I started, I didn't know what I'd get and yeah, maybe I'd end up with something rather miniscule but now it's forming into something a bit more marginal. My prediction is that I'll have $20 by the end of the year. You wouldn't throw away $20, would you?

Unlike Ace of Base, I didn't see the sign

ARRGHHHH.

I picked up a penny on my way to the OTB to place my bets on the Kentucky Derby this afternoon.

THAT WAS THE SIGN.

I placed some bets on horses that really did awful.

Who won: STREET SENSE.

My blog is called Street Change. DAMN.

WTF have I been doing this entire year?

Let's hope I read the signs before the Preakness.

(Also found a penny this morning on a bike ride and a penny yesterday)

Almost

Tonight I met up with some friends at this new Aussie restaurant in "Park Slope" called Sheep Station. It's on 4th avenue. Park Slope...right.

Anyway, they directed me to 16 cents lying in the restaurant. I had already found a penny on my way there. On my way home I picked up two dimes.

Almost paid for my meal.

Almost like the place is in Park Slope.

Goldmine!

April turned out to be quite the month. Yesterday on my lunch break I couldn't decide what to eat so I just kept walking and wandering. I turned onto Water street after about 15 minutes of aimlessness. As I was heading back to work I noticed a penny in a niche. Then a dime right next to it. Before I could realize it, there was a huge pile of change. All told I found $1.19!! just lying right next to this building!