Our SammySub group meets on alternate months over the course of the year to discuss a specific topic in depth. If you're interested, please join us, even if you haven't had a chance to read the book. We ALWAYS have fun!
This time, the general topic is finance and investing. We'll let you know the date of the next meeting, which will be decided at the regular Sammy get-together in March. So far, we've been meeting at Table 27 (the private, round table) at Boone Tavern at 5:30PM (1/2 price snack time). Here's a list of the books we've chosen:
1. Nice Girls Don't Get Rich by Lois Frankel (already discussed); light reading, a good introduction to becoming more confident and self-reliant when it comes to money issues.
2. A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel (2007 edition; already discussed); an enjoyable, well written and really interesting book on investing from an historical and economic perspective.
3. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein (to be discussed at next meeting).
4. One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
5. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins
6. Moneyball by Michael Lewis
7. Succeeding Against the Odds by John Johnson
Call or email Kathie Lucas (356-3435) if you have any questions.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Responses to the survey
Below are your responses to book club activities and organization ... please comment below if you have additional thoughts you want to share. We would love to have them!
1) I think the idea of getting together on the off months is great. I'm always looking for more social outings! The suggestions of restaurants, lectures, movies, short road trips all sound good.
2) I'm happy to host and am pretty flexible. Maybe we should aim to have some back-ups in case the primary host has a last minute conflict. Left-over back-ups can have first dibs on the hosting jobs for 2009.I'd prefer planning 4-6 books ahead to save on shipping charges if ordered online, or increase availability if it's a library book.I'm open to having more get-togethers. We could consider off-month gatherings at a restaurant to discuss a great op-ed piece---or an interesting online magazine article---or just chat. Another option might be to meet on the Katy Trail and chat while we walk---when the weather gets LOTS warmer.
3) Meeting extra times is always a fun idea…even though I’m often too busy, it’s good when some of you can. I’d like to see us pass around a list at the beginning of the year or now or whenever so we could sign up to host (in homes or a restaurant), and Kathie’s back-up idea is perfect. No more than we meet, most wouldn’t have to host but about every 18 months or so. Then if the back up doesn’t host in a given year, she will be on the list to host the following. Anything can come up as we all know and that would give us the security to go ahead and choose a month.
We could draw up a list of 6 books to read every year and decide on the months they will be discussed.
4) I would be interested in outings with the book club. My other book club does this. They go to movies and lectures at the University when someone interesting comes to town. They also go on vacation together (wine tour in California, Home tours in Kansas City each year [some type of fundraiser], St. Louis botanical gardens) those types of things that are an interest to everyone. I think it is more difficult to get together in the summer with vacations and such. Also, we don't need everyone to participate in these outings, just those who are interested. I think my other bookclub averages 5-8 people for their outings, along with their spouses.We could develop an events calendar and have those interested sign up. This would require a fair amount of planning and I'm not sure who would be willing to take that on as a project.I do think it would make the group more cohesive.
5) I'm interested in extra group activities and more group cohesion. It seems like the group is large, and it's difficult to get to know one another. However, people may be too busy because not many people answered in the affirmative to the question of extra activites. We could try it and perhaps there will be more response? But, I guess extra activities for greater cohesion will only work if people want it. At least five of us say yes ... but now what should we do? Is there enough interest? I like the idea of planning meeting times and books ahead.
1) I think the idea of getting together on the off months is great. I'm always looking for more social outings! The suggestions of restaurants, lectures, movies, short road trips all sound good.
2) I'm happy to host and am pretty flexible. Maybe we should aim to have some back-ups in case the primary host has a last minute conflict. Left-over back-ups can have first dibs on the hosting jobs for 2009.I'd prefer planning 4-6 books ahead to save on shipping charges if ordered online, or increase availability if it's a library book.I'm open to having more get-togethers. We could consider off-month gatherings at a restaurant to discuss a great op-ed piece---or an interesting online magazine article---or just chat. Another option might be to meet on the Katy Trail and chat while we walk---when the weather gets LOTS warmer.
3) Meeting extra times is always a fun idea…even though I’m often too busy, it’s good when some of you can. I’d like to see us pass around a list at the beginning of the year or now or whenever so we could sign up to host (in homes or a restaurant), and Kathie’s back-up idea is perfect. No more than we meet, most wouldn’t have to host but about every 18 months or so. Then if the back up doesn’t host in a given year, she will be on the list to host the following. Anything can come up as we all know and that would give us the security to go ahead and choose a month.
We could draw up a list of 6 books to read every year and decide on the months they will be discussed.
4) I would be interested in outings with the book club. My other book club does this. They go to movies and lectures at the University when someone interesting comes to town. They also go on vacation together (wine tour in California, Home tours in Kansas City each year [some type of fundraiser], St. Louis botanical gardens) those types of things that are an interest to everyone. I think it is more difficult to get together in the summer with vacations and such. Also, we don't need everyone to participate in these outings, just those who are interested. I think my other bookclub averages 5-8 people for their outings, along with their spouses.We could develop an events calendar and have those interested sign up. This would require a fair amount of planning and I'm not sure who would be willing to take that on as a project.I do think it would make the group more cohesive.
5) I'm interested in extra group activities and more group cohesion. It seems like the group is large, and it's difficult to get to know one another. However, people may be too busy because not many people answered in the affirmative to the question of extra activites. We could try it and perhaps there will be more response? But, I guess extra activities for greater cohesion will only work if people want it. At least five of us say yes ... but now what should we do? Is there enough interest? I like the idea of planning meeting times and books ahead.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Slider Recipe
Hey Sammies,
I was looking through some old e-mails which we may want to save on our blog and found Kathy's Slider recipe from the Christmas party. I definitely want to keep this one!
Sliders
2 1/2 # hamburger - brown and drain
Then add:
1 pkg. Lipton dry onion soup mix
8 oz. grated cheddar cheese
2 T Miracle Whip (I use mayonnaise)
Mix all of this together with the hamburger.
Cut entire package of rolls in half (I use the half size rolls from Schnucks). Or any package of 24 rolls will work. Lay top half back and spread 1/2 of meat mixture on each pan (recipe makes 2, 9x13 pans). Place dill pickle on each sandwich (or leave it off if you don't like pickles). Put top halves back on and cover well with foil to keep them warm for serving. You can also freeze them for later use at this point. When ready to eat, bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
I was looking through some old e-mails which we may want to save on our blog and found Kathy's Slider recipe from the Christmas party. I definitely want to keep this one!
Sliders
2 1/2 # hamburger - brown and drain
Then add:
1 pkg. Lipton dry onion soup mix
8 oz. grated cheddar cheese
2 T Miracle Whip (I use mayonnaise)
Mix all of this together with the hamburger.
Cut entire package of rolls in half (I use the half size rolls from Schnucks). Or any package of 24 rolls will work. Lay top half back and spread 1/2 of meat mixture on each pan (recipe makes 2, 9x13 pans). Place dill pickle on each sandwich (or leave it off if you don't like pickles). Put top halves back on and cover well with foil to keep them warm for serving. You can also freeze them for later use at this point. When ready to eat, bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
We read, we blog?
Methinks the day dawns for us to become bloggers like everyone else, don't you? I mean if an author spends 10 years writing a book for us to gather around at our meetings to murmur, praise, shriek at, surely we can write a snippet or two on this here blog-thingy. (You know you've always wanted to be known as a Blogger, right?) Primarily, I'm hoping this blog will serve our short-circuiting memories well (no, I'm not mentioning any forgotten-already names) and perhaps help facilitate discussion at our meetings. And inform of pregnancy, intoxication, death, disease, fire, graduation, grandchildren, celebration of any kind, or anything else you want to babble on about (like I am now).
Anyway, perhaps also this blog could be a place for us to post when we've read an exciting book, and we just can't wait to tell one another, or our significant other/boss isn't interested in our literary highlife, or our memories have truly been zapped somewhere, and we need a quick depository. It could also be a place to list books for our next read. Or a calendar for are meetings or get-togethers. Please use it as you want. Please be a contributing author because that sounds extremly fantasy fulfilling (for us old English majors at least). I'll tell you how in a private e-mail.
Take care, and remember all those maxims of Poor Richard! Teri
Anyway, perhaps also this blog could be a place for us to post when we've read an exciting book, and we just can't wait to tell one another, or our significant other/boss isn't interested in our literary highlife, or our memories have truly been zapped somewhere, and we need a quick depository. It could also be a place to list books for our next read. Or a calendar for are meetings or get-togethers. Please use it as you want. Please be a contributing author because that sounds extremly fantasy fulfilling (for us old English majors at least). I'll tell you how in a private e-mail.
Take care, and remember all those maxims of Poor Richard! Teri
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
