This is turtle bullshit.

I was forwarded an article on marketwatch last night that was interesting.

Guy I used to work with… very nice guy… just quit his job running equities at a shop you probably never heard of, and is going to Indonesia to teach English and save turtles.  Eventually, he wants to move to Africa to protect elephants from poachers.  Because we all know there is nothing that African poachers fear more than a 5’8″ former equity trader.

Jesus fucking Christ.

I applaud the turtle/elephant thing, I guess, but the reality is that the equity biz is going away faster than those fucking elephants, so if you socked away enough dough (I didn’t) and don’t have expensive kids (I do), then you can lay on a beach in Indonesia, sipping boat-drinks, and feeding turtles.

I am not mad at the whole thing… I am actually kinda jealous.

But let’s not pretend this is all out of your love for slow moving animals… If you loved dumb slothful creatures so much, you woulda helped me out during one of my many lay-offs… It’s because you were working in a modern day asbestos factory, and the first lobster baby was just born, so you are heading for the lifeboats.  Except your lifeboat is gonna drop you off at The Four Seasons in Bali, you lucky little prick.

Best case scenario for me is I figure I will blog for another year or so, and then go try and thwart some Somali pirates.

“Look at me.  I am the captain now.”

Take a report.

-Large