Two Chips in One

That’s what HOPE is, isn’t it, something between a decision and a feeling; it is giving of permission to oneself to be optimistic about things yet to be.
-Morag Joss
“Half Broken Things”

On September 16, 2009 An MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) team announced that they had succeeded in combining two semiconductor materials (silicon and gallium nitride) that have different and potentially complementary characteristics into a single hybrid microchip. It is an advance that could lead to overcoming fundamental barriers of size and speed facing today's silicon chips.

This leads me to believe that these two ‘chip’ companies are worth evaluating (if you have a five year or longer investment time horizon they are a BUY):

INTEL Corporation (stock symbol INTC):
This trades currently at about $20 per share
and pays a dividend yield of about 2.85%

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC. (stock symbol MCHP):
This trades currently at about $27 per share
and pays a dividend yield of about 4.9%

Consult your Investment Adviser to see if these investments are appropriate for you.

Twenty-five years ago today:

September 19, 1984
Wednesday

Today was a fun day. My co-workers ‘in training’ played hangman for much of the day. I had them stumped when I used the words ‘TOKYO’ and ‘FOREVER’.

Pat Wright, Barbara Reynolds and I enjoyed lunch together on Market Street as we ate our turkey avocado sandwiches. We had a good laugh at the diversity of people from Hari Krishna chaps to a toothless man to a bunch of other gents who kept passing by. Barb said a lot of the gents were staring at me. I just made a grunt. I looked and they looked away…lucky me.

After work I kept my appointment with the Oakland Women’s Health Center to donate (my sperm). I talked to Robin, the case worker there. She is pretty cool.
“There have not been any pregnancies announced yet,” she said after I had asked about any results. I was presented with a check for $21.25 for my donation.

I took a ride on my bike along the beach. I saw some familiar faces and some new ones that are becoming more familiar.

I went to mom’s for a couple of pork chops and found a package waiting there for me. It was my new military front pocket pants that I ordered from that Bachrach Men’s Catalog from Chicago, Illinois.

I was thinking of Nici Maurino tonight, so I decided to give her a call. There was no answer, just a constant ring.

PHOTO: Sept 10, 2004
Mykonos, Greece.

Richard Greenspan of Daly City called me. He is the guy I met at ‘The Oasis’ the night I met Karen Jackson. He has a bit of a fat tummy and is a redhead. He seems nice and his folks seem to be wealthy because they went to Greece and Israel and who knows where else. He told me he was all alone at their Daly City home.
“So tell me about that Karen girl,” Richard said.
I did not share too much information with him because I didn’t want to prolong thoughts of her (freckles on the back).
“I’m going to ‘The Oasis’ again on Friday night,” Richard said.
“I might go, too.”
I was still undecided as to whether or not I would go to 'The Oasis'. Do I really want to become a regular at any one place? I think not.

Bobbie Renbarger is very interested in the VIP ‘early retirement’ program that is being offered at the company. I am, too. I want to leave the phone company and seriously pursue my idea of ‘Michael J of New York’, clothiers for men. I want to do it—so bad.

I need more support and more of a push to get me going with the concept of my own business. I telephoned Bobbie and left a message on her voice recorder because she inspires me. She gives me more incentive ideas about delving into a private business.