I hate it when I'm called a "vulture" investor.  Many ruthless investors consider it a compliment, but I consider myself more of a predator than a scavenger and would prefer the name "great horned owl" investor.  I don't just kill and strip the assets of companies that appear to be dying, I kill and strip the assets of companies that deserve to be dead.

Thanks to NutmegNine for her spectacular photo of a Great Horned Owl in Guilford Courthouse Park.  The photo and her commentary — "Great Horned Owls are fearsome predators, hunting prey from small insects up to Great Blue Herons" — inspired me to insist on this change in nomenclature.

Of course, when I take over the assets of a company and use them to build a new and better company, I should be called a "Lazarus" investor.