No matter how bad it gets…
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Quote of the Day
“Strength does not come from winning.Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
An Inconvenient Truth
Last night, I watched An Inconvenient Truth. This morning, I saw this and this, and finally had a place to put all the pieces. I’m glad I don’t have kids.
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I Earned a Penny!
My $50 in savings earned a penny! Wow, this is exciting! No, seriously, do you have any idea how long it’s been since I had a savings account (that wasn’t a 401(k) subject to market madness)? Ten years at least. A whole penny! I just put another $50 in there. As life starts to move
Obama Disappointed Cabinet Failed To Understand His Reference To ‘Savage Sword Of Conan’ #24
Yes, it delights me to no end that Obama’s a comic book fan. And yes, I love the Onion.
Check your Interest Rate
I logged into my primary credit card account yesterday to make a payment after cashing an insurance reimbursement check. While looking at the summary page, I was startled to see an interest rate percentage of 14.99% Um. Hold on here, crackerbarrel. I have a variable interest rate of 6.55%. I’ve never seen it above 9.99%.
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OmniPod Improvements
How I got three boxes worth of pods with a 20% failure rate, I’ll never know. I actually suspect that until recently, that was the order of the day for Omnipod. Over the last three months, Omnipod has made some improvements. We’re down to a respectable 1% failure rate. I think the last one that
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Socking it Away
As much as I get on about not saving enough money (I’m trying to find a way to put $50 a month into a savings account), I realized when I did a detailed review of my paycheck this week that I’m actually putting $100 a month into the company 401(k). You forget how much it