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
WTF?
The little weather bar underneath my Vista gadgets clock says it’s -13 outside. -13, seriously? SERIOUSLY? You know, in Alaska, I got this type of weather, sure, but it included perks like northern lights, low population density, and liquor. In Dayton, not so much. Also, I’m really not prepared anymore for weather like this. Maybe
Chilly Beans
It’s supposed to be -25 tonight. Holy crap, what is this? There’s a reason I’m not in Fairbanks anymore. I think I may be saving the gym for tomorrow. I don’t have proper snow boots or gloves for this type of weather.