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In honor of this, the last day of annoying accusatory ads and those STUPID ads with Bill Clinton telling me children are the most important things on Earth, I have started re-reading The Last Days of Socrates
Happy voting for all of you, whether you are heretics and brainwashers of our children or not! And happy [...]

I have only spent 4 of the past 45 days at home. November isn’t looking too good either. Luckily, I get an entire month at home for the holidays - 12/9-1/8. Wee!!!In related news, I recently calculated that I spend between 750.00 and 850.00/mo on hotels, and another 500.00/mo on the junk food and hotel-prepared [...]

David’s Aunt Lucille died yesterday.I’ve been lucky enough to have few relatives or friends that are very old or very close, and thus have been spared too many loved ones passing. Death is, ultimately, so futile and unnecessary. I hate it.I hate the fact that we live in a society that worships death. I hate [...]

Does anyone else here use Quicken for their personal finances?I’ve worked in Accounting for 6 years and I just don’t get it. I can’t managed to synch any of the accounts properly with the online statements, and have to constantly make adjusting entries. 90% of my accounts aren’t even listed in Quicken’s list of financial [...]

It was a rather expensive holiday trip this year. But it was nice having what was arguably the first real holiday family get-together since I met David. Imagine: spending the holiday with your spouse and family at the same time. A first for me. In past years, holidays meant juggling between my home life with [...]