IT guy, weekend SCCA racer, new Subaru owner, Foursquare SU3, PSU alum, gadget lover, Apple user, all-around regular guy.
It didn’t occur to me until just a few minutes ago (literally) that my Citibank card is now below $3000. I honestly cannot remember the last time that that balance has been below that mark. At a minimum it has to be at least 5 years. Likely 6 or 7 years or more, as that was one of the first credit cards I’d ever signed up for. This may not sound like a huge deal… [...]
Yes, you need to file your taxes EVERY year. Even if you’re a rich celebrity. Some of them seem to forget that on occasion. Anyway, yes, the near year brings with it, tax filings of joy (or pain, depending on your situation). Typically mine are not too shabby. Not fantastic… I’d always love more money. But I’m happy to get what I do. This year had a huge variable surrounding my filings… I sold stock [...]
We were watching some Top Gear USA tonight… The one where they went to Vegas. Jen and I were thinking that it would be nice to go to Vegas sometime. It’s something that has been on my list for a while. I got to see Atlantic City once. But Vegas is a whole other beast as far as I’m concerned. One that needs conquerering. Now to just figure out how… Flights? Looks like about $500/person, [...]
Do software publishers realize that lower prices would give them more sales? Or do they just want to live off the few people who can honestly afford their insane prices? Speaking from experience, I can tell you that people pirate software because the legitimate version is WAY too expensive for mere mortals to afford. OK sure, there are some people that would pirate it regardless of the price… but not everyone. Take me, for example. [...]
In case you didn’t know, there was a holiday over the weekend. At least if you celebrate some dead guy’s birthday… While not really religious in any sense of the word, I have always, and do still, celebrate Christmas. It’s just what we do. It’s not really because of some “lord” and his kid’s birthday though – despite the holiday’s origins. We celebrate it because it’s what we’ve always done. We get together with family [...]
There are some times when you feel like you’re getting some sort of run around from people… like when you try to do anything with the government. The DMV for example, it just feels like those people love to fuck with you because they can. What do they care? They’re just slaves for the day anyway. Then there are times when you’re just not sure if someone is fucking with you because it wouldn’t make [...]
My tC will be going away. I’m not sure when yet, but it will. It has been good to me and a lot of fun – but I need to move on. I need to upgrade. More power, more fun… just something different. Whatever I end up with, I may even keep it mostly stock. Maybe just some minor cosmetic stuff (wheels? tint?). So far I’ve been working on a spreadsheet of possible options (as [...]
Two years ago this June I took a small loan out of my 401k to pay down some bills (like $1300 I think). It felt much easier to pay that back via my paycheck on a schedule I choose than to pay whatever bill it was (I forget what it went towards exactly). The payments I setup were only about $27 per paycheck (every 2 weeks). It seemed easier this way because that money would [...]
I’ve been on eBay for what feels like an eternity… but what in reality is about 10 years. I’ve got a feedback rating of 315 – 100% positive. I don’t think I’ve ever had a negative feedback, ever. Though I think I may have had one neutral from some douche who didn’t know what he was doing – but that was a long time ago. I wouldn’t say I buy and sell a lot… but [...]
I encountered a dilemma today. I got my goalsharing bonus from work deposited into my checking account and decided to move $500 to my savings account. I haven’t had anything in my savings account since I created it (I think I was required to create it when I joined the credit union). When I first joined like 5 years ago, I wanted to try to put money into savings – not only to actually save [...]
