Archive for May, 2007


another financial step

May 28, 2007

i finally got around to setting up a td ameritrade account using suze's "save yourself" plan. i'm going to put at least $50 a month in there for a year, and then once i get the $100 bonus next may (for doing 12 months of $50 deposits), i'll invest it ...

how pathetic are some people…

May 27, 2007

and they wonder why their kids turn out like they did. well, let's see... so you come across a "coach" bag at a flea market, thinking it's real and that you're getting an awesome deal. hmm... the guy had them apparently hidden in boxes and they're like $40 - if that's ...

and MI has reached a new low

May 25, 2007

or in this case, i guess you can say it's a new high. we're now officially #1 for gas prices in the US - passing hawaii today. what the heck is going on?! and for the record, at the beginning of this week, we hit $3.65 - yes, i'm serious.

vacation photos

May 7, 2007

since flickr servers appear to be hiccuping at the moment, you can find my pics here as well. edit 5/14 - so it turns out i was WAY behind on the code that runs my gallery. that's been fixed now, so the photos can be viewed through my site's gallery again

a gas boycott? oh give me a break

May 3, 2007

that's all we hear about on the news besides people whining about how much gas jumped to yesterday... that whoever wants to stage a boycott. and obviously these wannabe-boycott ringleaders don't have a clue that their "brilliant idea" won't do a dang thing. ok, so you don't buy gas on ...