I'm starting a new accountability project this year and I need your help. Accountability is useless if no one is holding you to it. So I need feedback, reminders, harassment or whatever to help keep me on track. Here's how it works. I have a list of Ten Things that I need to do each day. ...

Looks like the emergency fund may come in handy in the very near future. Last night, the apartment was seemingly hit by lighting and my abundance of electronics has suffered. By my first check, we lost the living room TV, the bedroom Tivo, both wireless routers, the network switch, and the DVD recorder. I'll also need ...

I used to have Google Ads on this site. However, after about 2 years, I'd earned a whopping $4. So I figured there was no benefit to keeping the ads up. But, given that I likes my toys, but can't justify spending family money on them. So the conclusion I came to was I'll let the ...

We are now the owners of a 2007 Hyundai Sonata, and once again, our net-worth is in the red. The soon-to-be-father and husband of a woman who drives 50miles round trip every day through the heart of Chicago is thrilled that we have a car that is reliable, more fuel efficient, more comfortable and has 6 ...

Those who know me, know that I'm not a car person. I accept that some people need them for their day-to-day lives, and that, in our current situation, TBWITWW is one of those people. But I also think that a car is merely a tool to get yourself, your passengers and your cargo from point A ...

A few months ago I opened an Electric Orange checking account from ING Direct. Part of my reasoning was that they pay a decent interest rate on the checking account (not great, but better than nothing), and to start to seperate some of our bill paying. The problem has been the transition from one to the ...

No, they're not jewel encrusted, but for the money we spend on them they ought to be. Today we took both cats to the vet for checkups. Chubby was in for shots, and Iccarus was in for a 6-month senior exam. Chubby, as usual, was friendly and docile. And Iccarus, as usual, was a nervous wreck. ...