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College bound?

Some ugly facts:
1. My alma mater now costs two-and-a-half times more than it did my freshman year (1987). Annual tuition plus room and board is $44,160. Cripes.
2. At the local state university, the cost of room and board is more than that for tuition and fees, $8,000 vs. $5,985. (Guess who’s living at home if [...]

In Education, Family, Finance, Future, Parenting on 27 April 2007 with Comments Off

Give me a break

Today I worked from home while my car was in the shop getting a brake job. A rode the bus from and to the shop. It had been awhile since I last rode the bus and it was a pleasant enough experience all things considered. The #9 Express to Capitol Hill comes around every 30 [...]

In Finance, Transportation on 19 October 2005 with 1 comment

Bubble, take two

Let the bubble begin (again). As of this writing, GOOG is trading at $174.46 per share, up more than 16% since yesterday’s close. Google’s market cap now stands at $47.32B, that’s “B” as in “billion.” A billion is a thousand million. Holy crap.

In Finance on 22 October 2004 with no comments

I.R.S.U.O.ME!

Just filed the 2003’s. Yee-haa! Uncle Sam should be electronically returning to me my money within days. TurboTax for the Web is the greatest web app in existence. I’ve used it four? years in a row. Can’t remember for sure, but it’s saved me a hell of a lot of [...]

In Finance on 5 April 2004 with no comments