Wednesday September 24, 2008
That was the clock in 2007, now it needs another digit. (Note: Not a joke, now it needs another digit.) It took the United States 209 years, from the founding of the republic till 1998, to compile the first $5 trillion in national debt. In the decade since, $6 trillion in debt has been added. [...]
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Update: I decided to try the new Quicken Essentials for Mac in March 2010. I used it for about two weeks but just couldn’t stand it. The transaction interface is terrible and the categorization system is even worse. I also attempted to use MoneyWell again, but the latest version is just as bad as the [...]
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Monday September 17, 2001
The Bank of America‘s Economic Research Division released a report on Wednesday. They worked pretty quickly (IMHO) to produce gems like, “The economy, which had been experiencing anemic growth prior to the terrorist attacks, is expected to be negatively affected in the short-run,” and, “Consumer spending will weaken from its earlier forecast 2.5% annualized growth [...]
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Thursday December 14, 2000
Today I made a daring attempt to rob Peter to pay Paul. Unfortunately for me, Peter’s alarm system was much more robust than I had expected. Paul is going to be angry with me. Peter is a jerk. [Note: In today's episode, the part of Peter was played by American Express and the part of [...]
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My Life