Just goes to show how shitty a return you get on the money the govt robs you of every paycheck for social security.  See article below.  Bush thankfully advocates doing what is suggested below, whereas democrats do not.  :)

The CATO institute has a Social Security Privatization Calculator. They illustrate just how much better people will fare if ( Read more... )

Life Goals Completed:
New car owner
Wife
Child
Career
House
Rental property

Life Goals Remaining:College degree ( Read more... )

Speaking of boiling water... I once had a see thru pot with a teflon-coated bottom. I filled it with water, put the burner on high, and promptly forgot all about it and went to college for 4 hours ( Read more... )

I posted this in somebody else's journal, but I thought it was a good summary of the irony involved in this election ( Read more... )

Hehe, Jessica was a bit frustrated that after all the work she does taking care of Emily, her first word is "Dada", which she'll just say constantly when she wants me, and sometimes when she doesn't ( Read more... )

Well, it appears after over two years of "thinking about it", MCI has finally decided to make my job a salaried position.  Good bye overtime..  :(  I guess the only good thing is from what I'm hearing, instead of my job title being "Technical Support Level III" I will be "Network Engineer II", which looks 10x better on a resume.

Verizon Deploying Fiber Optics to Homes and Businesses in 6 More States in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

Verizon plans to announce new fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployment to homes and businesses in Virginia as well as in parts of Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania -- bringing to nine the total number of states ( Read more... )

Well, being up for two days got me sick, so I haven't been exercising.. I am keeping with the diet though, just eating other low-carb foods besides chickens. Current plan is to start weight lifting workouts on Thursday, and take it easy until then.

Day 5 Weigh In: 229.0lbs, 29.3% bodyfatStill making progress... But without exercise, I'm losing ( Read more... )

I'm still at work, but we'll call this going into day 4.  :)  I've been eating and taking pills as appropriate, but only exercised for 25 minutes.   It was damn cold out, I need gloves.  No weigh-in today, as I will not be home until tomorrow.  :(  I'm torn on exercise for today...  I could take a lunch and exercise, but it'd cost me $20 to do so ( Read more... )

I stuck to my routine today as well.  Weight loss seems to be going a bit better.  Alot of people say weighing yourself daily is setting yourself up for failure, as you can have an odd day and look like you're slipping when you're really not, and get discouraged and cheat/etc.  I am trying to instead use it as a tool to tell when effort is slipping ( Read more... )