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Retirement is the word of the day

As many people know, the big issue with government employment right now is the high number of people who are nearing retirement age.  Which should be great for youngsters like me, just getting into government service.  Lots of room for growth.  And for the most part, that is true, though a lot of the potential [...]

Safe and sound

By now, I’m sure many of you have seen the news about the Metro collision here.  While that’s definitely my area of the city, I was still at work when it happened, and though I didn’t manage to get home til almost 9 tonight, I’m fine.  Hope the rest of my DC friends are safe.  [...]

No Spend Week!

As I was updating my budget this weekend, I noticed that once again, this has been quite a spendy month.  So I have decided to do my best to not spend any money for the week.

Of course, that’s a bit of a misnomer.  I do actually plan to spend money this week.   I have a [...]

Quick note

I’m doing some design work on the site this weekend, so if you’re reading this and things look wonky, don’t worry.  I know.

Saving For Later

I am officially impressed by J. Money.  One of his goals each year is to max out his 401(k) and for varying reasons which he describes, this meant that he had 90% of his last paycheck taken out.  90%!  That seems like crazy talk.  But I’m definitely impressed.  Nice work, J.

After much pondering, I recently [...]