I was standing in line at Target today when I noticed something that I didn’t still existed.  The lady in front of me was paying by check.  WHY!  Do you not have a debit card attached to that account?  I don’t see any point in writing checks these days unless paying bills through mail (in which case you should just be paying online; save that paper).  The check is not a safe form of payment; you’re throwing a shitload of data out there for anyone.

Oh, and you’re causing a huge line behind you because you’re taking your sweet ass time filling that ancient thing out.

My brother sent me a very well written article pertaining to mortgages and saving for the future.  It covers many of the misconceptions and disbeliefs that we’ve all come to think about when working with mortgages.  The article gives the example of two brothers — one has the old-school ‘pay off your mortgage immediately’ mentality, while the other believes in better investing elsewhere and other saving methods.  The article is definitely worth the reading time.

How the Affluent Manage Home Equity to Safely and Conservatively Build Wealth (PDF) by Steven Marshall and Mike Lowe

Macky walked down the hallway the other day, stopped at his bed, and then took something out of it with his mouth.  He took two more steps and dropped it on the floor in front of us.

Turns out, Macky dropped a dollar bill on the floor.

I think we found a thief in the condo, and we have no idea how he stole it, either.