If you make over 65K, you can't take the deduction.

That's no longer true. It changed a few years ago (three, maybe?).

Of course, Paul's is paid off as of this month, so it's moot for us from here on.

Thanks for all the b-day wishes.

Me? I spent the lunchtime watching 300 again.

Who's up for some late Saturday evening or Sunday lunchtime Halo fragging?

The student loan interest deduction doesn't require itemizing,but it is limited to 2500/year, so we're not talking about a ton of money. I think it comes off your income rather than out of your tax liability, so it's impact might be hard to judge. But it's probably not going to make a huge difference either way.

You'll still have a cushion of savings if you pay off the loan, right? If that's the case, go right ahead, pay it off.

Oh yeah, I will still have savings. I oversave like whoa, I think.

P-C, I hate you. Will you be our accountant, please?

t /so incapable of dealing with money like a grown-up

I've got it easy, though. I'm just me. I'm going to go bonkers once I have to deal with more complicated issues like family and houses and stocks and all that shit. I'm already freaking out a bit because my next credit card payment is going to be least twice what it usually is because of all the car repair issues AND I finally have to pay for the Obligation Jewelry my grandmother brought back from India. Which, surprise of surprises, is a hundred dollars more than what my mom originally quoted me.

My aunt was telling me that I should buy a condo so that I can make some money off it after a few years, since by renting, I'm just throwing my money away.

Nibbling off both ends of the Red Vine and using it as a straw to suck up the Mr. Pibb? Crazier Delicious!

Nummy.

Today, I had gourmet macaroni and cheese for lunch, together with yummy fruit that was arranged on my plate in a gorgeous manner. Everyone can start feeling jealous now. But not too jealous, since I'm still mostly homeless due to avalanche danger. Bah.

Aimee and MM, I just figured out a way in which your moving to Michigan might possibly be good for me, which is, of course, the litmus test for determining the good of any thing. The way it could be good, is that you leave just a bit early and pass through San Francisco near the end of April, when I will be there so we can meet and spend time together, along with others in the Bay Area, who I'm fairly confident will approve of this plan. Alternatively, if that doesn't work for you, you could just take a trip to San Francisco, sort of as a final fling before leaving the left coast.

See how very generous I am to come up with not one, but two ways in which a major change in your life can be all about me!!

New plan - get Polter-Cow's big piles of money to AmyLiz and Tep (and Cass and MM)...

Hey, P-C, want to invest in a business?

[Note to self, bring erika on board as VP in charge of everyone not going to jail]

Excessive cuteness: [link] The paper asked for pictures of baby Braves.

I'm all for it! Buffista Bank!

I don't think I have enough to buy the island, though.