Then I accidentally click on links, and it's a world of Oh, Amanda Marcotte NO!
I liked Liss at Shakesville SO MUCH before this presidential campaign. But right now that blog is Whack City when it comes to Obama.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2008 10:15:32 am PDT #5881 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Trudy Booth - Aug 28, 2008 10:16:19 am PDT #5882 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
(Also the term says "Cougar" to me to an extent that's completely cringeworthy.)
Oh me too! I picture them hitting on hot young delegates.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 28, 2008 10:16:35 am PDT #5883 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
A finance column that actually suggests that home ownership might not always be the best financial decision, including a discussion of the ever-popular mortgage-interest deduction: 10 Bank-Breaking Money Myths
If I click on that link, I will cry.
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2008 10:18:16 am PDT #5884 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So rare I had to share. A finance column that actually suggests that home ownership might not always be the best financial decision, including a discussion of the ever-popular mortgage-interest deduction: 10 Bank-Breaking Money Myths
There's a financial blogger called Millionaire Mommy Next Door (I cheerfully LOATHE the name but like the blog in general) who espouses the same belief and has the net worth to prove it.
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2008 10:21:01 am PDT #5885 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
The mortgage-interest deduction doesn't do much for me because I don't have a big mortgage, if you don't pay a lot of interest it can quickly become negligible.
OTOH, our mortgage payment is probably at least a couple hundred dollars less that it would cost to rent (call that a wash after maintenance costs), and almost half of that payment goes to principal.
megan walker - Aug 28, 2008 10:23:45 am PDT #5886 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The mortgage-interest deduction doesn't do much for me because I don't have a big mortgage, if you don't pay a lot of interest it can quickly become negligible.
Well, it's just that few people seem to get that, while the MI deduction is nice to have if you have to have a mortgage, it always means you are paying more to the bank in interest than you are saving in taxes.
DavidS - Aug 28, 2008 10:24:10 am PDT #5887 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anybody like to collect excellent bon mots and cheap shots? Poison pen letters and bad reviews?
Jay Mariotti, asshole sports columnist in Chicago, got fired. His editor had this to say:
'We wish Jay well and will miss him -- not personally, of course -- but in the sense of noticing he is no longer here, at least for a few days,'' Cooke said.
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2008 10:24:22 am PDT #5888 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
If I click on that link, I will cry.
If you stay in your home long enough, it will work out in your favor.
Scrappy - Aug 28, 2008 10:26:14 am PDT #5889 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Also, if you own, you don't have to deal with things like people promising to fix things and then not doing it, or a landlord deciding they might like to sell the place you live.
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2008 10:29:07 am PDT #5890 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Well, it's just that few people seem to get that, while the MI deduction is nice to have if you have to have a mortgage, it always means you are paying more to the bank in interest than you are saving in taxes.
In my case if it were not for some charitable deductions, my mortgage deduction wouldn't be enough to itemize so I would have an effectively zero deduction for my mortgage interest.
We've got about nine years to go on our mortgage now, we're starting to weigh the pros and cons of getting a nicer house vs. not having a mortgage.