I guess if your last name is that common, some people might be extra motivated to give an awesome first name.

Cripes, I have got to get up and moving.

Barb is dog-crazy. JZ and Hec are Suzi-lucky! Tino is everywhere. Nefertiti is a pretty cool name. I do not think $150K in NYC with that kind of savings is rich. Decent, *especially* for a single person, but not rich. I don't think I agreed with the "dont' have to work=rich" though, because of all the finance people in NYC who I think of as rich, but who probably couldn't quit their jobs and still live like that.

We have achieved cat. AndyCat is roaming around the house . he has had tuna a nd catnip. While curios, he seems unafraid.

If 150,000 a year is average, then is someone making 60K a year poor? How about someone making 35K a year?

Well, MIT and Harvard have policies that give a full tuition ride for students whose families make $75K a year or less. So there's one line in the sand in higher education at least.

Hey Nora (or anyone), do you know where to look for nonprofit jobs in the Boston area? Idealist didn't seem to have much, but I don't know if that's just the size of the market, vs. NYC where I've been looking.

I had forgotten -- cats must take up twice as much space as people.

Yay for new/returning cats!!

Mine loves my new couch way too much (she keeps scratching it, damnit!), but she also loves to sleep on it much more than the old couch. Even better, the way it's positioned, the couch arm provides an excellent launching point for jumping over to the recliner if she doesn't want to sleep on the couch.

here's Andy

Pretty kitty!! Is he a creamcat?

he is a pale orange boy . and a kneader with very sharp claws