Clinton getting the shaft -- especially while Obama received it for, basically, Not Being Bush -- is ludicrous.

So much this.

Jesse, do you need boxes and/or packing materials?

I would not say no to either of those things, although the plan for tonight is to hit more stores for boxes and tape. (I'll pay for the tape.)

I was debtfree once. Now I have a mortgage, a car loan, and a new student loan. Ah well.

My total indebtedness is something less than $120K at this point, though... one thing about taking on a mortgage that I didn't expect is that it reset my level of OMGWTFDebt.

That's great!! And unlike Obama's Nobel Prize, fills me with zero trepidation.

Even though I'm planning to spend my newly freed-up cash on a GIANT ROBOT WITH FLAMETHROWER HANDS TO DO MY BIDDING???

Actually, I feel really lousy -- headachey, exhausted, and stuffy-headed. I think I'ma take a nap. Because I can.

Then you will be sleep-debt-free as well.

::snerk:: And zzzzzzzzzz....

Okay, a little trepidation.

I gleefully voted for Obama (though not in the primary), and I am thrilled he's our POTUS.

But I honestly cannot BELIEVE that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after doing...jack and shit.

Yeah, you'd think that the requirements for earning that honor might be a little more stringent than "hasn't antagonized every other government in the world while butchering the English language."

I'm a supporter and all, but he hasn't accomplished enough to earn a supermarket opening yet, much less a Nobel Peace Prize.

one thing about taking on a mortgage that I didn't expect is that it reset my level of OMGWTFDebt.

A mortgage is, in my mind, a different category of debt than consumer debt. I don't totally agree with people who say that buying a home is an investment, at least, not in the way that it's usually meant -- and I can explain why in more detail later, after I nap -- but it's still a different kind of debt than credit cards.

I also feel that way about student loans.

YAY STEPH!!!

I have a sticky situation at work, and I don't know what to do. We are a university and money processing is slow. I also didn't know that credit card machines didn't charge a person until the batch was run. Anyway, this person is asking for money back from me because he overdrafted his account because he was charged 3 weeks after he thought he would be charged. It isn't a double charge, just later than he thought. He probably doesn't keep up with his balance and just assumed that it would be OK. So he is asking for money back for his overdraft charges. And I want to tell him no, but he is also friends with my bosses son, and I don't want to get in trouble.

one thing about taking on a mortgage that I didn't expect is that it reset my level of OMGWTFDebt.

I don't even consider my mortgage when I'm calculating my debt. My credit cards are scary enough without adding an extra six figures.

Yeah, you'd think that the requirements for earning that honor might be a little more stringent than "hasn't antagonized every other government in the world while butchering the English language."

I'm a supporter and all, but he hasn't accomplished enough to earn a supermarket opening yet, much less a Nobel Peace Prize.

The deadline for nominations is Feb. 1, by the way. So he was nominated after 10 1/2 days in office.

WHAT.