http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=55421...

Which candidate did you choose on the test? Was it same one you intend to vote for?

My wife and I have a wedding collage hanging in our living room. It is similar to the one in the picture.



The person which did this does not have her website running anymore. If anyone knows of anyone anywhere which can do something similar, please send me a link to their web site.

We paid close to $400 for a 24x32 framed portrait of that picture and a smaller reprint for wife's mother.

We are now trying to do either a birthday or mothers day present which is similar, except add our kids to it.

Thx

There is a thread on the forums suggesting someone needs to spice up their relationship.

A poster made a comment which got me thinking of some funny movie lines.

"Where are you stationed"
"I am stationed in poon-tang"

"What's it like out there?"
"Hot and wet. Great if your with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're in the jungle"

Both lines from Good Morning Vietnam. I highly recomend that movie to anyone which needs a good laugh.

That also has some awesome music to it.

What are your favorate funny movies and feel free to share some lines from it to remind us how funny it is.

"Was it over when the German's bombed pearl harbor? NO. When the going gets tough the tough get going"
-Animal House

"I wish I was a louffa"
-Stripes

"This is no way to run a desert"
-National Lampoons Vacation

"One time at bandcamp..."
-American Pie

Police Academy and Beverly Hills cop are also among my favorates.

The 15% tax bracket is an important bracket to understand.

The bracket caps for 2008 are $66100 for marrried filing jointly and $33050 for single filers.

If a person can manage to keep IRA withdraws below these amounts, they will get considerable tax advantages.

Capital gains in taxable accounts will be taxed at 5%. While the goverment might change this rate, if they do their political opponents will tell others they raised taxes on the poor, so I think using this mnumber to plan is a good thing.

So if you need 80k in income (married filing jointly) for retirement, my suggestion is to use buckets of money:

Your deductable IRA/401k bucket should only provide $66100 of income.

The other $12900 of income needs to come from somewhere else-

a Roth IRA
dividends
capital gains

The dividends and capital gains need to be held in a taxable account.

the counter on the main blog page counts the drafts as posts even before they are posted.

in addition creating drafts removes the blog from the list on the left.

DS1 weighs 3 lbs 4 oz
DS2 weighs 3 lbs 4 oz

boys are stable and gaining weight (still), so things appear to be on up and up.

DS1 is 3 lbs
DS2 is 2 lbs 14 oz

DS2 gained 80 grams yesterday-almost 3 ounces.

We spent $1300 on various baby things on Sunday. I think spending like this could really stimulate economy. My wife and I did our part.

Diaper Genie
Comforter set x1
baby sleep/motion detection systems x2
swing x1
bouncy seat x1
crib sheets
winnie the pooh decorations for nursery
outlet covers
power strip covers
cupboard locks

and the list goes on and on.

It is amazing what things cost retail for kids. Babies R Us was packed. The trip filled my honda ridgeline and I could barely see out the back.