Richard’s Ramblings

Going almost cold turkey away from Windows Vista to OS X has been a bit of a shock. I’ve had a Mac Mini for a few years, but the Mac OS isn’t as intuitive as I thought it would be and I couldn’t make the commitment fully. Now that I’ve bitten the bullet (so to [...]

This blog, as you now know it, will soon no longer be a traditional blog. Say goodbye to several years of blogdom.

I’ve jotted down a few money-saving websites that I haven’t had a chance to talk about yet.

It’s that time of year again: should you enroll in a Dependent Care FSA, or take the federal child tax credit instead?
[This is not legal advice. These calculations are based on 2007 tax schedules (only slightly outdated, still close enough for estimating), and do not take into consideration state or local tax savings, so if [...]

Realistically, I can’t afford the time or energy to blog much at all in the near future. 2008 has been a difficult year.
I used to (half-) jokingly observe that historically every month for many years (almost without fail) we have been hit with some unexpected problem that would always cost about $2,000 each month. You’d [...]

Why is it that whenever people get together to do something good for everyone as a whole, there is always at least one idiot out there to screw things up for everyone?

I might not install all these applications on every computer at home or work, but even those special-purpose applications that are on just a few machines are so good that they deserve mention.

I’m not sure why I was in such a snarky mood last night, but I compiled a series of random silly, witty, or just plain sarcastic thoughts to help lighten my mood. Maybe the news that it would cost $3,300 to fix my car had something to do with it…

OrGano Gold is letting folks sign up for their MLM sales opportunity for free today only. Why not take advantage of a “Golden” opportunity while it’s knocking?

Based on our family photos, it appears that over the past five years our family has had at least one family activity per month. That seems pretty good to me, but I’m curious how that statistic adds up in other families.