Got gas?

There’s this group of addicts whose habit has been discussed openly, but they’ve never been too serious about dealing with it. In fact, in the last several years they’ve started partaking more in an almost wonton fashion. Unfortunately, this last year their substance-of-choice has gotten really expensive and it’s crimping their lifestyle. They now feel […]

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OptOutPrescreen

Last night I found an official place where one can theoretically get on the “do not send credit card offers” list, not that you don’t want to invest in a diamond cut shredder anyway. The site, OptOutPrescreen.com, has an option for permanent opting outedness provided you send a paper request of the filled out form.

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Roasting coffee

Last year a coworker was planning to buy a bag of high-quality raw coffee beans from the San Cristobal Coffee Company. Although he drinks impressive quantities of coffee, he didn’t want all 95+ pounds. He offered to let some of us get in on the deal. I ended up with ten pounds’ worth of raw

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Bagels

Wohoo, I didn’t work this weekend! This recipe is adapted from Peter Reinhardt’s excellent book, “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice.”

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S happens

Because I’ve been swamped at work, and the book’s due back at the library, I blew through “Why Things Break.” It was a page turner, literally and figuratively, covering topics like the history of Pyrex, why the Titanic’s hull failed so spectacularly, and the engineering of Cassini’s power system. (History buffs may recall the predictions

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GET versus MOST – 529 plans

(See my update on this topic.) We have a 529K college savings program set up for my kids through the State of Missouri program administered by TIAA-CREF, soon-to-be Vanguard. Its investment options are turnkey bundles based on age ranges. In the initial years, the investment selection is aggressive. As college-time nears, the portfolio’s mix shifts

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