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delving into things
The Mortgage Deduction Should Be Done Away With--But It Won't. Interesting history around how the mortgage deduction came about, why it's not really a good thing, but why it won't go away any time soon.
Yet more speculation on the wherefores of the tax cuts brouhaha: Setting Up The Battle On Their Turf.
Oh snap: Quote Of The Day - Bristol Palin ( Read more... ) -
this kind of thing scares the shit out of me
Her friend nodded. “I don’t think he’ll hit her like that again,” she said.
Jesus. It starts so young, doesn't it? -
wow...just wow...
Born with a midwife’s help? Government says, ‘Sorry, no passport’So if you weren't born in a fancy hospital with a fancy doctor dude signing your birth certificate and everything, you may suddenly find out, despite having been born in the U.S. and living here all your 45+ years, you are ineligible for a passport ( Read more... ) -
priceless
Money quote:Want to know why you just bought that gadget that you really can’t afford? Because you were feeling like a wimp.
OMFG. There are certain people who have been in my life that I would LOVE to shove this under their noses...! -
this looks pretty cool
I stumbled across this the other day. Looks like fun! -
link farm roundup
Some interesting this'n'that stuff...
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emoticons
As you have no doubt noticed, I've been playing. I'm a long time Yahoo IM'er and I love their emoticons. So when I spotted some style code for incorporating them into a livejournal style, I jumped on it a few months ago for the initial basics.( Read more... ) -
richard scarry then and now
This was my absolute favorite growing up...it's interesting to see the changes that have happened. I've noticed this myself, since I still have my old books, and Sprocket's got his new ones (courtesy of me and my mom last year). Like the guy says on the flickr set, the diffs are obvious when you know the old ones so well... culture
