As of Tuesday morning, I had two job options. One was with a small retirement planning company doing reception and general office monkey stuff. Normal pay there would be barely enough to live on, but they were offering me a little more because I have the 7 and 66 licenses, so I can cover for or help out their brokers when needed. Everyone there ( Read more... )

You know how Dilbert isn't funny if you've never worked in an office? Then after you've been in cubeland for a while, it's funny, and then after a few more years, it's not funny anymore, just painful? Yeah, that's what this is like for me.

Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford.

One day when I was in third grade, my dad was going to drive me to school, but a stuck truck1 was completely blocking our country road and there was nothing we could do but stop and wait. To pass the time, he taught me about negative numbers and how to add and subtract them. I loved math that day ( Read more... )