Read it and weep. The sales tax will hit 8.75% come Sunday.
And how about that nice 2-cent raise in the postage rate? I think it was well deserved, based on the phenominal performance of the US Postal Service this holiday season. They lost two of my Netflix movies (only one has since turned up) and another particularly important piece of mail I sent took three weeks to get to it’s destination.
Yeah, that whole post one Europe photo a day thing was a failure. So was getting them all done before Christmas. So since it’s been a year now since we were in Europe, I’m giving up on the promises and just posting photos whenever I get around to it. And so we begin with Castello…
By the way… the Barenaked Ladies/Guster concert was excellent, as expected. It’s not replacing any of my top five, but it was good nonetheless. Big props to Tyler’s Rick Jeanneret-influenced version of Feliz Navidad. Yes, you did have to be there. You didn’t need to have been there to get Steven Page’s recap on the…
Here’s a great article from BusinessWeek Online on the ins and outs of Ethanol. It’s probably one of the best primers on the topic that I’ve seen, so I share it with you. Key paragraph: Is ethanol cheaper than gas? Surprise, surprise, it isn’t. The move this spring by more regions to use ethanol means…
Amanda and I returned from a weekend trip to Michigan for my cousin’s wedding (congrats again, Jen!). The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was a great time, with some excellent, personal flourishes. My favorite was having the entire wait staff enter to “Be Our Guest” carrying their silver platters to begin serving dinner. The…
We have a loan! Yay! Yay? Yes, it’s a good thing – no loan, no house. Everyone will tell you that every step in building a house takes longer than you expect, and I will be no different. We picked our builder in the beginning of June, submitted our loan application July 2nd, and closed…
It was a very low-key Valentine’s Day for us. Amanda was home sick all day (I’ve been denying all day that my throat feels kinda scratchy too). I got home, snowblowed the driveway, helped cook up some pork onion stroganoff (one of my favorites), and we slothed out on the couch and watched TV. Amanda…