I'm sorry but if you used only one trash bag you don't have very many clothes or you have a very small closet. Also my closet has selves with folded clothes which you didn't mention. I don't have very much in the way of hanging clothes but seriously, no way would it fit in a single trash bag, maybe several of them…

$20 a year is pretty cheap to the point of being a non-issue, as long as the HOA bylaws are sane. Out here in California, I hear about people paying$350-$600/mo (in suburban tract homes) for their HOA and wonder what they are smoking.

I have a PMI and while I can't wait to get rid of it, I knew what I was getting into. It's the perfect house for my family in the perfect neighborhood with one of the highest rated school districts in the country. Fair trade-off IMO.

PMI allows people who don't have a 20% savings to buy a home. I don't think it is throwing money away. Renting is throwing more money away.

I've tried generic "ziplocks" and they are not the same. Ziplocks are so much better than any generic I've tried that they are worth the small up charge. I always try generic but sometimes the name brand is just better.

So that bit sucks. But after dissertation: yahoo!

I walk to work for 45-60 minutes most days, and absolutely love it. The only thing I miss is being able to sing in the car on my way to work! That always lifted my spirits and was a great stress reliever.

I would be interested to know if TYPE of commute has as great of an effect as length. I've driven to work, ridden my bike to work, bused to work, and trained to work (all different jobs, with different distances, sometimes in different cities) and driving is the worst for my stress levels. Biking was by far the best,…

My employer doesn't match. :( It would have to be saved after taxes because there's no way for interns, who aren't considered full employees, to have money pulled from their checks for something like 401k's. They keep suggesting that they will hire me as a full employee once I complete my dissertation. Then I can…

From your description, it sounds like you have a 4th generation ipod. You want to make sure this is correct, since each generation battery is significantly different. Plug your serial number into any number of websites to get the exact generation from there, look on Amazon or Ebay. Here's an example, but again, find…

true, but don't forget us who have kids/student loans/medical bills etc. Somewhere on the radio I heard, medical bills is one of the biggest causes of bankrupticies. Also, there a few of us who don't expect to live that long. Not being able to enjoy that money is not good either.

The mobile apps are not free. You can download them for free, but they require you to subscribe to the GQueues service at $25/year to continue working past the two-week demo period. On top of that, reminders, which I would consider basic functionality, is limited to the subscription-only users.

I just... paid. More for the search functionality than anything else. But after using Google Reader for most of a decade, that service's closing really hit me hard. So I want to make sure my next RSS reader is viable and long-lived. I'm not convinced that ad revenue alone would do that. I considered the $5/month…

"What's that?"

Use Mack's silicone ear plugs. No swimmer's ear.

I've noticed a different feature of standing, that is the social aspect. I find it to be more welcoming to be standing when people walk in to talk to you. It also makes it easier to talk about something on your computer. Is easy to step back from the desk and let your guest step up and look at your monitor or even…

Ugh, that's awful. But it's also a very specific reason and circumstance. I just meant your average JOe who is not hiding from anyone in particular, I fail to see how it really keeps you "safe" from anything.

Same goes with concert tickets. People could take that bar code and reproduce tickets.

I had the same thoughts as warriorscot, though importantly, I'm also not in the US.