That's a great article you linked to, with some advice that I'm going to try out, but it's a little oversimplified in places, and doesn't address the fact that some kids are developmentally sociopathic. I mean me. When I was a kid, maybe five or six, I got in trouble for stealing a watch. LOTS of trouble. Like, day…

I might get some flak for this, but...

My husband and I are having this conversation now. My thought is, if it's my emergency fund, and I invest it all in the stock market, and the markets tank and one of us gets laid off, where does that leave our emergency fund? If you're going to invest it, at least put it somewhere stable. Don't put your emergency…

I think the trouble isn't the liquidity per se, but the value. Unless you're in very low-risk investments like bonds, the actual value of your investments may not be sufficient when an emergency comes along. Or you may not want to sell an index that's temporarily depressed because of a bad economy just to meet…

Just noting the usefulness of camelcamelcamel.com for when you know what you want to buy, how low you want the price to drop before you do so, and aren't in a hurry to get the thing.

No, his premise is, "Owning is always better than renting," is a fucking stupid position to hold. And he's correct.

It's not "canon", it's "canonical". I can't believe that people talk about how this or that is not "canon." You can say "it's not in the canon" or you can say "it's not canonical." One is a noun. One is an adjective. Is it really that hard?

Based on years of personal research, I find that the ideal time to have a cup of coffee is right now.

"Marker cars" as a perception shifter is a smart idea. I'm going to try it. God knows that anything that keeps me away from road rage is a blessing.