A real-world example: I have a 15 year mortgage with about 10 years to run at 2.75% interest. My monthly payment, which covers principal, interest, and taxes (insurance is, for whatever reason, is not being handled from my escrow account). Here’s the breakdown on where the money goes in a given month:

You know what these own vs rent articles always forget to discuss - something I really wish I had a better grasp of before buying a home . . .

Worse, “being yourself” is often represented in the media as being a loudmouth, a goofy stereotype of an alternative kid, or an outsider with a quirky wardrobe and a penchant for manic hysteria.

Please do not encourage this; especially without any warnings or advice on the fabric. "Strips" of fabric seems extremely open to interpretation and could easily turn deadly. Dogs ingesting strips of fabric can easily suffer major intestinal issues. The fluff in your dogs stuffed toys, while not good for them, is…

Simple meditation changed my life. Just taking 10 minutes out of your day to sit in silence with your eyes closed can totally change your day. I recommend it to everyone but most people just look at me like I'm a new age freak, even though I couldn't be farther from that.

I'm not really a fan of this. If you can see it from the street, then I'm not sure you have much right to complain.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Street View archives are going to be so much fun for future historians.

Spending money on a hair cut and a hot towel shave makes me feel damn good about spending my hard earned cash. IMO, having an old school barber is the best.

Please, Please, PLEASE stop quoting Millan's inane crap. His techniques are so ancient and discredited. Talk to CERTIFIED animal behaviorists, please, NOT some self-trained entertainer. Canine jumping on humans has ZERO to do with dominance or "being pack leader". It is about attention, and almost never about anything…

"Obviously life isn't the same as it was when these sayings came about"

I don't think those work with the DRM^® protected 2.0^® Keurigs^®. From their FAQ^®:

That's an old product for the previous line of Keurigs. The new machines have DRM that requires buying Keurig single use pods (or cutting and pasting)

Any way to trick it into make a decent cup of coffee?

Milk, cream or sour cream works better and tastes better

Grab the serial number back there while you're taking pics.

why is that? That german engineering is pretty damn good if you ask me.

There does appear to be some issues with yosemite and this, if you can, I'd try from another computer

Has anyone done this on the Yosemite Beta? And will this cause issues when Apple officially releases iOS 8? Had that issue with the iOS 7 beta last year.

Excellent response. To decide between "stupid" and "waste" (I'm already more productive as I am referring to our possibilities by a total of 3 syllables in comparison to the previous 7) I am writing them on two post it notes. Let's silently contemplate for two minutes and submit our top choice.

Yeah, I find meetings useful (sometimes!) because they let other people give input on your idea, finding weaknesses/problems that you overlooked or giving advice to make it better. Or getting a different idea in their head that is better than yours.