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just ran through quicken doing my 2005 budget based on 2004 expenses, which brought unwelcome reminder of expected results, mostly. there won’t be any fun trips overseas for niqui this year, budget or not. alas. according to its estimates, february is the only month it projects me in the black. woe. yeah, yeah, i budget […]

the cost of a car

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lately i’ve been thinking about the relative financing of driving my car to work versus taking transit. mostly, it’s because of michael — he bought a house recently, and although he’s near the metra line that runs to work, he says it costs him less to pay for the gas to drive to work (since […]

It’s Time Once More…

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…for the Annual Mortgage Company Escrow Estimation Screw-Up. this year, unlike years past wherein they have (a) overcharged me and (b) given me a refund, or (a) undercharged me and (b) required that i send them a check and/or (c) raised my payment, this year they (a) undercharged me, (b) demand a check for a […]