Saturday, we bought a mini-van. I traded in my 2003 Saturn L300. After 8 years, I was ready to be done with this car. It’s to the point, where if the front pre-cat goes bad, whomever owns it will be on the hook for a >$2000 repair. I got $3000 for the trade. We found [...]

It didn’t fail, it just got acquired at a fire-sale price. I somewhat expected this to happen, rumors of a PNC buy have been circulating since shortly after my last introspective post wondering if NCC would fail. I’m glad this is the course it’s taken, for a few reasons. My deposits are still safe, PNC [...]

1.) I got the trim for the bedrooms cut & installed last night. 2.) The bail-out fell apart. I’ve been writing my congressman & senators. You should too. 3.) The FDIC & regulatory controls put in place to keep banks solvent is working fine on it’s own. See Washington Mutual. And here starts the rambling [...]