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The downside of upgrading
I'll admit it, I'm a geek and wanted the latest and greatest. Do I have a need for it? Not usually, however, I upgrade most of my software as soon as an update comes out with 2 main exceptions, Quicken and QuickBooks. Upgrades for both seem to do very little for me. I had to upgrade QuickBooks in April because it didn't function properly in Tiger.
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San Diego Chargers or is it San Diego Whiners
The San Diego Chargers have decided not to put their expansion/renovation plans for the stadium and surrounding area on the ballot for November. This is excellent in my opinion as they are a private enterprise that seems to want concessions from the city and wants the city to spend tax payer dollars to help them make money. I'm not a sports fan, so maybe I'm jaded, but why should the Chargers get special treatment? Does sports really help the economy? From what I've read, not really (in terms of net gain).
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Visit to USS Midway Museum
For Hanukah, my parents gave me and my brother-in-law a trip to the USS Midway Museum. Today was the day that we visited it and got to try out a flight simulator. My father took us and I think we were all pretty impressed with the carrier. The flight simulator was amusing, but our flying skills are pretty bad so we saw a lot of nothing.I went a bit trigger happy and managed to take 66 pictures in just a few hours. I took pretty random pictures, but some are pretty neat. I've put them all in a gallery for everyone's viewing pleasure.
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Tax Refunds
Why does it seem that many people are excited to get tax refunds? H&R Block is advertising a double your refund back giveaway implying that their customers get tax refunds. If someone gets a tax refund, it means they paid the government too much tax. The government got to use that money instead of the individual using it. While the amount of interest on most people's refund doesn't amount to much, it is the principal that matters. I haven't gotten a refund in years and I like it that way. The goal is to pay as close to possible as the actual tax bill as possible without going over. People shouldn't be excited about refunds.