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Question – inspired by , as well as by Quicken boning my internet downloads again: What software / system do you use to track your finances? Do you hate it as much as I hate Quicken 2007 for Mac? I’ve got perhaps the best overall…

I’m totally sold on Montreal. The city appears to be made out of art museums, good restaurants, and cool festivals. For example, this evening we intend to attend a session of the international fireworks competition. Seriously. They have fireworks every Saturday, all summer, like –…

We rode up in the elevator with the coach and several team members from the Toronto football team. They were huge. This is the second time in my life that I’ve looked around and seen nothing but chest at eye level. The first time was…

Still nothing to report. I’m in Montreal for the end of the week, since redmed has a conference to attend, it’s not a long drive, the weather is nice, and I can work from anywhere. So far I’m impressed. Montreal is treating me well. Good…

I find that I’m tired of my last epistle about Merlot being at the top of my blog … but I don’t have much else to say. I’m very much enjoying my life. I have great friends, great opportunities, incredible luck, and I think it’s…

We put Merlot down this morning, ending her fight with squamous cell cancer of the jaw. As redmed notes, we had around 55 days from the diagnosis of “days to weeks” in which to say goodbye. Let us not discount the value of having time…

I was at the vet the other day (tending to cancer cat), and saw something sort of amusing: There was a woman with a Chihuahua, whose anal glands had just been expressed (the dog, not the woman). She was deep in conversation with the desk…

Just read Matt Taibbi’s incendiary rant on Goldman Sachs, after hearing him on NPR yesterday. How wonderfully angry he is! And to hear him saying the same things I’ve been saying for months to years now, but coherently and with independent fact checking … neat!…

You wanna know how bad off the cat is? I just gave the cat a sponge bath (she hasn’t been able to clean herself very well for a while, and she smells pretty bad) … and she *liked* it. Purring and purring and offering one…

My brother’s wedding last weekend was absolutely beautiful, and I need to document it in another post. First, though, I want to set pen to paper about our late night adventure with the belligerent drunk. The wedding was at my dad’s place, which is about…