It's said that human beings stand out from other species by virtue of our ability to think and plan ahead. While that may be true, most of us also have great trouble thinking about or preparing for the long term in the middle of our daily tasks and toil. Heck, it's difficult enough to plan something just six months ahead, like a summer vacation. How on earth are we supposed to be able to think about something in the distant future --... Read More 

           

Please MOVIE SCREENINGS ONLY!!!It says it in the first post of the thread, and it's extremely valid in a thread of this size and where a large number of people re-visit via subscription updates. In the interest of making this thread as useful as possible, please post your general issues and FAQs here, so they can be answered once, in one place, for people in the future to read first. With this area established, only the following wi... Read More 

           

Back in the 1700s, a series of unfortunate horse-cart accidents among poultry farmers led to a severe egg shortage. A cry rose up from the land: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket!" It made sense, but it raised questions: Which sets of eggs should go in which baskets? Thus, the birth of egg-set allocation. Centuries (and one bad pun) later, the advice is still good: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. But now we're talking ab... Read More 

           

I just read a blog post at USA today that troubled me “Baby Boomers fear outliving retirement savings”.  The post gives some great stats but has a few quotes at the end and one of them is "When you spend money, it's gone." I have two quotes to combat this. “When you spend money through Time to Save, not all of it is gone.” And “When you're in retirement, the stakes are high, so start savings befor... Read More