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Most recent: Best American Science Writing, 2010. Most of the essays are quite interesting.

I'm new here, but I don't think I'll be putting anyone on ignore. As they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. There will be certain threads I have no interest in reading, but I can guess at those by their titles, so no need for "Ignore Thread" either.

I like that, too. It doesn't have to be a dining ROOM but even some dedicated dining area. Is fun.

Just read the comments here on e-readers. It sounds like the i-pad may best suit my needs. Currently I like to tell people when they ask what style of decor I have, that my home is decorated in Book. I do re-read books. I guess my main concern is compatibility issues (along with visual -...

Yes, I'll be looking forward to that. I'll also be looking forward to not having to GO anywhere when there's a ton of ice on my very steep driveway.

I do have a mixed 401K portfolio. At that point everything was going down (except the stable fund which slugs along at 1.5% interest no matter what happens). The bond fund they had at that point wasn't a very good one (they've since switched to a different one), and I had a goodly amount in a...

This may well be on the level. I am brand new to this site but I've been hanging around online since the late '80s, and I have seen my share of trolls. I assisted on a CompuServe forum as moderator back then in a rather controversial section there. I still don't recognize all trolls...

I am truly sorry about your cat, as a confirmed cat lover myself. :(

What did I do today? Well, happy Canada Day to the Canadians. I went to work. Not bad. 1.5 hours there, no traffic coming or going, no people other than the security guards. Could pick the hours to show up, as long as I showed up. Was actually quite pleasant. Not quite like this on...

Was this a mistake? I also wanted to have finances available for getting started up for building. They weren't cheaper to buy from what I saw. I was losing out. The new money that went in there every two weeks from my salary was getting slammed around, at least from my viewpoint. Explain...

Thank you. I'm not going to be in a cost of living adjusted pension from work, either. Hmm, didn't those die out with the dodo bird?

RE Point H: I have heard exactly this same point, kids are a burden (financially or emotionally or both, I'm not sure) raised by at least two straight males of my acquaintance. RE Point I: I was once a graduate teaching assistant at a university. I'm NOT surprised by anything college...

You are correct, and I erred in not mentioning the 7 K bonus I got this year at work, so that's part of the 25K. (I get between 5 and 8 K each recent year as a bonus.) But I should definitely get more "tax-efficient" and am working on it. After turning 50, I started putting 17-18% of salary...

What's a non-COLAed pension, or a COLAed one, for that matter? (It's probably just an acronym I haven't seen before and once that's defined, I'll be able to tell you which one I should be getting. 1 - thanks! 2 - the amount of medical services I'd get would be cut approximately in half...

I'm going to assume your question is for real. A thought: go back and work part time. Try different types of jobs, or start your own business: if you are able to retire you are also able to withstand the prospect of not succeeding in making enough money to live on, since you already have...

Interpersonal politics. Meetings, meetings, meetings. Exponentially-increasing rules and regulations for performing one's function. Long range goal setting. ("Yeah, my long range goal is to retire as soon as feasible.") Acronyms and corporate buzz-speak. Dealing with "outsourcing".

I've looked at the website for retirement planning. They don't answer that particular question. Actually, they pretty much gloss over the early retirement option assuming that most will go until age 66 or or they drop, or whatever. (They do have a calculator so I do know what my pension would...

I went from living with the parents to moving into a really cheesy condo for several years, for which I was paying a monthly mortgage akin to some people's car payments in size. (The car I paid for free and clear.) I was able to save up enough to put 50% down on my current home, got a 15-year...

I'm a single female, no debt (house is paid off), earning about $85K/year from my occupation, have worked for same company for 27 years, have a pension plan grandfathered in (would get ~1200-1400 per month), and a 401K which did take a hit along with everyone else's, plus other savings which are...