I recently read an article that said there is a shift in a fundamental belief that Americans have long held near and dear to their hearts. In the past, when times got tough, Americans paid their mortgages while not paying their credit cards. It used to be that home ownership was the Holy Grail. People [...]

Tags: Dooce, dreams, economy, future, Heather Armstrong, home ownership, hopes, Life, scam

Wow, what a difference between the way in which we welcomed 2000 and 2010! I can hardly believe the 00’s are history. Seems like they were here just yesterday! Back in 1999, I was working at Capital One. We were all frantically busy on setting into place mitigations for the potential big world computer clock [...]

Tags: 2010, ;), decade, dreams, fun, go with the flow, hope, hopes, tether

Happy New Year! I initially wanted to talk about all my thoughts around starting a fresh decade, but a more pressing matter is at hand. I will get back to it, I promise.
After spending almost two full weeks at home, I have come to the conclusion that there is something very, very wrong with our [...]

Tags: anxiety, dreams, fear, hopes, house is making us sick, job, please