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To answer the OP's question - I'd like to have $25K coming in off my investments each year, which I think puts me around $625K savings - and I think I can get there in under 5-6 years depending on: 1) how drastic we go in lifestyle changes, 2) whether/how my wife enters the work world, 3) choices I ...

KevinW wrote:Instead of calling them "lentils," call them "heritage variety split peas." People will eat that up.

I always pictured more of the Indian variety (dahl) than the French green lentils you find in lentil soup with ham...but that may just be my west-coast bias.

Cost of living comparison. http://www.relocationessentials.com/aff/www/tools/salary/col.aspx In essence, it purports to be able to compare the cost to maintain the "same" lifestyle between two cities in the US. As an example, I ran a comparison between Yuma, AZ and Tucson, AZ. It indicate...

JP-Like this one? This is the counties projected to face water supply risk in 2050, due to climate change related issues. http://www.global-warming-forecasts.com/resources/water-supply-sustainability-counties-map-2050%20tetratech.jpg.opt398x303o0%2C0s398x303.jpg Source- http://www.global-warming-fo...

Well, it's been 28 months - since Jan 4, 2013 - that I've been away from any heavy reading or even light participation in the forums here...but I'm headed back now...for some advice and community, and who knows what all else. On the plus side, life's been great - my career has taken off really well ...

At this level of savings, I'm probably "set it and mostly forget it", so I'll look into the Vanguard option; appreciate the suggestions.

<t>I have a new job as of Dec. 17th and have just now gotten all the paperwork through from my previous employer on my 401k options. I have ~$35K with T.Rowe. My first thought is to roll that over into a traditional IRA and not pay any taxes on the disbursement. <br/> (I believe once its converted I...

How bout the Carb Nite protocol?
http://carbnite.com/
Basically ultra-low-carb, with a bit of carb-heavy once in a while to re-stock and re-build the muscles.

I used to be a SEEKER and a STRIVER and a PERFECTIONIST, but now I'm a(n) ACCEPTER of what my life is offering me here and now. I'm learning to make the most of where I am instead of wishing I was somewhere else or idealizing another life.

<t>I eat grass-fed ground beef as my protein and at $4.99/lb most of the time, it's a decent deal. Add to that some organic eggs and that's pretty much it for me.<br/> I think food is one of those areas where it really pays to figure out how to earn an extra $100 than to figure out how to cut out an...

Major congrats!!!
I felt the same way when I paid off my student loans a couple months ago. They'd just been sitting there for years and I'd kind of ignored them. Now it's one less debt (just have a car loan left I want to get rid of...but am waiting on the wife to approve).

<r>"I find it more difficult to conduct these exchanges, it feels "fake" where it didn't before"<br/> Bingo - but I feel the same comes from everything from understanding Peak Oil to grokking the realities of current Neuroscience research... It becomes harder and harder to relate to the mouth-breath...

<r><URL url="http://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machine-Stops.pdf"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/O ... -Stops.pdf">http://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machine-Stops.pdf</LINK_TEXT></URL><br/> Was going to post this in the "Loneliness of F...

<t>In many areas of life, the spoils go not to the best or the brightest (as measured by IQ), but to those who are willing to show up consistently and demand better performance from themselves.<br/> I know I'm stuck in N. Taleb land these days; but I can't help but think about his Fat Tony storyline...

<t>Note: My wife and I met through MySpace in 2006. She worked in the restaurant on the first floor of the office building I worked in at the time; but it took me noticing her picture pop up (common interest) while listening to a favorite local band (and then snooping through her profile and noticin...

<t>"Casting technology as some vague, impersonal spirit of history forcing our actions is a weak excuse. We make decisions about how we use our machines, not the other way around."<br/> I could not disagree more with this little missive from the article's author.<br/> I suggest he reads "The Shallow...

<t>"While the weak breaks under pressure, the strong improves from stress, the magnificent is rather independent from the outside world. [...] But it was the Stoics, perhaps the earliest antecedent to these systems of thought, who brought to us the notion of total robustness, the independence from a...

<t>I have to fly from Seattle to DC for work a few times a year. I have the opposite problem as you though; I'm 6'4".<br/> So far, I've been able to make it at least relatively tolerable by flying United/Continental and purchasing the seat upgrade to Economy Plus. I look for a seat that ideally has ...

<r>On the topic of RV villages...<br/> My wife and I stayed here: <URL url="http://www.rollinghuts.com/">http://www.rollinghuts.com/</URL><br/> Now, those are kind of purpose-built, boutique-y type setups...damn cool, but maybe not so practical for long-term living...but the idea is solid.<br/> Basi...

<t>"As it turns out, I (and my wife) are in the process of buying a house. I can't really say I disagree with the linked article, though it's getting to the point where it's not much more expensive than our rent, and we both were getting to the point of wanting to be able to whatever we want with th...