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Thanks for all the advice everyone. I just baked this week's loaf and it turned out much better. I'm going to try a few different white bread recipes before I branch out into whole wheat or sourdough.

Sell, move to a cheaper area, and get a roomate.

<t>Mostly what I'm looking for are recipes that have worked for other people. I think I may have gone a little overboard with the flour and my dough ended up being less pliable than it needed to be to form the loaf. Also, is getting a breadmaker a good idea? Obviously, buying things isn't the key to...

<t>I began my foray into baking my own bread yesterday. The bread was delicious, but could have turned out a little better. I've looked at several different recipes, and there seems to be a lot of different ways to do it. Does anyone have any experience with baking bread? I could use some help.<br/>...

In addition to what everyone else is suggesting, I highly recommend Agricola. If you're into Clue, you could also try Android, but only if you have a LOT of time to kill learning how to play.

Well that was a good bit of fun. Nothing like finding out I have nearly 200 times the amount saved up for retirement as other people my age (22).

And if they didn't sleep at all, and worked weekends, they'd get even MORE work done!

@VinceG, I don't really have a problem fixing little things like that. I'm comfortable with swapping out parts and installing things, and fixing what I can. If building my own computer won't save me much money, then I don't really see the benefit.

<t>Thanks for all the excellent advice. I'm currently dealing with some issues attempting to purchase a custom system, so I'm thinking of just canceling the order and building one myself. Does anyone have any advice for where to buy parts besides Newegg or Tiger Direct? Also what's a good book on bu...

I've gotten a lot of advice, and as it stands, my current build doesn't have the VelociRaptor, just two 1TB HDDs, only one video card, and air cooling. Also no sound card.

<t>Here's what I've put together as kind of a test. Does anyone have any recommendations?<br/> BLUETOOTH:None<br/> CAS:Apevia X-Plorer 2 Mid-Tower Case w/ Side-Panel Window and MultiMeter Display [+12] (Green Color with 200mm UV Green LED Fan)<br/> CASUPGRADE:None<br/> CD:24X Double Layer Dual Forma...

<t>I have an X-Box 360 that I got for free, but I really prefer PC gaming because there are a lot of indie games that are on PC that I like to play (Dwarf Fortress, Minecraft, etc.), not to mention all the older games that are for PC that I like to revisit occasionally (Tycoon games, Starcraft, Diab...

<t>So here's the situation:<br/> I'm a soldier in the US Army and I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan. When I deployed, I brought with me my trusty Acer AspireOne Netbook.<br/> Now for the sad part. I recently (like last night) broke my netbook's screen when I closed it too hard on an iPod Shuffle...

I read your same question on the GRS forums, and I'd say go with one of the Vanguard funds instead of sticking with the LifePath Fund.

@KevinW I was actually thinking that it would make a great semi-volunteer activity post-ERE. Just to supplement my income a little. I agree that it would be tough to make a living doing only that.

I'm in Afghanistan. At this point the only thing I'm thinking about is going home.

<t>I think I've discovered my sort of "dream job". I would like to provide low-cost financial planning services to college students and middle and working class families.<br/> I figure that this combines two things I like, money and helping people, and it's something that I could do as much of or as...

@S I'll have to look into the bodyrock thing, that sounds pretty cool too.

I already do PT five days a week, so I imagine it's pretty easy to get burnt out. I'd feel really good spending an hour being miserable and then sore for a few days if I knew it was a good workout, as opposed to PT, which is usually ineffective and a waste of time.

As have I, I figure it's at least worth a try since it's free.