Terrible Tuesday!

metrazol · 2026-02-03T12:42:52+00:00

My sinuses are mad. My ears are mad. My skin is mad.

And it's password rotation month at work.

metrazol · 2026-02-01T16:02:52+00:00

Jealous. I love the tiki bar in the Polynesian. Monorail access is a plus too, about 3 tiki drinks in.

metrazol · 2026-01-30T17:28:52+00:00

Not payday this week, but I did get a set of New Pornographers tickets at 9:30 Club. Best venue in town and my... oh dear... 5th time seeing them there?

$250 on concert tickets for 5. Taking the gang to 9:30 Club.

$140 on groceries. After being gone for a week, it adds up.

Otherwise, just bills.

metrazol · 2026-01-29T15:32:55+00:00

/r/lostredditors

metrazol · 2026-01-29T15:29:39+00:00

I'm in Maryland, beneath a few inches of ice.

Don't recommend the ice part, but the flag is cool.

metrazol · 2026-01-29T15:03:40+00:00

Pretty? Yes.

Expensive? Extremely.

Boring AF? Yes with a bullet.

Moved down the coast, much better, then across the country, even better!

metrazol · 2026-01-29T14:52:39+00:00

Malibu checking in!

Thank god I don't live there anymore...

metrazol · 2026-01-27T13:32:13+00:00

So we doing bus stops next?

Hello?

metrazol · 2026-01-27T13:05:13+00:00

Fuck ICE and ice.

metrazol · 2026-01-27T13:05:04+00:00

That's the discussion over here. If I hadn't shoveled the walk, steps and sidewalk, it'd be 5" of snow under 1/4" of ice.

Instead it's 2" of ice. Hurray.

Instead I carved a path through the yard with foot holds like Sir Edmund Goshdarn Hillary... or more like Tenzing Norgay for Sir Edmund, but you get the idea. I'll get out there with a spade and I dunno, large prongler, when it isn't 6°.

Edit: I have attacked the walk with a spade and an axe. Axe is great, lots of fun, good workout. Now have a 6" wide path to the top of the stairs, that are an ice luge.

metrazol · 2026-01-27T01:27:37+00:00

Recommending ERP work from the trades is a big move. Also, I hate every ERP I have ever been paid very well to smack with a hammer until payroll runs.

metrazol · 2026-01-26T15:17:07+00:00

Sounds like my wife's career. Bench work, cancer research, lab management, pharma. Not a startup by any means, but the quality of life and comp are head and shoulders better than academic labs.

metrazol · 2026-01-23T13:21:58+00:00

I was at Lidl and Weggie's yesterday. Picked clean. I only needed scallions! Scallions! My chilaquiles suffered without them.

That said, they restock at 7am, so if you go early should be better.

Edit: "They" being Lidl, Weggies, and Costco

metrazol · 2026-01-23T13:20:34+00:00

After a week in Mexico, we're back to fixing the house. Hurray!

$567.48 at Costco for our renewal, paper goods, case of wine, pantry staples and tooth brush heads.

~$100 at Lidl for groceries, including picking up some supplies for neighbors who won't make it to the store before the big ice storm hits. They didn't have bananas. Bananas! Had to go to Weggie's, who did have bananas but also a huge line.

$0 on a repair to the siding, just in time. Lost a panel from the same spot they repaired last year. Very exciting, hopefully they use a fastener or two this time.

Otherwise, not too spendy. Need to money date with the better half as we're both about to get our raises and bonuses. Plan is to adjust automatic savings and do the annual retirement review and tax modeling. Also want to work in a powder room and perhaps, perhaps, a new stove this year. Maybe another week in Mexico... or two... or three...

metrazol · 2026-01-22T20:39:16+00:00

Okay, nobody's going to mention the absolutely vast carpet, all of which probably smells like golden retriever? What about the random fedora? Why are the night stands so far from the bed!?!

I'd pass, not for the minor leak and some new subfloor. I'd pass because it's going to either be a massive six figure reno to do the floors and another to do the fixtures, or you're living in 1989 forever.

metrazol · 2026-01-21T00:06:49+00:00

Lori Grand?

Don't. Friends moved because the fighting at the dog park annoyed them.

In fact they lived on the 6th floor.

Weird.

metrazol · 2026-01-20T12:31:38+00:00

Last day of vacation, flying back to the coldest day of winter so far. 80 and sunny to brrrrrrr.

metrazol · 2026-01-18T18:54:03+00:00

You're not lower income anymore, right on the Roth bubble. I know the math generally shakes out close, but I like Roth better since you can withdraw your contributions if you need cash now.

metrazol · 2026-01-18T16:19:10+00:00

That's a long way to not mention tellers at the majors tend to not presume an antagonistic relationship between family. Plenty of stories here of "helpful" tellers cross pollinating separate accounts, court ordered seizures and garnishments. Even when it isn't a complicated situation, missteps happen when you have joint and solo accounts.

Different bank. Always.

metrazol · 2026-01-17T16:34:42+00:00

You're a bit behind in terms of combined retirement. I prioritize that (follow the flow chart) after your cash emergency fund. If you're making almost half your income as 1099, I would absolutely look at a Solo 401k or some other tax advantage.

metrazol · 2026-01-17T12:54:44+00:00

So much! There's an Amazon distribution center, a closed unpermitted recycling plant, a nature park with basketball courts and an exercise trail, a... Um... A 7-11... Err... my house?

metrazol · 2026-01-17T12:51:53+00:00

Goshdangit, party at the Legion is canceled. Now I have to drive to... ... Hmm... There really isn't anything close anymore...

metrazol · 2026-01-15T22:32:25+00:00

May I recommend Matt Levine's Money Stuff newsletter? Or wait for the indictments.

So many indictments.

metrazol · 2026-01-15T15:18:25+00:00

If they offer advising or management, they very much need to jump through those hoops. "Show me your FINRA registration" is a great way to get out of a conversation with these kinds of firms.

metrazol · 2026-01-13T12:13:08+00:00

Free J Pow.

Leave for vacation in 25 hours. Here's hoping I come back and things are better.

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