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Apathy

I'm totally unexcited for the upcoming presidential election.  Last time around I got really into it for some reason, despite not really caring for either candidate.  Same thing holds true this year, but my interest is much lower.

To be fair, I know about as much about politics as I do about maternity clothes, so I'm not sure what the difference is.  The only thing I can think of is that I really don't believe that anything is going to change for the better regardless of the outcome. 

Perhaps that's just me being pessimistic but I haven't seen a lot in the last 12 years that would have me believe otherwise.  I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Metal Money

I still can't quite believe how high gold prices are right now.  I wish I would stumble across some old jewelry or something like that that I have forgotten about that could be sold at the going rate.

I don't buy gold coins online but if I had a few years ago it would have been a really good investment.  The prices have shot up really fast over a relatively short period of time.

Admittedly gold isn't generally a very good investment as it moves slowly, and frankly I have to believe that all this inflated value will crash at some point.  Hard to tell as I'm not really an expert but it sure would be nice to have some to sell right now.

Budget Hammer

If you get the chance, check out the budget app I just created and launched.  You can check out my other blog for a tutorial.  Let me know what you think and if you have a problem or think of a feature that would be helpful.

Vacation time soon

We're only a few weeks away from our trip to Myrtle Beach!  We had been planning to take the kids to the beach for a long time and after checking out lots of places including renting homes, we finally settled on a condo rental in Myrtle.

I've been there three times but the most recent was over 10 years ago.  I think that the kids will really enjoy it and I can't wait to get to experience them seeing the ocean for the first time.  It's so much bigger than your imagination can prepare you for and I think our kids will be amazed.

Hopefully all will go well and we'll have a really good time.  I'm really looking forward to it!

The Big One

The biggest sporting event in the world is tomorrow, and if you live in the US you probably have no idea what I'm talking about.  I doubt even most sports fans know.

Tomorrow is the Champions League Final for the biggest soccer trophy this side of the world cup.  Bayern Munich and Chelsea will fight it out. 

Millions upon millions will watch and the US will barely notice. 

I wonder how long it will take for the worlds most popular sport to truly catch on here?  Why, in a country full of rabid sports fans do we not even remotely care about the worlds most popular sport?

It makes no sense to me at all.

Diablo 3

I'm very excited because Diablo 3 just came out today.  I loved Diablo 2 and played it more than any person should play any game so I can't wait to try this thing out.

I just hope one of our computers can run it.  I have an older desktop and newer low end laptop so I'm a little worried about that.

Music, no not me

I've never been much of a musician.  Beyond playing the trumpet through 8th grade I have nothing in my history that can be linked to music in any real way.  I don't even listen to it very much.

I bought a 1 gig ipod several years ago and couldn't scrounge up enough songs to fill it half way, and I only used it as a distraction during workouts.

For instance, if you said "I'm going to go look at some pickups", I'd assume you were shopping for a new truck.

So if you have any questions about music at all, please hesitate to ask.