Change Counts

I was reading something the other day that made me stop and think. It was some really good information and I hadn't thought about it for a while. It's kind of like when you smell something that you really hadn't smelled in a long time, and it brings back a memory. I remembered a crucial thing that people investing for retirement need to remember.

You are likely to live a long time!

In fact, if you make it to age 65, you will likely live another 20 years according to the Center for Disease Control. I don't know how they know that, but it sounds right. If that is an average, that means about half are going to live longer than that. Are you investing like that?

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I have never been happy with my category at Entrecard. I don't know why, but I just don't feel like a belong in any of them. I am not really an "internet marketer", although, yes I do market on the internet.. That just doesn't seem like my category, though.

How about Business? Nah, just doesn't feel right. I like to talk about taxes, and investing, and saving money, and making money.

Make Money Online. I would say almost everyone interested in Entrecard (or traffic) is also interested in Making Money Online. Doesn't seem like my category though.

So, I don't have a category, and I think that may be a bad thing. Since I can't identify which one my site should be in. Or at least I can't find the name for it in Entrecard.

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Who gets the money and how much? That's really what everybody wants to know, right? Well I have tried to "crack the code" on this stimulus rebate money and here are the facts as I understand them. I have to admit, the IRS has gotten a little better in explaining things, but still after pouring over the facts on the IRS site, I am left a little uncertain about a few things. Here is my understanding about this stimulus money. Check out this IRS site for up to date information.

“If you are eligible for a payment, all you have to do is file a 2007 tax return and the IRS will do the rest,” said Acting IRS Commissioner Linda Stiff. This has a lot of things implied. For instance, "if you are eligible"....

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So it is Valentine's Day, and you may think you should "buy" something for your sweetheart. (And maybe you should have). But maybe the best gift wouldn't necessarily be something you paid a lot of money for?  From a man's perspective, or at least , this man's perspective, you can do this without spending a lot of money.

Again, this applies to both sexes but I want to speak from my own opinion so I am talking about a man's side.  Women want to know they are loved and appreciated.  Sometimes they may get that feeling from some jewelry or flowers you buy for them, but more often they will feel loved when you "really" appreciate them. One such way is to really listen to them for a change.;)

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I am not as experienced as many in using Wordpress, but I have seen 2 critical upgrades in the last month or so. It just seems to be a pain to do the upgrade so I found an easier way for the last one. I am not sure if this is the same as doing what is recommended, but I'll throw this out in case someone else wants to do it too.

You see, the Wordpress.org site describes a sort of long process, and I always wonder if I am doing all the steps correctly and whether I will lose my blog, etc. (I back up every night, but still, who wants to go through all the headache of the blog being messed up?).

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Have you heard of the FSA?

A Flexible Spending Account (FSA) is a tax-reducing program offered by many employers that allows you to pay for eligible out-of-pocket health care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars. Since you are using pre-tax dollars to pay for certain health care and dependent care expenses, you get an immediate discount on these expenses that equals the taxes you would otherwise pay on that money. Does that make sense? Here is an example of the health care portion.

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