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No wonder he wants to start his own label. He's 62 and chasing around a 4 and 6 year old? Yikes!

I wonder if this is the first album cover to incorporate Milwaukee since Citizen King did it in 1999 with Mobile Estates? They wanted to be Beck so badly. I wonder if that album was good or if I just thought it was because they were from Milwaukee and I was much younger. I'm guessing the latter. End nostalgic reflection now... Cool Wilco cover. I can't wait to hear the album.

Looks nice. If this one will give the ability to support pdf's and pictures I don't understand why a firmware update wouldn't correct that on v1 & 2. Maybe that is implied though...

I have a kindle (version 1.0) and I love it. Some feel it is a bit restrictive in terms of catalogue and the formats it reads. But I know you can just email your pdf's to the kindle email account you have to send up when you register and it will convert them and put them on the kindle for you. Also, I have found a few websites that allow you to download non copyright protected text and which again can be sent to your kindle. The reason I post that is because most books from the kindle store are 9.99 (you can subscribe to newspapers and blogs as well for a monthly or daily price), which can be pricey to some when you are plopping down $360 for it. I can't speak to the programming library for the kindle though. If you are interested you should browse the catalogue on amazon's site. So those may be some drawbacks you personally may encounter based on what you would use it for. As for everything else though I went to Cnet to compare it vs. the Sony reader and it won out. They both use electronic ink which I think makes the reading experience very similar to a book. The design of the kindle v1.0 is a bit counterintuitive, but from what I've read they fixed most of that with v2.0. Whispernet technology on it means you can download any book, newspaper or blog in seconds and you only have to pay for the content, not the use of the network. They have an experimental area on it with a primitive browser and some other features. V2.0 is supposed to be faster, but speed isn't a problem for me with mine so take that for what it's worth. If you read a ton it's so convenient. I usually read quite often, but this actually makes me want to read more. Hope that helps.

Great timing FTJ, I just purchased a GARMIN NUVI 200 from newegg.com. After doing some research on Cnet and seeing what friends had I settled on Garmin as a brand. This one used to be fairly expensive (I believe $400), now you can get a recertified one on newegg.com for $89.99. I get lost constantly when driving or walking around so this thing should help. Screen is bright and it gives voice commands but not in street names but feet (i.e. turn right in 500ft). I have seen others and it really didn't seem to be a big feature as you're using the screen most of the time anyway. $89.99 seems like a small investment for an entry level piece of equipment that will get me places on time or early from now on. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Yep, buy high, sell low, that's my philosophy! I know that's not your point but if you can't buy when the market is down then you clearly don't have the stomach for it and should stick to paper. Complaining about the market now is foolish if your time horizon is more than 7-10 years out.

I guess the MM is a bad example currently, but if you're time horizon is longer, my point is that rates to invest will quickly (quickly being relative to how long you plan on holding on to your home) exceed that 4.75%. Compounding interest on an investment vehicle purchased now could greatly exceed that 4.75% in say 5-7 years. I know compounding interest doesn't apply to MM funds, I'm speaking more to bond funds or if your less risk averse, stocks. Plus it makes you a bit more liquid - unless you're prepaying on a home equity line of credit that you can draw from. I'm probably way biased though. I feel like we are at bottom and will be for a few more months and will come up stronger by the end of year. Why not buy while everything is so cheap? But I can understand wanting a guaranteed return of 4.75%. I just feel like that rate can be exceeded in the coming years investing other ways.

What rate did you get on your mortgage? Rates are so cheap right now I would not pay any extra on principle. Why not take that extra you planned on paying and at the very minimum put it in a money market (extremely safe - Treasury bills and short term investments usually comprise them) account where it can gain a point of interest? It may not seem like a lot, but it's better than giving your lender your cash for free up front so they can do the same without passing that on to you. If you have the extra cash flow put it to work in something very low risk that will at least preserve captial. By prepaying your mortgage you are basically giving away free money by losing by the rate of inflation (which to be fair is very low right now) plus the amount you could get by investing it. Again, that all depends on the type of loan you have and the rate. I second the IRA idea. No matter what type of retirement plan you have with your employer it's a good idea to supplement it if you can with your own plan. You will have control over the choices unlike their plans and it's another tax deferred vehicle for your savings.

I work about 25 miles southwest of the park and there are patches of sun peeking through the clouds. Radar looks clean as well. I can't see why they wouldn't start on time?

Missed it, anything good? I assume he was chatting with the Razor and Mr. T?

I can't speak to the unemployment portion of your question but I do know severence packages are completely voluntary, they are not obligated to pay you a penny if they let you go (unless you are part of a union and it's in your contract). So technically you're not entitled to any severance. Did you sign a contract that would have stated you get a severance for X amount of time working there if let go? That would change the game as well. As far as going to work there for 25% less vs. unemployment, I would calculate exactly how much either Cobra or unemployment health insurance will cost as well as your unemployment pay. If that turns out to be greater than the 25% and you're happy looking for another job then go for it. I'm not sure where you live but here in California (bay area) the job market is bleak. I would seriously weigh the prospects out there before deciding. 25% may be a huge pay cut, but you will still have health insurance which can run the average person (with family) $1K month and steady income. If they lay you off again you could still get unemployment but the clock wouldn't have started until that date and perhaps by then the job market will have improved. Good luck!

Do you want to do touristy stuff or local stuff? The music scene is really good, I know that you enjoy listening to lots of indie rock, correct? Slim's, the Fillmore, Great American Music Hall, the Independent, Bottom of the Hill, and Bimbos are all great places to see a concert. There are a ton of great restaurants, but the Chronicle compiles a list every year found here. I can speak for Nopa and Zuni Cafe on the list, very good and not incredibly expensive (but that is for SF prices). Depending on the neighborhood you stay in that list can narrow it down for you, but the city is not big so non are more than a short cab ride away. Crissy Field is a great park with nice views of the Golden Gate bridge and a nice trail for walking or you can stroll up and down the beach by the bay. Muir woods is a park just over the Golden Gate bridge that contains tons of redwoods. It's literally 5 minutes out of the city and worth a visit. If you are going in winter it may be rainy, but if not the weather during the day never really dips lower than the 50s so if you can handle that any outdoor activity is fair game. But the city is not warm (even in summer - save a week here or there). Lots of diverse neighborhoods depending on your interests. Decent bars on Union Street, Fillmore, Divisidaro, and even some in the Marina (Horseshoe Pub is one I like - but be careful, the Marina can sort of turn into a yuppified Water Street bar scene late at night). There are also many places to go out of the city, north bay has Tiburon and Sausalito which are great to walk around in. Napa or Sonoma (Napa's less expensive and more down to earth cousin) is about an hour away I believe. Or you could go to Oakland and visit the wonderful, um, well, just don't go late at night to certain areas... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Can't wait! My buddy got us tickets for Wednesday nights game. No way I can get out of work early to go to the other 2 but I'll be there with my Brewer cap and Hart jersey on. Garlic fries, I come to dominate you...

Hello, so my wife and I have to be in St. Louis for a wedding and plan on going to a Cardinals game (June 4th). Any one have some thoughts on where to sit, if it would be obnoxious to wear my Brewer paraphernalia to the game, buy tickets beforehand, any other comments about the stadium in general. My price range is cheap to cheap for tickets, so I was looking at the bleachers. But if better seats are really worth it I would pony up more for the experience. If there is another thread on this topic already I apologize, didn't see one when I searched. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated. Thanks!

And not as low brow as you may think, unless you consider 'guess what's in Sal's pouch' low brow... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I didn't get to catch them talking about that specific clip from Letterman, but maybe I'll catch it on the best of the week Friday. I love Stern, been listening for about 6 years. I used to hate listening to Stern, but my buddy that I worked with would listen everyday in the office we shared so I was forced. It took me about 6 months or so to actually get it but after that you realized that just about everything is a bit but it's not, and that Howard isn't the jerk you would think he is. Hard to explain I guess unless you listen but it really is addictive entertainment to me.

Actually Sirius runs a Fantasy Football show every Friday from 8pm-11pm. So to say Sirius programmers do not want any fantasy sports radio shows isn't really true. Unless they are planning on cancelling that as well.

I actually pay the extra money to get the bestof XM which then includes Homeplate. It is not available to regular Sirius subscribers. They are currently running a deal for subscribers to both that gives you 3 months free to try it out.

I was just listening to the NFL on Sirius and apparently for all of the Sirius subscribers who have subscribed to the best of XM they have added 'MLB Homeplate' to that channel lineup. After some research it appears that it is channel 210 on Sirius. I'm currently listening online so I cannot confirm that yet. I am pumped!

Did anyone else get confused that suddenly they went from dressed up for Halloween to back in regular office attire? Was I missing something?

Here is a site that gives you a listing by city and state. I did a search by 'computer and Waukesha, WI: http://earth911.org/searc...sha%2C+WI&max_distance=25

I believe Dean Wormer said it best: "Zero point zero." In all seriousness, I agree with brewmann, they need to win Saturday first.

He meant Branyan. My fault... 2 more Torres and Prince can do his walk off thing.

Isn't Gamel still out with a sore elbow?

Is now the time to hope we lose the rest of these games so that we can improve our position in the draft?