It’s 5:18 am. My kid and I are standing in the garage, trying to figure out how to get the door open. The opener’s motor is making an odd sound and the door is stuck. We know there’s a way to open it by hand, but what is it? I wake up my husband, he… [Read More]
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Photo gallery: The Chicago Cultural Center
The Chicago Cultural Center is a magnificent building that hosts a ton of free arts events; it’s also a nice place to work downtown. Here is a series of photos about it: Related articles The Salvation of Kitsch
Djibouti, by Elmore Leonard
Djibouti is a small country with a major role in world trade. It has about 800,000 people and a deepwater port on the Horn of Africa that serves as a connection between Europe, East Africa, the Middle East, and on to Asia. It was once French territory and retains strong ties to Paris. I try… [Read More]
Handling retirement rollovers
It’s the new year, and maybe that means a new job or a new commitment to your retirement plan. Once you set the money aside, you have to deal with all of the options for investing the money and all of the regulations for getting a break on your taxes. Here’s one issue: what do… [Read More]
The strange mechanics of saving money
Your New Year’s resolution may be to save money, but how to get the money you saved at the grocery store out of your wallet and into a savings plan? It’s a strangely mechanical problem, isn’t it? If you’re having trouble getting hold of the money you are saving, start by keeping track of what you spend. You can… [Read More]
