awesome.

I'm a strong believer in the whole Pro's/Con's list - this is a cool addition to that. Very awesome idea.

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, who refused to go to the White House when the Stanley Cup champions were honored there Monday, explained his reasoning on his Facebook page.

In what he says will be his only comment on the matter, Thomas wrote:

I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People.

This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.

Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.

This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT

Here's a thought: At the next Republican debate, let Thomas moderate. He's a goalie, so nothing should get by him.

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Photo: You can look all you want, but you won't see Tim Thomas in this photo of the Boston Bruins meeting Monday with President Obama. Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images

 

 

 

I have a new found respect and admiration for Tim Thomas. Besides the fact his name includes both mine and my brother's, the guy has morals and character. I am impressed! Good for him!

wow - some of these glasses frames are just ridiculous... I love the "CENSORED" ones.. the "melting" sunglasses are pretty cool too.

When PearBudget started out, it was simply a downloadable spreadsheet. It was easy to use, and it helped a lot of people get their finances in order. We created it because we needed something simple to track our income and expenses. So we made it, and we put it online, for free.

People loved it.

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When we launched the new, web-based version of PearBudget, we knew some people would prefer the old version. This page is here for you to download the original PearBudget spreadsheet, for free. It’s still a really great tool, and it might be just what you need to start budgeting.

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And if you’d like, you can check out the new, online version of PearBudget. We crafted it to be even easier to use than the spreadsheet. You can try out the new version with a free 30-day trial.

This is a pretty good budget spreadsheet (talking about the free download) from way back - I was just going through some of my old archives and found an old copy of it - reminded me to re-check it out - thought I'd throw it out there in case someone else can benefit from a simple solution... *I think mint.com's budget section is better, but if you are one of those who don't want to put your $$ out in the cloud - this is a pretty good solution.

This is another one of those posts that I'm throwing up there for the future self. I've done some of these already, but there are some that I'm interested in messing with later.