Good…

1. I upgraded from WordPress 1.5 to 2.0 in under an hour thanks to good backups and better instructions.
2. Conforming mortgage limits have been raised from $359,650 in 2005 to $417,000 in 2006, so we all can borrow more without paying the extra 0.25 percent for the jumbo loan.
3. IRA contribution limits were raised to $4,000 in 2005 and 2006, allowing us to sock away a little more this year for when Social Security goes under. (You can open an IRA regardless of if you have a 401k plan. If you haven’t contributed to either year, a contribution can me made for 2005 up to April 15th of this year.(IRA Basics from About.com).
4. I received CD #8 for the CD challenge from QuietlyGoingMad, which is in the car and ready for the morning commute. It even came with a custom cover! Thanks!
5. “Crop circles are Chuck Norris’ way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the fuck down.” -ChuckNorrisFacts.com (via boingboing)

Not so Good…

1. The WordPress upgrade did not make my blog funnier, more interesting, or more exciting in any meaningful way. In fact, you probably can’t see a single difference.
2. At today’s Massachusetts prices, $417,000 will purchase what Bostonians call a “fixer-uppah.” The property may or may not have a room to make what we call a “numbah two.”
3. Putting $4,000 into an IRA to upgrade my dinners from regular cat food to fancy feast or to support the coke habits of the disaffected youth that will eventually be born to me seems like a major waste of money while used CD stores are in business now.
4. I still haven’t figured out who sent me CD #7. It came from Minnesota, but no one has claimed it…
5. I was not born, nor can I ever hope to become, Mr. Chuck Norris.

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