We're down $60K today.

Ah well, it's only money and we can't touch it for 15 years anyway.

For my 19 and 23 yo's sake, though, I'm glad the bailout failed. And it's almost worth it to see the smug bastards on Wall Street suffer.

Still, hard to watch our retirement savings all going to hell. Makes me sad we've actually lived within our means and bothered to save and invest. Should've just spent all the money on stuff we didn't need like everyone else, I guess. ;^)

So cute!!!!

Some of my creditors used to send balance zero statements. Idiots. Most of their programs seem a bit smarter these days.

Well, that may be a great marriage for the guy, but I think most women would disagree...

They look dumb.

The way you raise smart kids is by raising them as smart people, not talking down to them, giving them lots of manipulatives and puzzles and games and educational toys to play with, and throwing everything at them that they can handle and a few things they can't.

Not every kid is going to be a genius, but most people are pretty damn smart given the right opportunities, environment, and encouragement. Hard work is great, and can pay off. But taking tests isn't everything, and not a very good way to measure how people respond to things like calling them smart or praising their hard effort. If kids are raised to value their own ideas and opinions, they learn to not be focused on what others think of them anyway, and do well at activities for the sake of enjoying the activity itself.

Electricity and TV in a tree house? What's the point, then? A treehouse is supposed to be a place to get away from that crap.

Jimbo,

Mammals have fur.

Get used to it.

Good grief, that is so sad and sick.

WTF is wrong with these parents?!

Shame about the fence...

Satire is funny. A description of creepy behavior is creepy.

There's a difference.

Wow, I had a dress just like that in the 70s!

Commerson's dolphins are amazingly horny -- and the males are quite well hung!

I would rather dunk the bagpipe player.

Hate those things.

JP Morgan is a bunch of evil bastards. It took them almost five years to settle my mom's estate. I truly grew to hate them over that time.