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  • My wife inherited $800K. She put $300K toward our mortgage and $500K in her own bank account — after 35 years of marriage - MarketWatch

    Your wife has used more than one-third of this money to pay off your joint mortgage. Inheritances are not considered community property, so she is clearly taking her time deciding what to do with it. While that may feel like a slap in the face after 35 years of marriage, she is legally entitled to do that, and personally entitled to do so too.

    Dear Moneyist,

    You know absolutely nothing about marriage.

    Sincerely, Captain Obvious

    May 3,2021
  • Biden Relocates 20,000 National Guard Troops To Inner Cities To Snipe Menthol Cigarettes Out Of People’s Mouths - The Babylon Bee

    “Listen, folks– we gotta do something about these incredibly refreshing and smooth menthol cigarettes,” said Biden.

    May 3,2021
  • Catholic Husband

    Weakness - Catholic Husband

    God did not make us to be strong on our own, but to be channels of His grace for our hurting world.

    ➕

    May 3,2021
  • Haiku

    Zoo Trip

    Stormy morning cleared,

    Beautiful trip to the zoo.

    Toy lost, but still good.

    May 2,2021
  • Today is my 1,950th consecutive day of journaling using Day One.

    Not bad.

    May 2,2021
  • Sunday afternoon at the zoo.

    🦩

    Flamingos in the water
    May 2,2021
  • Biden Tax Plan Leans on Banks to Help Find Unreported Income - WSJ

    The proposal would require banks to report annual account inflows and outflows to the Internal Revenue Service.

    This is a terrible idea. Banks already automatically report any deposit over $10,000, and have mechanisms for reporting suspicious groups of deposits just under the reporting threshold.

    The IRS getting receipts from every bank account in America? This would be a massive intrusion on the privacy and an unfathomable data trove that would prove irresistible target for foreign hackers.

    May 2,2021
  • Reading

    Finished reading: Patris Corde: With A Father’s Heart by Pope Francis 📚

    May 2,2021
  • Haiku

    All Got Done

    A long list to do,

    Everyone worked together.

    Tomorrow: the zoo.

    May 1,2021
  • Ready for action.

    🎒

    Dad's diaper bag on the workbench
    May 1,2021
  • ChetCast

    Episode 192: Saturday Activities

    We’re done with our chores, so I checked in with the kids.

    May 1,2021
  • USPS just delivered a St. Patrick’s day card, postmarked March 15th.

    Way to go!!

    📬

    May 1,2021
  • Civil War Soldiers Glad They Didn’t Live Long Enough To Experience Horrors Of The January 6th Capitol Riot - The Babylon Bee

    “Yeah, we had it pretty rough – but at least we weren’t around when a few hundred people walked around the Capitol taking pictures,” said John Rumplestin III, a Union soldier who was killed in the Battle of Gettysburg. “That’s when our democracy really died.”

    May 1,2021
  • 10 Common Things Your Husband Says – And What He’s Actually Thinking - The Babylon Bee

    “It’s fine.” – “It’s fine.”

    Yup.

    “We can eat anywhere you want.” – “We can eat anywhere you want.”

    May 1,2021
  • It Will Cost $699 to Repair a Broken 12.9-Inch M1 iPad Pro Without AppleCare+ - MacRumors

    The $699 price applies to any damage to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro , including a broken display

    Stupid.

    May 1,2021
  • The USCCB doesn’t do a lot of things right, but their online Bible is on point.

    May 1,2021
  • Iced coffee in a clean house. The best!

    ☕️

    May 1,2021
  • Haiku

    Rally

    Strange, productive day.

    Didn’t feel great, but got done.

    Better than the start.

    April 30,2021
  • The LEGO Batman Movie

    🍿🚸

    April 30,2021
  • After weeks of searching, I finally found a pocket knife that’s safe for travel.

    The BladeHQ exclusive CRKT Pilar has micarta handles and D2 steel. It’s a sheepsfoot blade that measures 2.4”. It’s also cheap enough that if I lose it, I won’t care.

    That’ll work!

    April 30,2021
  • Johnson And Johnson Rolls Out New ‘No More Clots’ Vaccine - The Babylon Bee

    A spokeswoman for Johnson and Johnson said the company worked extensively with scientists in their baby shampoo division to make sure the new COVID vaccine was safe.

    April 30,2021
  • Haiku

    Sebenza, Not for Me

    Best production knife,

    Sorry, I just don’t like it.

    I’m a Benchmade guy.

    April 29,2021
  • Having Stolen Everything From Your Great-Grandchildren, Democrats Move On To Your Great-Great-Grandchildren - The Babylon Bee

    “We wanted to spend another $6 trillion, but we ran out of everyone’s great-grandkids' money,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, “but then we found all the great-great-grandkids' money! So much money! So we decided to spend it.”

    April 29,2021
  • Yellowstone Says They May Soon Let Buffalo Stop Wearing Masks - The Babylon Bee

    If people see them maskless, they may say, ‘I guess I don’t need one either, as I’m also a mammal.’”

    April 29,2021
  • Haiku

    Gold Class

    Crown of collection,

    Great knife, pattern not quite there.

    Got to get this right!

    April 28,2021
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