On Whereabouts of My Money After It's Been Transferred to Me But Before I Get It

* Earning a tiny amount of interest for some bank which, in aggregate, adds up to many hundreds of millions of a dollars a year.

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 4:23 pm 1

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(Also I accidentally made my Enterprise look like Voyager, I promise I'm not trying to pull a Yglesias here.)

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 4:21 pm 0

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Just drew this sorry for the poor draftsmanship.

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 4:21 pm 1

On Spam With a News Peg (Genius)

@hellonheels I used to get a lot of those too. My theory was they'd try to swipe control of the domain somehow, then charge you to get it back? IDK.

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 4:14 pm 0

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@Caitlin with a C It makes me fear for summer though. We already had to turn our AC on last night...

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 4:12 pm 0

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@LookUponMyWorks If you have an idea of some areas you'd like to live, LiveLovely.com is a really nice site. It's basically just a better user interface for Craigslist though. As far as places to live that are actually in the district, I'd recommend Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant, Bloomingdale, and North Capitol/"near northeast", based on my experience and my millions of friends who've moved recently. You're still not going to find much living alone for under $1,300 though and might have to pay some big fees on top of that for the dog. Even if you don't want to live in the 'burbs, which, who can blame you, VA sucks, you might be better off sticking that out for a year while you get to know the area and maybe make friends who could be possible roommates.

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 4:10 pm 0

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@Blondsak Congrats! I'm sure in no time at all you'll be writing articles about how you don't feel rich despite your high six figure income!

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 4:05 pm 3

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@aperson Haha, my wife already nixed one hotel because it was next to a cemetery!

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 3:21 pm 0

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@stuffisthings Also, any foods that can be gotten in Baltimore that CAN'T be easily found in DC?

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm 0

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I think we may be going on a low-cost vacation to nearby Baltimore next weekend, rather than to Florida as originally planned (because people keep quitting at work and it's impossible for me to get away for long). Any recommendations on fun/interesting stuff to do? What are the cool neighborhoods for just walking around and hanging out? Reasonably priced don't-miss restaurants?

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 2:51 pm 1