| Being there, and other gems of wisdom
Barring unforeseen complications, this will be my final column as a care-free, overgrown adolescent. Sometime between today and Thursday morning, my wife is scheduled to give birth, thereby making me a father and official grownup. Whether Laurie's labor is natural or induced is up to the baby and the doctors, and for now we're just waiting to see which will prevail. The due date passed on Friday, and the doctor set Tuesday night as the time when they'll induce if labor hasn't begun yet. My money's on baby Benjamin. If he's anything like me, he'll have dual gifts for procrastination and good timing and start heading toward the promised land minutes before the docs decide to start it for him. Either way, I'm nervous. In my brain, I'm thinking about all of the stupid stuff I usually do, no different than usual.
RIAA Says Accused Students Are Settling
As we've been reporting, the RIAA has been offering settlements to college students suspected of sharing music online. Reader Weather Storm notes that more than a quarter of the alleged music pirates have accepted the RIAA's offer. Quoting: "...an attorney Ohio University arranged to meet with its students... said $3,000 is the standard settlement offer, though cases have settled for as much as $5,000." .
How Jaci Rae Learned the Value of a Dollar - The Early Years
My life has been anything but ordinary. I began life impoverished, but with poverty came a street knowledge that I might not have found otherwise. It is because of my early years that I came to learn how to get something for free or next to it. Even though my story is quite different today, I still use these same strategies to save money and get the most bang for my buck. I have been to the depths of financially disparity and I don't want anyone to have to suffer the same. I know what it's like and I have been there pinching pennies since I was very young. As my Grandmother always used to say, when she sat me on her lap to read me a story, "It's always best to start at the beginning." The beginning for me is my early years and how I learned at a very young age the value of a dollar.
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