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Archive for October, 2005

WORLD SERIES!

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

I’ve watched the entire thing. Every game. Well, I missed the first game, these things happen. But what’s annoyed me more than anything else — more than the inconsistent strike zones, more than Morgan Ensberg’s slump, more than Bud Selig insisting that Minute Maid have an open roof for the home games, […]

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There Oughtn’t Be A Law

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

I got in a really, really silly argument with my lovely girlfriend a number of weeks ago…an argument about jam.
You see, I have a proclivity for Smucker’s Black Raspberry Jam which, for some reason or another, Amanda insists is not actually jam. In her world, apparently, the fruit product in question must contain seeds […]

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Under ERISA there are two major types of retirement plans allowed: Defined benefit and defined contribution.
The former promises a certain level of benefit upon retirement, usually as a function of how long an employee was with the company, salary level, and things of that nature. This is the sort of thing you’ll […]

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