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Financial diet update.

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Here's what I've done since my 2/21 entry to quit being such a dumbass: Cancelled Netflix, Vonage, and GoToMyPC. Installed free version of VNC to replace GoToMyPC. Monthly savings: $60. Refinanced car loan. Got a 3.5% interest rate reduction on the same term I had remaining on the old loan. Monthly savings: ...

A financial diet.

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Holy fucking shit. I just sat down with my online banking statement, curious about how much I spent in the past month on restaurants, bars, entertainment, and convenience food. I knew I had a spendy month — there was the small matter of an international improv festival in my backyard, I've ...

Not much help.

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

I've been thinking a lot about        . I've been         and        , but        . I'm         much more often, which is a sure sign of        . I'm concerned about my        . I check         and         probably more than I should. I         in hopes that I        . I get         when        . I think I        .

A brief essay.

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

My Stupid and Crazy Weekend by Scott Jennings, age 26 A few weeks ago, I was totally bumming because it was looking like it wouldn't be prudent for me to take the vacation time that I had planned (one day) to visit New York for the Del Close Marathon. And while I ...

Sneezing!

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

This shouldn't be surprising, but the busier I get, the less I blog. Or, to put it in terms that I would understand: So here's a quick List Format: I'm the new Artistic Director of the DSI Comedy Theater. It's the part I was born to play, baby, but it's going to ...

Quickity quick list.

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

The back is feeling much better — I'm not exactly doing somersaults, but I'm walking without too much stiffness. Corey Brown got me seriously hooked on Battlestar Galactica. I've inhaled the miniseries, the first season, and the first seven episodes of the second season since Sunday, at great peril to my ...

Annual Netflix Analysis.

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Here is a list of everything I rented from Netflix in 2005, in reverse chronological order: Melinda and Melinda Murderball Almost Famous Judgment at Nuremberg Manhattan Scent of a Woman Showgirls Fargo Kinsey Capturing the Friedmans Coupling: Season 4 Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story Fawlty Towers: The Complete Set: Vol. 3 (3-Disc Series) Fawlty Towers: The Complete Set: Vol. 2 (3-Disc ...

To help prevent sudden death.

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

My shopping list: One of those scrapey-brushy things to clear the ice off your car Oh, bother.

Welcome home, Vivienne Jane.

Monday, November 21st, 2005

I just got back from driving my dear friend Pete O'Bryan to Budget Rent-A-Car to retrieve the vehicle that will take him and his dear wife Jen to Chicago to retrieve the healthy baby girl that they are to adopt. What a long road it's been for the O'Bryans. It seemed ...

Way behind.

Monday, October 10th, 2005

Time to rock the List Format™: Katy did a good job summarizing the miraculous disaster that was her sister's wedding. I hasten to add only that she and I are very attractive people. The DSI Comedy Theater (sic) opened on Friday, and was quite clearly a huge success and the greatest night ...