For you humans who read this blog, please take note:
Pookah is a master of many arts: Napping, Stalking, Hunting, Pouncing, Eating, Purring, Literature, String Theory, and Literary Arts. Few humans take the time to understand the amount of small tasty bird-fueled effort that goes into achieving even the most basic levels of expertise in these, and other, neo-classical feline pursuits.
Some humans, irritatingly, believe that they have found shortcuts.
It’s very simple:
By “real” unemployment, I mean people who are capable of working and want to work for compensation or who are on any significant form of tax-backed support; but excluding people who have sufficient non-tax-backed income-generation by other means to support their household (such as “trust fund babies”. I also put “homemaker” as “real” employment. It’s a job like any other, and strongly affects income (negatively or positively). If it weren’t, housekeepers, baby-sitters, pre-school, and day-care would all be non-profitable.
(That’s a complicated way of saying: Real unemployment takes into account only people willing and able to work. It excludes people who have their own means of self-support – like being independently wealthy, or owning your own gold mine.)
So far, our elected officials have done what I’ve expected:
When Pookah first searched for “Pudgins”, Old Lady Cat was very ill.
The situation has not improved in that regard. Quite the opposite.
Old Lady Cat went through the more expensive procedure. The results were inconclusive, but did provide more information. OLC’s kidneys have shrunk. And she is a good candidate for an iodine isotope injection that, if it works, would cure her thyroid problems. But she is in bad shape with her kidneys. Not surprising, considering her 15 years of age.
So here we are. Another decision time.
It’s that time of year again…
“What?!?” you say. “It’s not April 15!!”
No, it is time to feed Pookah!
Wrong, dear reader. Now, when your tax documents are filling your mailbox, is the BEST time to start doing your taxes.
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Here are my predictions for 2010.
So, Life of Pookah is over a year old now. It has been an interesting trip. So what’s in store for next year?
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I hope you have already read all the posts about the Five Numbers. Here are some questions and answers:
If you haven’t read about your first four numbers, go do it now.
Now for the Fifth Number.
This is firmly in Pookah Finances 301. It is your long-term goal. This is the amount of post-tax income you need to maintain a debt-free, comfortable, meeting the first four numbers, lifestyle that can tolerate the expense of a heart attack or two.
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Alright, I’ve posted about your First Number and your Second Number. These numbers are a path to financial stability and success.
Here’s your Third Number:
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