Sunday, March 22, 2015

So God made a liberal...

So God made a liberal...

Question from a reader...

Question from a reader...  Do I still think that going paperless on my personal finances is a good idea? 

Answer: oh, hell yes!  I've now got nearly 300 documents scanned, stored, and indexed.  It takes very little effort to do this – less effort, in fact, than storing them in a file cabinet with any sort of organization.  Best of all, still, is the fact that I can search them just like I can google the web.  I find myself now routinely referring to receipts and other records, where before I did so only as an absolute last resort – because it meant manually searching through piles of paper.  Another benefit I hadn't really appreciated before actually doing this: my records are now all backed up offsite, into the cloud...

Early morning light...

Early morning light...  Yesterday morning, with the sun striking the Wellsville Mountains to our west, before lighting up the valley floor (where I was standing)...

Spring has sprung ... in Paradise...

Spring has sprung ... in Paradise...  A red-leafed tree in our yard (which I haven't yet identified) is about to pop this year's leaves out...

Interesting Martian rock, up close and personal...

Interesting Martian rock, up close and personal...  As imaged by MAHLI...