Thing the First: I have talked before about being a maximizer vs being a satisficer, but I didn't really have a good link to an explanation of what that means (or at least, if I did, I can't find it in any post now). But this week the Wall Street Journal did a bang-up job of explaining the concept and how it affects happiness - and why it always seems like your partner makes decisions the opposite way.
Thing the Second: Peanut and I found this website really interesting: income percentile calculator. It shows where you rank (according to 2010 US Census data) in income, by region, by education, and a couple more indicators. Obviously we are far from the 1% but it drove home to me how well-off we truly are.
Thing the Third: If your winter heat source uses natural gas, this article might be of interest to you. We live in a region where fracking is a big political hot button, so with all the talk of that and natural gas pipelines, I didn't realize that there's actually a natural gas shortage in the country, which drives prices higher. We have a new, more efficient furnace, but I'm not sure that will be enough to keep us from noticing an increase in prices, especially with a newborn at home and a cold winter predicted.
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