[this is a ymoyl update.] big day today -- i made my first investment in federal notes. $2,000 went into a 10-year note at 4-7/8% interest. the decision to do this was not as clear-cut as i thought it would be. the investments available today are not what they were when ymoyl was written. the…

[this is a ymoyl update.] oh, april... not only the cruelest, but the most anomalous month! 🙂 yes, it was tax time last month, and my income and expense lines shot through the roof from my maryland state payment and federal refund. still waiting on the massachusetts refund...

monthly tabulation -- 03/2002 categories dollars hours fulfillment alignment after fi bank charges document copying fee[1] $5.000.3000 account maintenance fees savings[2] $3.000.2--- bill payment service $3.600.2+00 computers/internet domain registration[3] $35.001.8--- hardware[4] $138.987.0000 cultural movies $20.951.0000 books[5] $11.240.6++- fines parking ticket[6] $192.009.6--- food home meals $49.062.400- snacks[7] $16.020.8--- out for enjoyment[8] $36.711.8--- health hygiene[9] $12.170.6000 household…

[this is a ymoyl update.] the monthly tabulation for last month is up. there are bad one-time expenses from some mistakes i made, but the regular month-in, month-out expenses continue to come down.

[this is a ymoyl update.] there's a nice gap between the income and expense lines again, but only because i happened to get three paychecks this month. there were some silly expenses; i'll give details when i do the tabulation.