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		<title>Recession and Layoff Prep 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I probably know all this already, but I&#8217;m going through Jim Wang&#8217;s Recession Prep list anyway just in case I&#8217;ve missed anything. Increase Your Emergency Fund. ✅ The usual guidance is 3-6 months but I lived through the Great Recession, so nope, I&#8217;ve always operated on a 12-18 month cash buffer. The monthly dollar amount [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (314)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Year 7 of COVID in the Bay Area Year 7, Day 34: I&#8217;ve had an intermittent sore throat for three weeks. Four weeks? I expect that&#8217;s the stress expressing itself in immune insufficiency &#8211; my body&#8217;s so tired and strained under the stresses that it&#8217;s trying to fall sick to any virus that comes along. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Good Things Friday (379) and Link Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. FINALLY. I installed WP Armour as a spam blocker after the last three bombed and this one actually works. HUZZAH! I can finally stop wading through floods of spam comments. 2. I finally found my missing water bottle that had been tucked into a never used pocket of a duffel bag! 3. My stubborn [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Money &#038; Life Report: May 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Money Income Our primary income comes from our full time jobs. We have minimal income from investing in index funds and dividend stocks (all reinvested). We earn money on the side to supplement our main incomes. We get a bit of income from Swagbucks, cash back sites (Rakuten, Mr.Rebates) and affiliate links to Bookshop [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (313)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Year 7 of COVID in the Bay Area Year 7, Day 27: I&#8217;ve got maybe 3 months left. I&#8217;ve calculated the PTO to be earned and, if the math is right, I&#8217;ll have 3 weeks to add to the severance runway. Did the same for my sick time and am booking off large chunks of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Good Things Friday (378) and Link Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. Annorlunda Books is back to publish another book by @asakiyume.bsky.social! 2. I&#8217;ve been appreciating all the cute animals that Instagram has been serving me even if I&#8217;m still baffled why it won&#8217;t just show me the people I actually follow. 3. Sweet Stewardship: Just like her honeybees Nikkia Rowe wants to exist for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (312)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Year 7 of COVID in the Bay Area Year 7, Day 22: Butts. Home insurance and earthquake insurance are due this week. That takes the shine off my win against Comcast &#8211; they had several outages and I got them to credit my account $20 though they tried to put me off after $5. Our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Good Things Friday (377) and Link Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. For Mother&#8217;s Day we enjoyed a trip to the shelter and to the local reuse center. It was deeply satisfying to find expensive office supplies for cheap (saving at least $45 on address labels), and then at checkout I paid for a lady&#8217;s stuff for her kid when she didn&#8217;t have cash on hand [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Looking into long term cap gains taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking up capital gains tax rates in case we get to the point of needing to sell off assets to make up the income gap without my job. Looks like the tax on cap gains are determined by overall taxable income. Since we still have PiC&#8217;s income for the moment, I&#8217;ll plan on a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in the time of pandemic: COVID-19 (311)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Year 7 of COVID in the Bay Area Year 7, Day 15: I wanted to try this roasted cauliflower recipe from Smitten Kitchen but we only had florets and no pumpkin seeds, so I accidentally overroasted the cut florets instead. Whoops. SmolAc claimed to love it, though, so we&#8217;ll try again tomorrow with a much [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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