Drops from the ceiling and in the bucket

Special shout-outs to my daugher Bonnie and my good friends Doug and Hilary who've been reading recently. Thanks very much!

So I get woken up this morning by my roommate who's in a panic because there's water pouring from the ceiling.

Unfortunately this is not the first time our upstairs neighbor has decided to "water" us.
Repeated banging on said neighbor's door failed to rouse him, so we ended up shutting off the water to the whole house to at least stop whatever was going on.
I had to leave for work before the problem got resolved. My roommate called my cell phone later to let me know that apparently a pipe had begun leaking in the guy's kitchen, he knew about it, but never called the landlord to let her know. No answer as to why he was oblivious to our banging on the door.

I am fortunate in the fact that this all happened in my roommate's room. Unfortunately the water was partially dripping down on his computers. To our knowledge nothing was permanently damaged.


I also decided this week to take advantage of my employment at a major financial company to open a 401(k) plan. This is the first time I've made a conscious effort to save towards retirement. I'm happy to report that should I continue saving at my current rate, I will have enough saved to live comfortably at retirement - and this doesn't even count the employer match I will eventually be eligible for.

Bruce Campbell was interviewed recently in Salon.com. Instead of forcing you to register at Salon for the interview, here is an edited mirror of the interview.