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I get it from a local farmer for about $12/quart. I'm not sure where someone could get it online. However, grass fed beef tallow, which is quite similar and even more nutritious, is available at http://www.grasslandbeef.com

I bought some pastured duck eggs from the farmers market, and they are absolutely delicious!!! This was my breakfast this morning: - 3 pastured duck eggs, cooked in pastured lard - 3 strips of uncured grass fed beef bacon w/ Celtic sea salt - locally-grown tomatoes, onions, and spinach - 1 local swe...

Cast iron is my favorite, hands down. In my opinion, it's almost the perfect piece of equipment. Not only is it practically indestructible, but even if some of the material leeches into your food, it's perfectly safe because it's good old iron

He should definitely take it again. I never took the SAT, but I did take the ACT 4 times, improving my score by about 3 points each time. Although, test prep is essential.

Mahler

8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot by Esther Gokhale, and I can confirm that it is very effective

My beverage of choice is unsweetened coconut milk with all of its saturated fat goodness. I dare you to show how that's bad for you.

Yes, even if that causes you to miss out on matching employer contributions. The point is that in 6 months you may not HAVE an employer. Be prepared. I have to disagree with not contributing up to the match. Unless you get fired, you'll likely be fully vested in the the matching contributions if yo...

I have to ask...how were you able to contribute almost $60k to your portfolio in less than a year?

Hello SobeCane, I'm impressed with your portfolio, definitely on the right track. 1. Stock in a tax advantaged account is perfectly ok. It only becomes a problem when it forces you to put bond funds in a taxable account. 2. It really depends on a number of factors: your time horizon, risk tolerance,...

For all those keeping score at home, I think I'm going to sleep on committing $5K into a Roth IRA with VTSMX, then invest another $5K into the VTSMX through my Roth IRA next year and swap the shares over into VTSAX. I came to the conclusion that it's really a buyer's market and I can always invest ...

I like the idea of the target fund for starting out. It's good to have diversification from the beginning. Once you have enough invested, you can exchange it for its underlying funds and then eventually convert to admiral class. IMO maxing out a Roth for any given year should have priority over set...

I like the idea of the target fund for starting out. It's good to have diversification from the beginning. Once you have enough invested, you can exchange it for its underlying funds and then eventually convert to admiral class. IMO maxing out a Roth for any given year should have priority over sett...

The thing to know about buying laptops from manufacturers is that the higher performance components like extra RAM and SSDs are usually way overpriced. With that being said, I say go with the Mac. The Dell seems way more than what it should be, considering what you're getting.