It's the Blended Retirement System and it is a blend of a pension and an employer-sponsored retirement account. In the BRS service members went from 2.5% per year of service to 2% and gained a 5% match to their Thrift Savings Plan. So a member retiring at 20 years in the BRS would receive 40% of their base pay as pension vs 50% under the traditional military retirement system.
Might as well link to the actual source which has a lot of great content.
The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!
Not exactly what you're asking for, but I've learned a lot about agriculture from Farming Simulator. It's neat driving around and understanding what the farmers are doing in their fields.
- Jalapeno
- Serrano
- Cayenne Long Thin
- Cayenne Long Thick
- Ring of Fire
- Ristra Cayenne
- Tabasco
- Datil
- Sugar Rush Peach
- Scotch Bonnet
- Bhut Jolokia
- Carolina Reaper
We now have a happy and healthy little baby. Mom and kiddo are doing great! We over the moon.
We're at the hospital now and we can't wait to meet our little one. Mom's doing great after they placed the epidural. Excited to join the Dad crew with you all. :)
There's a real estate bias, but I'm a fan of the Bigger Pockets family of podcasts.
My blocked community list got significantly shorter when they introduced instance blocking. Got pretty tired of playing furry porn community whackamole.
One strategy that worked with my spouse since it was also new for them is to temporarily shift into reverse before shifting into park. The back up camera let's them visually confirm that they have made it far enough into the garage. You can even place tape down for them to indicate off of.
I back my vehicle into parking spaces almost exclusively so it was natural for me, but it did take them some getting used to. Now we have no issues and they're confident each time.
Yesterday I tried to manifest it to be a Tuesday, but it was still another Monday. Hoping today can be a Wednesday.
Jokes about bomb threats aren't exactly cool even if you're "thick skinned" and "humor filled". That's not a trigger warning thing, it's tactless to joke about harming people when acts of terror are becoming a common occurrence.
Whenever times get tough, come back to the rhythm of your breath. Remember to breathe.
I have a unique name, think John Doe, and I'm hoping to create a unique and "professional" looking email account like johndoe@gmail.com or john@doe.com. Since my name is common, all reasonable permutations are taken. I was considering purchasing a domain with something unique, then making personal family email accounts for john@mydoe.com jane@mydoe.com etc.
Consider that I'm starting from scratch (I am). Is there a preferred domain registrar, are GoDaddy or NameCheap good enough? Are there prebuilt services I can just point my domain to or do I need to spin up a VPS and install my own services? Are there concerns tying my accounts to a service that might go under or are some "too big to fail"?
I can expand what hangs off the domain later, but for now I just need a way to make my own email addresses and use them with the relative ease of Gmail or others. Thanks in advance!!
...and it was amazing!! The fact that this delicious treat is reserved for camping trips is a shame. A bit too rich to have more than one, so the bright side is we have extras to do it again!