Thanks for all who replied to my request for investment sites. I didn't like the way the motley fool board was set up -- too hard to follow a thread. The morningstar one is promising, similar to kiplinger. It's funny, but I think people in debt seem more willing to share a bit of their personal lives anonymously than folks who are investing!

I didn't get the gig as a ghost-blogger. The poster wrote back and said that it had already been filled when I responded, but that I would've been a good candidate. It's too bad, I would've really enjoyed the look of confusion when I answered "ghost-blogger" to that "So, what do you do?" question!

I have made absolutely no progress on my Financial To Do list. It's just procrastination pure and simple.

I hope I haven't been coming across as arrogant and full of myself. I just haven't had time to look at the big picture for so long that I'm a bit stunned that things are going so well.