Debt, n.  An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.  ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary, 1911

#7 in progress.  We currently hold seven rediculously taxing credit cards that even  a New Jersey Bookie would find unreasonable.  These cards are reminders of our past stupidity.  2008 actually marked the first year as a couple that we paid off more debt than we aquired.  Despite our addiction to Katsuya Sushi, we knocked out two small cards and a rather large tab at Wilshire Home Entertainment.  The goal this year is to eliminate at least one large card from our debt pool, and more importantly, acquire zero additional debt.