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From a hardware perspective, I suppose this drive is fine. My issue is with the license terms of the software that comes with it.

I've been a user of Quicken off and on for quite a long time. The 2013 version is easier than ever to set up, but there is no reason why Quicken should struggle with setup items compared to how easy Mint.com is to use. The tag feature works well for a number of items, but I like the way Mint.com shows you the transaction counts in a bubble next to each account when you are looking at tagged expenses. There is no substitute for how easy it is to enter transactions into the register in Quicken though. Overall, I am very pleased with how well this version works and how easy it was to get going with a complex set of financial accounts. That said, there is NO reason why Quicken should not still be much better and that is why it is getting an average review. I also don't understand why they don't make a wizard interface that educates you on things when you set them up. A perfect example is creating a loan and having to choose the compounding period. Why not take advantage of their Turbo Tax experience and explain this better to users as you go? This is a good product, but the financial management landscape is changing and Intuit better step up and really make this product better. The mobile and cloud support works OK but could be a lot better.

I've been a fan of the Best American Nonrequired Reading series for a while, and this year is probably one of the most solid collections in the series. There is the usual grab bag of interesting and funny excerpts at the beginning, and articles and short stories after. There are a few that don't quite hit their mark, but some of it has stuck with me in the months since I read it. For example, "Casino" haunted me with its distillation of a parent's greatest fears, "Human Snowball" was full of serendipity, and "The Blind Faith of the One-Eyed Matador" shows human determination at its most impressive and foolhardy. My guess is, with this varied assortment, different readers will latch on to different pieces, but there's something for everyone. You never really know what will come next, and that's the fun of these collections.