From a practical financial standpoint, I'd probably leave the house equity alone if you can. Never can tell when something might happen (lost job, illness, etc.) and you don't want to be caught in a position where you can't afford to make the mortgage payments because you need the CD income for a different reason now.
I see plenty of clients leveraged to the hilt - not having a mortgage payment is a huge step up and out from the middle class. Save what you would otherwise be sticking into a bank's profit and invest in your 401K or stock market. Or buy a rental property (du/triplex).
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Blistex, in regards to crappy games -
They made pong look like a story driven RPG with a dynamic campaign.
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