Well, there goes my budget for the rest of the summer.....

Short story, I gotta come up with about $2600 in the next 52 days in order to avoid a couple thousand bucks in penalty taxes. I'll get the money back next year in my income tax refund, but color this summer's discretionary spending pretty much gone.
( The painful details )

By the way. I'm growing a powerful hatred for all those financial people. If wall street money empires want another damn taxpayer bailout, I'd better see some CEOs on the gallows before I'll even consider it.