actually it was a Boston album cover reference...

We can't get really serious about this until we start building on 1970's technology and initiate the electric guitar/ spaceship. One for each major city, and we CAN'T wait until the earth is imploding underneath us to launch them!!

absolutely, cash in money markets is 4-5% if you want access to this in a year or 2, that's the way to go. you'll NEED that money when you graduate so don't put it in anything with high fees or high volatlity. when you start working, you can dig plenty into roth ira's or 401ks mutual funds etc. hell, even smart people with oodles to invest in today's markets are finding 4-5% low risk money market funds to be smart.