Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I must admit I was thoroughly entertained by this blog posting that is complete with audio files of the voicemails this guy left when trying to get his date to cover her share of the restaurant bill after he realized she wasn’t interested in him. Oh, and did I mention he is supposedly the CEO of a company? Yeah. You have got to read through
Amazingly I was able to call my cable company and get them to drop the price of my broadband again. I have done this twice before. What I normally do is call them, ask them for a lower speed connection that costs less and then tell them about how my phone company is offering a 1.5mbps service for half as much. They usually offer to
Check out this blog. As if there weren’t already over a million reasons not to cheat on your wife, here’s just one more. This lady started a blog awhile back and recently found out her husband is cheating on her with her best friend. It’s actually pretty interesting to read the blog from the beginning (Goes back to June). Check out the sign she posted
I received my new access code for EmigrantDirect’s new site that will be launching later this month. I noticed that they said they would be raising their rate to 5.15% as of July 28th. I have got to get more money moved in to this account.  I locked up a bunch in a 3 month CD and the CD calculator says that it’s not worth removing
A lot of the standard tips, but there were a few that you don’t always see: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SomeTipsForSavingMoney.aspx Scott is a techy but blogs about non-technical stuff once in awhile. I’m a fan of his product reviews more than anything. When he starts blogging about developer code, my eyes tend to strain……
by: Adelle Magsombol
So, I’m not sure this is the greatest policy in the world. Why would you publicly come out and state that you won’t prosecute anyone for stealing things under $25? It seems like a huge invitation for questionable people to come in to your store and go to town. Another thing they said was that they wouldn’t prosecute anyone under 18 years old. WTF? So
I’ve always been interested in home improvement projects that add value to my home. Upgrading kitchens and bathrooms are high on the list of projects that can really help increase your home’s value. We haven’t done any of these major projects in our current house, mostly because the house is pretty new and the kitchen and bathrooms are pretty current. We have done painting and
I officially hit the 5 year mark at my company today. Amazingly, I started at this company two months before 9/11. I never thought I’d see the 5 year mark! I have watched my pension “accrued” benefit rise each month for the last 5 years but always felt a bit of anxiety because, right next to the amount of my future payout, were the bold
This weekend we headed down to Portland to visit some friends. We got to see our good friends new baby boy and also got to spend time with another very good friend of mine. On the way down to Portland from Seattle, we noticed a HUGE fireworks stand off one side of the freeway. This stand is just inside the Washington border near Portland. We made
In case you were wondering: Writing “bullshiat money grab” on your parking ticket and then sending it in with your payment could very well get you a real court date in front of a real judge. Apparently they consider that “contempt of court”. http://www.local6.com/news/9430721/detail.html