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Back Into the Lion?s Den, Part 1
2007-08-16 17:54:00 The following attempts to explain why, after being debt free for the first time in a decade and having not used a credit card in over seven years, I am in the market for a new credit card. In general, I am not a fan of credit cards. Their issuers are soulless banks who prey on ... More About: Money , Lion , Back , Part
Frugal Shopping: Save Money With Online Coupons
2007-08-16 16:02:00 Christmas is still a few months away, but it’s never too soon to be on the look out for good deals when shopping. Where as my mom clipped coupons out of the Sunday paper in order to get good deals when I was younger; today, I can get the same deals without the risk of ... More About: Shopping , Money , Save Money , Coupons , Online
Frugal Shopping: Save Money With Online Coupons
2007-08-16 16:02:00 Christmas is still a few months away, but it’s never too soon to be on the look out for good deals when shopping. Where as my mom clipped coupons out of the Sunday paper in order to get good deals when I was younger; today, I can get the same deals without the risk of ... More About: Shopping , Money , Save Money , Coupons , Online
How Do I Know This is Really You? Say Something Only my Discover Card Would
2007-08-15 17:05:00 I used my Disc over Card for the first time ever on Monday. The aftermath of this act gave me two distinct, conflicting opinions on Discover as a company. (Why am I, after being credit card debt free for the first time in a decade, using a credit card, you ask? I’ll explain the method to my ... More About: Money , Ally
How Do I Know This is Really You? Say Something Only my Discover Card Would
2007-08-15 17:05:00 I used my Disc over Card for the first time ever on Monday. The aftermath of this act gave me two distinct, conflicting opinions on Discover as a company. (Why am I, after being credit card debt free for the first time in a decade, using a credit card, you ask? I’ll explain the method to my ... More About: Money , Real Life
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
2007-08-13 03:23:00 When I moved in April, among the changes I faced was where I would now get my gas. I had to find a new “my gas station” - the gas station I would use 99.9% of the time because it’s conveniently close to home. As a creature of habit, having one primary gas station I ... More About: Money , Wise , Pound , Penny
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
2007-08-13 03:23:00 When I moved in April, among the changes I faced was where I would now get my gas. I had to find a new “my gas station” - the gas station I would use 99.9% of the time because it’s conveniently close to home. As a creature of habit, having one primary gas station I ... More About: Money , Wise , Pound , Penny
Misleading Movie Titles
2007-08-10 13:20:00 I finally watched the movie 300 last weekend. With a title like that, my brain thinks of two possibilities: a baseball flick (about a pitcher chasing 300 wins or a hitter chasing a .300 batting average) or a documentary about the average SAT score for America’s high schoolers. Still, as misleading movie titles go, 300 ... More About: Movie , Pop Culture , Lead , Titles
Misleading Movie Titles
2007-08-10 13:20:00 I finally watched the movie 300 last weekend. With a title like that, my brain thinks of two possibilities: a baseball flick (about a pitcher chasing 300 wins or a hitter chasing a .300 batting average) or a documentary about the average SAT score for America’s high schoolers. Still, as misleading movie titles go, 300 ... More About: Movie , Pop Culture , Lead , Titles
World Domination
2007-08-10 04:11:00 If you went to the Humor section of Associated Content ’s site right now, you would see a familiar face. No, not mine…Charlie Sheen’s. Two weeks after they first published it, Associated Content has put my Atlanta Braves Sign Charlie Sheen fake news story as its featured humor article. What does this mean? Nothing really. But I’d ... More About: World , Domination , Mina , Domin
World Domination
2007-08-10 04:11:00 If you went to the Humor section of Associated Content ’s site right now, you would see a familiar face. No, not mine…Charlie Sheen’s. Two weeks after they first published it, Associated Content has put my Atlanta Braves Sign Charlie Sheen fake news story as its featured humor article. What does this mean? Nothing really. But I’d ... More About: World , Domination , Mina , Domin
10 Years in the Making: I?m Credit Card Debt Free
2007-08-09 22:24:00 That’s right, boys and girls. It’s another post about money. In the fall of 1996, I received my first credit card. In the summer of 1997, I received my second. A decade later, I am now finally free of both. Even though I haven’t used either card in over five years, the debt accumulated during those early ... More About: Credit Card Debt , Card , Credit , Money , Free
10 Years in the Making: I?m Credit Card Debt Free
2007-08-09 22:24:00 That’s right, boys and girls. It’s another post about money. In the fall of 1996, I received my first credit card. In the summer of 1997, I received my second. A decade later, I am now finally free of both. Even though I haven’t used either card in over five years, the debt accumulated during those early ... More About: Credit Card Debt , Card , Credit , Money , Free
PayPerPost
2007-08-09 22:00:00 As part of my continuing quest to see if I can earn some supplemental income through blogging, I have joined another “get paid to blog” site called PayPerPost. At first glance, it appears to be one of the better such sites I’ve seen. Once I registered and my blog was accepted, I had seven writing opportunities ... More About: Money , Payperpost
PayPerPost
2007-08-09 22:00:00 As part of my continuing quest to see if I can earn some supplemental income through blogging, I have joined another “get paid to blog” site called PayPerPost. At first glance, it appears to be one of the better such sites I’ve seen. Once I registered and my blog was accepted, I had seven writing opportunities ... More About: Money , Payperpost
Barry Bonds is the Worst Kind of Cheater
2007-08-08 18:11:00 Now that he has broken Hank Aaron’s legendary homerun record, it is time for me to do a cathartic exercise and write about my thoughts on Barry Bonds . But before I explain my reasoning as to why I believe Bonds is the worst kind of cheater, I should first establish why I indubitably believe he ... More About: Sports , Eater
Barry Bonds is the Worst Kind of Cheater
2007-08-08 18:11:00 Now that he has broken Hank Aaron’s legendary homerun record, it is time for me to do a cathartic exercise and write about my thoughts on Barry Bonds . But before I explain my reasoning as to why I believe Bonds is the worst kind of cheater, I should first establish why I indubitably believe he ... More About: Sports , Eater
I Heart iPhone
2007-08-04 00:44:00 This one goes out to all of the people who just can’t get enough of the iPhone. You know who you are. More About: Iphone , I heart , Heart
I Heart iPhone
2007-08-04 00:44:00 This one goes out to all of the people who just can’t get enough of the iPhone. You know who you are. More About: Iphone , I heart , Heart
The Greatest E-mail Exchange in the History of the World
2007-07-30 20:51:00 I was made aware of the Oscar the Cat story by my brother, Tim. He emailed me a link to the article. Later, after I wrote my blog post stating my belief Oscar the Cat was a serial killer, I sent Tim an email with a link so he could go read it. And so ... More About: Mail , History , World , Exchange , E-Mail
Oscar the Cat: Forecaster of Death, or Serial Killer?
2007-07-26 19:30:00 Fox News did a story today on a cat who lives at a nursing home in Providence, RI. This cat has the ability to “predict” when patients are about to die. Here is an excerpt: Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by ... More About: Killer , Death , Serial Killer , Fore
Top This
2007-07-25 13:21:00 I have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies or read any of the books. I have read The Three Musketeers and seen the 1994 Charlie Sheen, Chris O’Donnell and Kiefer Sutherland movie of the same name. I have never been to New York, California or any country outside of the United States. I have ... More About: Blogging
Atlanta Braves + Charlie Sheen = Associated Content $
2007-07-24 20:56:00 The Atlanta Braves Sign Charlie Sheen fake news article I wrote last year was accepted and published by Associated Content today. It is the 8th article of mine they have accepted since I joined earlier this month. Here is an excerpt: Desperate for starting pitching after the loss of Mike Hampton and the ineffectiveness of Mark ... More About: Blogging
It Takes a Village
2007-07-23 21:51:00 Because the coffee machine at my work’s kitchen broke earlier this morning, during my lunch break I stopped by the local CVS Pharmacy for my non-coffee caffeine drink of choice, Coke Zero. I walked inside, quickly grabbed two 20-oz bottles and got in the checkout line. In front of me in line was a lady in ... More About: Village , Villa
Kidz Bop 21: The Christina Aguilera Collection
2007-07-22 22:36:00 After nearly six years producing albums that featured pre-teens singing covers of mildly inappropriate pop songs, the makers of Kidz Bop announced today that they have officially sold their souls to the devil and abandoned all pretense with the planned release of Kidz Bop 21: The Christina Aguilera Coll ection. “We’ve been making parents and sane adults ...
Bloggerwave
2007-07-21 02:16:00 As part of my quest to see if I can earn some supplemental income through blogging, I have joined a site called Bloggerwave. What is Bloggerwave? In short, it is a “get paid to blog” site. Once I registered and my blog was accepted, I had two writing opportunities available to me (as a newbie, my ... More About: Money , Wave
Cruise Buys Home Next to Oprah, Oprah Beefs up Security
2007-07-19 22:57:00 Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have purchased a home in Montecito, CA that is just down the road from Oprah Winfrey’s $50 million estate. Cruise, who infamously made headlines in 2005 when he psychotically jumped up and down on Oprah’s sofa while appearing on her TV show, is excited about the move. “We can’t wait to ... More About: Security , Home
The 10 Most Unusual Music Videos: Part 1
2007-07-19 17:36:00 Number 10 Artist: Presidents of the USA Video: Peaches I’m fairly certain this is the only video in history to feature a bald singer crooning about his love of peaches while being attacked by masked ninjas. At least I hope it’s the only video. This video provokes so many questions: Why does this guy love peaches so much? Why ... More About: Videos , Music , Music Videos , Blogging , Pop Culture
Bank of America?s ?Keep the Change? Program Not All It?s Cracked up to be
2007-07-18 22:24:00 I’ll be the first to admit that on face value Bank of America ’s “Keep the Change ” program is pretty appealing. They will match 100% of your funds during the first three months you’re enrolled in the program. “Match” and “100%” are code words for “free money.” As I like to say, you can’t beat free. So ... More About: Money , Bank of America , Program
Too Busy Playing Video Games to Feed Their Children, Couple Pleads Guilty t
More articles from this author:2007-07-18 17:53:00 In a story too insane and inhumane to comprehend, on July 13 a married couple in Nevada pleaded guilty to two counts of child neglect. With food and baby formula in the home, the couple’s two children, ages 2 and 11 months, were found malnourished and close to death after having gone without food for ... More About: Video , Video Games , Children , Games , Blogging 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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