I don’t have much to say, really, but I will say that I think this is absurd. Yes, I am an environmentalist. And yes, I am a liberal who is OK with some government regulation. But not selling certain size TV’s to customers in order to save some energy? Ridiculous.
On November 18th the [...]
In the category of “what a waste of money“, a company has come out with a book rental service that acts like Netflix, except for 2 things – 1. It costs more money and 2. I already have a place I rent books from – it’s called the library. And the library lets me [...]
From a TRowePrice newsletter I found the other day, pretty interesting facts:
Bacon – Meat was expensive in the early 1900’s, and it was common, should a family want to impress its guests, to buy a bit of pork and show it off by hanging the bacon in the kitchen. The inference was a sign [...]
I just got this spam email, check it out, it’s a new one to me:
DEAR SIR
GREETINGS
LOGIC-CO IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY HAS RENEWABLE ENERGY: ELECTRICITY.EXTRACTED FROM THE LIGHTNING:
THE RATE OF LIGHTNING IS 100 FLASH PER SECOND ALLOVER THE GLOBE. IF USA HAS 1% OF THE TOTAL FLASHES THIS MEANS 1 FLASH PER SECOND. FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, [...]
If you were worth billions, had just lost your wife to cancer, and were having a quickie wedding to an unknown actor/activist….would you have written up a prenup? Yea, me too.
British rock and roll icon Paul McCartney has offered to pay Heather Mills a divorce settlement of $51 million, the Mirror reported Wednesday.
Most of [...]
Never heard of them? Me neither. Funny how they are using Sony’s Image Station though to send out their “official” information:
Dear sir, Take notice that based on the federal government inauguration of this committee which extended to all Africa countries and Europe United State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission – (EFCC) have [...]
This week a very interesting Google search landed a visitor on the My Two Dollars page “Why You Should Never Ignore Your Credit Card Debt.” The result was #3 on the page and exact thing this person was looking for was
“how long does a credit card debt last in uk if i run [...]
Mind you, I eat fast food about 2 or 3 times a year and that’s only on a road trip when we have run out of food. Even though the food is cheap (and gross), I prefer to spend my money on real food even when it costs more. But I just came across this [...]
In East Point, Georgia, the owner of a used car business has been accused of killing two employees because they were asking for a raise. Damn, thats kind of harsh. Maybe he should have tried “Money is tight, let’s talk in 6 months…”. Guess that didn’t occur to him.
From CNN:
Milinavicius, who was [...]
Clever Dude tagged me on July 3rd to come up with 8 random things about myself. Normally I don’t do these tag lists, but since it’s Clever Dude and its in the personal finance world, I will take one for the team. However, I won’t be passing along the tag!
1. I graduated with a Criminal [...]
For only $55,000, you too can recreate Jurassic Park in your backyard. Seriously…who buys crap like this? I mean, it is sorta cool, but come on now….
When it is coming from a guy like this one, you might want to think twice. In fact, I would empty my bank account to not have to stay somewhere like this…
Used to be a formal model though…uh huh.
Sorry, I could not resist sharing this, even if it has absolutely nothing to do with money or personal finance. I was just at the library getting some books and went in to use the restroom. This is what I saw:
Yea, no kidding it’s Out Of Order. I cannot believe they actually had [...]
People think of EVERYTHING…these people sell the tumbleweeds you see by the side of the road while driving through the midwest. They are selling large ones for $25, medium ones for $20, and small ones for $15, plus shipping. Linda Katz, the owner of the business, says she’s making about 30 tumbleweed sales [...]
Yes, this is close to where I live, and yes, it actually is for sale at the bargain discount price of $869,000:
The 576 sq. ft. home features one bedroom, one bathroom, a one car garage and Old Glory, proudly flapping about like amber waves of grain. This is the crap we deal with here [...]
