Archive for January, 2010
Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Now’s Not The Time To Be Cooking At Home
Over the past few weeks we’ve been dining out or buying food at restaurants for take home because the deals are just too sweet to be cooking at home. Chilis has dining for 2 for $20 which includes an appetizer, two entrees and dessert. Another chain restaurant has fajitas for two with sides, chips and [...]
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Should A Large Portion of Woman’s Disposable Income Be Spent on Cosmetic Products & Surgery?
I have an acquaintance named “Sally” that is hell bent on spending every last dime she makes on her looks. This woman has had breast augmentation, liposuction, laser hair removal and God knows what else over the last couple of years. In of itself, I honestly don’t care what people do with their time [...]
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
What Lessons Have YOU Learned From the Financial Crisis?
What lessons have you learned from the financial crisis? Did you catch the most important lesson? It wasn’t about the dangers of leverage nor the malfeasance by banksters and fraudsters. It wasn’t about the dangers of diversification or lack thereof in the stock market. The main lesson I learned from the financial crisis is that [...]
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Starting The Atkins Diet
As part of one of my goals for the year, I started the Atkins diet at the beginning of the year and I’m currently going through carb withdrawal. I’m not nor have I been hungry for most of the day but I do have a craving for carbs: any carbs! I keep thinking about snacking [...]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
The Mall Is Dead Except for the Apple Store
My two year old MacBook Pro went to sleep and never woke up and I could not boot it up again so I took it to the Apple Genius guys over at the Apple shop at the mall. I was shocked to see how dead the mall was for a Saturday, this place was jam [...]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
Wal-Mart Cashier Tells My Wife Never To Go There on the 15th or 31st!
My wife happened to arrive at Wal-mart on the 31st to pick up some last minute items for a party (New Years) and she reported to me that it was a total mad house. She was waiting in line getting a bit frustrated when another cashier opened another check out line and signaled her to [...]
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Goals For 2010
Well here is a brief list of my goals for 2010. 1. Lose weight – goal is to lose 70 pounds. 2. Take kids to see Total Eclipse (options include Tahiti, Solomon Islands, or Cruise). 3. Move My Money – Depending on what happens the 1st quarter of 2010, I may move all of my [...]