BMG has been around for decades. Back when I was about 12, I signed up through their catalog to get something like 15 free cassette tapes. I got such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Elvis, and Escape Club, and only had to buy a half-dozen more at … [Read more...] about BMG Music Service is ending
Ladies and Gentlement, throw on a good pair of headphones, turn up the volume, play the video below and put it in full screen mode. You'll be watching Lionel Regal fly up the Course de Cote at Mont Ventoux in his Mugen-Honda-powered Reynard F3000 … [Read more...] about Get your heart pumping by watching someone’s need for speed
Thanks to Pants in a Can for alerting me to this limited time offer to download all 3 of the upcoming Phish in Hampton Coliseum live sets in MP3 format from LivePhish.com for free. I'm only a marginal Phish fan, but I can't resist a good jam, and … [Read more...] about Get all three Phish Live in Hampton, VA albums for free (limited time)
Just a quick reminder that if you're fortunate to have found a new job, or unfortunate enough to have lost your current job, and you have been contributing to a Flexible Spending Account, you can spend ALL the dollars you elected, even if they … [Read more...] about Changing or Losing Job? Don’t forget to use your FSA dollars!
Just a quick notice that the two winners of the "Overworked, Overwhelmed & Underpaid" contest (see review here) have claimed their prize. Using Random.org's integer generator, commenters #15 Brad (from Kansas) and #39 Lori (from Arizona) were … [Read more...] about Winners of “Overworked, Overwhelmed & Underpaid” Announced
I'll admit I'm pretty naive about the current status of the mafia. Not having my own run-ins with the mob here in America, except on TV and the big screen, I was pretty sure the mafia was relegated to folklore. While I knew from news stories that it … [Read more...] about Need cash in Italy? You know who to call [Cousin Vinny]
Aren't we all feeling a bit overworked, overwhelmed and/or underpaid? Well, actually I'm only feeling one of those, but I'll get to that later. Louis Barajas has taken his nearly 20 years of experience as a financial planner and determined that … [Read more...] about Overworked, Overwhelmed and Underpaid
It's about 11 minutes long, and doesn't discuss some of the really shady things that happened, but this cartoon by Jonathan Jarvis is a really good primer that almost anyone can understand: The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on … [Read more...] about Awesome Cartoon explanation of credit crisis
