Cranial Dump

I remember learning about how wedding dresses were cut out in bulk in a book on having a wedding on a budget waaaaaaayy back when I was planning my wedding about 13 or 14 years ago. Wish I could remember what book that was that I read this information in. In any case, [...]

“Visa, Mastercard, Discover….they don’t just approve, they pre-approve!”
“Young people listen up: protect your credit. Don’t put your credit card near a magnet, it can erase it. So, like, if you’re gonna buy a magnet, use cash.”
This and more “logic” on glumbert.com - Daily Show: College Student’s Guide to Credit Card ‘Investing’.

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Wow, reading Cap’s commentary on a life-like baby doll for “just $129″ brought back memories of my old neighbor who used to spend hundreds on dolls like this one and others that she collected. Yet, when she had a scratch in her car she asked to borrow one of my daughter’s crayons to [...]

Listen up,
Mint.com is now the official domain of Mint Free Personal Finance Software and the Mint guys are throwing a Comment Party to celebrate this domain acquisition. Leave a comment about what mint means to you and you could win 20 lbs. of mint.
I entered my comment and while I would like to win [...]

Yesterday, SeekingAlpha accumulated commentary on the New York Post article regarding Jim Cramer’s discussion of manipulating the stock market. This discussion originated in a video from TheStreet.com but recently became more widely-viewed after appearing on YouTube.

Jim Cramer keeps it short and sweet when explaining his videotaped comments on shady-to-illegal stock price manipulation. I [...]

How to Choose a Charity
I am filling out the paperwork picked up at Saturday night’s concert to sponsor the little girl from Haiti through Compassion International. I decided to look into Compassion and compare it to World Vision, another sponsorship charity I am familiar with from listening to 105.3 The Fish.
Compassion’s site lists annual [...]