Posted in Money and the Economy, Society on July 1, 2008 | No Comments »
The economy is in a recession, oh okay technically its not a recession, but its certainly slowed. Fuel is costly, actually energy costs in general are high. Which means prices all around are increasing. The housing market is crap. The dollar is down against the Euro and British Pound (and many other currencies), and worries [...]
Posted in Business, Cars, Environment, Money and the Economy, News, Society, Technology on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A group of scientists has genetically modified some bugs so that they excrete what is basically oil.
We all understand the problems of an oil based economy right now. With limited resources and high demand, the prices of fuel is going up. In an ideal world we could switch to more accomodating sources of energy. However, [...]
Posted in Business, Clothing, Money and the Economy, Trends on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Interesting set of facts from an article in the NY Times. While prices across the board are rising because of the economy and rising cost of fuel, clothing, at least if you aren’t going for high fashion, is actually cheaper now than before.
As luxury fashion has become more expensive, mainstream apparel has become markedly less [...]
Posted in Business, Humor, Money and the Economy, Relationships and Sex on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
According to the Times of London, a dating site created a list of the world’s top 100 billionaires and analyzed the tresses of the rich guy’s wives and girlfriends. The results? 62% of billionaires had married women with brown hair.
So, if you want to marry rich and relax, break out that bottle of hair dye. [...]
Posted in Business, Clothing, Money and the Economy, Trends on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Ordered something from J.Crew the other day. When it arrived today, there was a brochure describing all the customer services J.Crew offers.
Hidden near the bottom was a comment that there is a 10% discount for college students in store.
I can’t even begin to fathom how much money I could have saved over the years had [...]
Posted in Business, Careers, Money and the Economy, Trends on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Many people have heard of the term professional shoppers. These are the people who go out and find you items that suit your personal taste, whether it is clothing or home decor. This tends to be an upscale industry. People who are too busy making millions will hire someone to shop for them.
I think that [...]
Posted in Careers, Money and the Economy, School on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
NY Times article discussing how many medical students are choosing fields like dermatology and plastic surgery because they will pay the most money after they graduate. The problem with that is the areas that will need a lot of good doctors, with our population aging and the baby boomers getting older will be stressed.
Seniors accepted [...]
Posted in Money and the Economy, News on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
No, not cars. The treasury is putting out new 5 dollar bills, with enhanced security features. Remember a few years ago the first time you used a new bill with the big president faces on them? Imagine what will happen when the cashier sees this:
The new 5 dollar bills has a big purple 5 on [...]
Posted in Business, Money and the Economy, Politics and Government on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I find it odd that most wealthy conservatives are against many social programs like welfare that help the impoverished out when they are struggling, but are begging for “government intervention” to help out financial institutions and lenders who got themselves in a sticky situation by loaning to people they knew were risky only to have [...]
Posted in Money and the Economy, News, Politics and Government on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Two things the Democratic majority Congress have done that finally show the backbone they promised to use when we voted for them.
FISA/Protect America
The House voted for the Protect America Act without putting in the immunity for telecoms clauses. The act is used to spy on domestic communications (internet, phone, etc) going overseas. The Immunity clause [...]
Twitter
|
 | rhosie on Have your (cheese)cake and eat… |
 | Curtis Brown on New Facebook Layout |
 | Ben on What happens when people stop … |
| Ben on What happens when people stop … |
 | Dan on Pork and Beans Video = Interne… |
