Are Class Action Lawsuits Worth Your Time and Money?
Recently I was listening to the news and heard about the Airborne Class Action Lawsuit Settlement and started thinking -- as a purchaser of Airborne, if I hadn't heard it…
Ten Money Questions for Davey Wavey
Davey Wavey maintains a popular blog at Break The Illusion where he charts his stories, experiences and reflections as a young gay man on his journey of exploration and discovery.…
Gen Y Finances: Should You Be Thinking About Internet Banking
From my post on budgets, you would think the answer is yes, and you'd be right. Partly. I certainly wouldn't be the first to point out the most attractive feature…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Eat Your Broccoli, Part 2
This is the seventh installment in our weekly series about food budgeting. Last week one of our readers made a really good comment about factoring the cost of driving into…
Why Work Sucks And How to Fix It
When I was writing a recent article on telecommuting I stumbled across the book "Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It" by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson. I recently…
What Would Oprah Do? The price of 365 days of discipleship.
'œFollow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.' '“ Buddha On Sunday, The New York Times pointed readers to…
No confidence: a weak administration equals a weak dollar
No confidence is worse than false confidence, and the obnoxious and arrogant hubris that is spewed by economic idiots like the current President of the United States '“ George W.…
Financial stress associated with ‘what if’ scenarios
Since there are times in our lives that bring about added expenses and stress, such as a loss of job, medical surgery, loss of a family member or a major…
Are local businesses adding fuel surcharges to their services?
'œBad excuses are worse than none.' '“ Thomas Fuller The young couple that supplies our home cleaning service announced last week the price was increasing from $80 to $90 per…
Queercents Weekly Roundup: Olympic Excitement
I will definitely admit to having Olympic fever hardcore. All of my free time has been devoted to watching, and I've even tried to arrange my list of things to…