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When you set out to do what you wanted to do, it is time to stop.I have enjoyed writing this blog over the last four years. But like all good things, it has to come to an end. I have been writing this blog since November 2008 - almost 2000 posts at this point. It is time to call it a day. Why? A number of reasons.1. I did what I set out to do, and I'm done.2. The bog has become a bit...
Monday, December 31, 2012
What a Rotten Year! Or...Maybe Not!
Oh what a horrible year we've had! Everything is going so badly. No, wait, that's not quite right, is it?On the Internet, you see people trolling and grooming and posting messages about how awful things are. This...
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Some Fiscal Cliff Myths
The media is baiting us on Fiscal Cliff horror stories, to get us to watch television and to get us to click on stories. The political parties are also using this man-made crises to try to get us all riled up. Don't be. ...
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Hidden Costs of Car Buying
There are a lot of hidden costs in buying a car - costs you might not think about while looking at a shiny new car under the bright lights of the dealer showroom. The dealer says you are approved for the loan, but think about...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
What is MyLife and why am I to blame for it?
What the heck is this Mylife thing? And how do they find out so much information about you?If you ever google your own name (an exercise in narcissism, but then again, so is a blog), or that of a friend or family member, you...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The Death of Journalism
A lot of people are crying that newspapers are dying - because of the Internet. But the Internet is little more than a format-change. Journalism started dying long before the Internet came along.The terms "Journalism"...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Radio Shack?
How does this place stay in business?In a previous posting, I opined that Radio Shack might be gone in 2011, as many prognosticators had suggested. It was a Zombie company, the living dead, just waiting for that final shotgun...
Insights from Annual Credit Report
It's that time of year again. Time to go see a movie and get Chinese take-out - and run my Annual Credit Report.Christmas is a dull time, nothing to do except see a movie and get Chinese take-out. Everything else is closed,...
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