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Creative Consumer Credit Card Charging Can Create Cool Cash

May 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

My credit management strategy is crazy to some. I’ve heard more than one person tell me I was making things hard on myself. However, if I didn’t perceive value in my method of financial management, I wouldn’t do it, nor would I recommend it to others – and when you get a great deal, you want to share it with others. Decide for yourself after considering the pitch below, keeping in mind that this site is not affiliated with any of the banks or creditors mentioned here. This article explains cash management techniques to optimize the benefits of floating, idle cash.

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Tags: Business · My Thoughts · Skippy Stuff

Spinner Hubcaps, Peds with iPods and Cell Phones to be Banned by New York

February 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Sen. Morahan,
I am pleased to say that this is my first time writing to you as long as you have been my state Senator. I wanted to write because lately I have heard about some disturbingly frivolous pieces of legislation proposed by your colleagues. I am mostly concerned with two proposed bills, S1640 […]

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Tags: Government & Politics · My Thoughts · Police, Law, & Justice · Technology · Telephones

Predictions for 2007

December 30th, 2006 · No Comments

What is everyone thinking 2007 is going to be like? 2006 was pretty lame.
My predictions for 2007:

End of the Iraq war, islamofascists welcome us as friends and trade partners.
Kim Jong Il trades a gift basket from Bath & Body works for all his nuclear weapons.
Indian call center industry plummets when consumers collectively rise up […]

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Tags: Government & Politics · My Thoughts

Face Recognition and You: What Celebrities Do You Look Like?

November 19th, 2006 · 2 Comments

The other day I was hanging out, writing songs on an acoustic guitar, and Myspacin’ it, when I noticed one of my friends had a little flash applet in their profile that compared their facial picture to celebrities. I’m not one to deck out my Myspace page with all kinds of flashy things (my […]

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Minimum Purchase on Debit/Credit Card Transactions

October 15th, 2006 · 61 Comments

[Editor’s note: this is all out of date as of July 2010 thanks to provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection financial reform bill that allow for minimum purchase prices up to $10.]
Last night I ordered out for Chinese food. My stomach and my wallet were calling out for General Tso’s […]

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Tags: Business · Complaint Department · My Thoughts