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Last Minute Guy Gifts
Posted December 19, 2007 10:29 AM
It's coming down to the wire now with only a few days left to pick up some gifts. Whether it's been a tough time figuring what to buy or you're just running up on gift giving a little late, you don't need to worry. There is an easy gift to give that can't go wrong. Gift cards. You can pick up gift cards and certificates for just about any business, but Amazon.com is by far the most versatile with gifts from hundreds of stores and new and used options for just about every one. That means great deals and great selection all at the same place. You can even have them emailed to the recipient.
Tips on Holiday Tipping
Posted December 6, 2007 12:42 PM
Yes, the holidays are a time of giving. Yes, giving is a nice thing to do. And yes, I do give. But me being nice and giving has nothing to do with the fact that I should. A tip is a little something extra on top what is already there, not a filler for a gap left by hourly wages. Those jack off business owners need to realize that tips are given for a job well done, not because you want it or need it. If everyone gave tips then the standards would lower and then people would be trying to get you to give even higher tips. Now how the heck does that sound like a good idea?
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Holiday Buysexuals
Posted November 26, 2007 9:42 AM
Here it is, all of the livestock *cough ahem!* people that were all frisky and so excited to flock to the shops and stores now get to sit on the computer and do it all over again. Today is Cyber Monday, a day designated to every person that wasn't smart enough to shop the sales online this last Friday. It's not like they need to be told what to buy (why does advertising really work?) or what to do, cattle simply don't have the capacity to understand anything beyond grazing and purging. But really it's not so bad that people are shopping online, rather that some were doing it in stores on Friday. They had to work hard for it to earn an ominous label like Black Friday.
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A New Low From Higher Intelligence
Posted October 26, 2007 12:35 PM
Guys have brains. Guys also have heads, shoulders, knees, and toes. Most do at least. Some guys have those but don't have other things, like say eyesight or hearing. One thing that those guys do have though are tongues with taste buds and don't think that our friends marketing and advertising haven't noticed. Coca-cola definitely knows there's money to be made and boy howdy did they perform brilliantly.
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Me? You? Him? Who?
Posted October 3, 2007 9:15 AM
New Yooohk f**kin New Yooohk. Mayor Bloomberg, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at $11.5 billion, was recently a victim of identity theft, yea big whoop. So apparently this guy, a Mr. Odalis Bostic, deposited two forged checks into accounts for a fraudulent company that he created. Totaling $420,000 between two checks at $190,000 and $230,000, you'd would think rich bastard Bloomberg wouldn't even notice it was gone.
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Apples Don't Grow In The Amazon
Posted September 25, 2007 9:31 AM
Sick of paying $1.29 a song? Tired of the monopoly Apple has on online music purchasing? Well guys, be weary no more! Amazon.com just released its public beta version for music downloads that offers DRM-free music at competitive prices ranging from $.89 to $.99, though about half of them are solid at $.89, and for $8.99 you guys can get any of the top 100 albums. All in all there are over two million songs from more than 180,000 artists and 20,000 labels. Yea sweet deal, and finally some competition for Apple.
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Marketing Did What With Our Money?
Posted September 13, 2007 9:44 AM
In this wide wide world of products, there will inevitably be something working to get them sold, namely advertising. But like every business, evolution has to occur and advertising works to keep the products on the front line and noticeable to the consumers. Keeping this in mind, it might be understandable for some odd ways of advertisement to spring up now and again, but sometimes not so much. We have two such campaigns that definitely fall under the latter.
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Home Prices Up or Down?
Posted January 19, 2007 7:26 AM
It doesn't really matter what the home prices are today or what you think they might do in a month or six months. History tells us for more than a hundred years that the cycles are mostly up and when they set new highs, the bar starts there and increases in an upward trend with very few occasions of it falling for any length of time. The Wall Street Journal's Campion Walsh wrote an article on January 11th claiming that home prices are seen as rising in '07. What that means for those waiting to get into the game is that unless you're actually waiting for a natural disaster to level the exact four square block that you've had your eye on, there's no better chance to own a piece of the American dream than today. Five years from now the prices you're looking at this very moment will likely be so low, you'll kick yourself for not having bought.
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Penny Stocks - Friend or Foe?
Posted January 17, 2007 6:22 AM
First of all let me give you the standard disclaimer: Invest at your own risk, based on your own due diligence. My comments are purely my opinion and may change at any time based on market and other conditions. You are 100% responsible for your own decisions. Now, let's talk a bit about penny stocks. As reported at fool.com, penny stocks have enormous potential. As part of a test they typed "penny stocks" into Google, and the search engine spit out "about 1,210,000" hits. They did the same thing with the more time tested "dividend-paying stocks" and only got 173,000 hits. It tells us that the interest is strong, yet if you check with your financial investors, they will likely steer you far away from them. They can be volatile and if you invest in a penny stock that is in the dollar or dollars range, they can always go back down to pennies.
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Money Advice - Get Off The Dime
Posted January 8, 2007 11:00 AM
This is a call to action for all of you guys out there that are not part of the two percent of the millionaires that make up the population of this country. It's time to take action, gentlemen. You're married now. You have a child or children and you're working for your money and your money is not working for you. What exactly are you waiting for? What have you put in place for your future? If "I don't know" and "Nuthin" are your answers to these questions, then the best advice we can give you is, the time is now. I was in a dead end job for over six years. I was too scared to quit and too frustrated to stay. Sound advice came to me in the form of a book,
Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow.
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Where to Invest Your Money
Posted November 27, 2006 8:53 AM
The trends have been going on since before you were born. When the real estate market is in the tank, the stock market is strong. When stocks stink the real estate market takes off. It’s no coincidence that the same thing is going on right now. How can this fluke occur over and over again? It’s not a fluke, actually, investors need a place to put their money and smart investors aren’t likely to try to create trends all by themselves, rather, they’ll study the trends and like the sheep that we are, will follow whatever market is hot. For the past five years real estate was the place to put your dough.
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Separate Checkbooks for Lasting Marriage
Posted November 8, 2006 7:05 PM
What are the secrets to lasting marriage? We've all been there before. We have all spent countless hours and thousands of dollars looking for that perfect marriage solution to our crisis, and it always seems to be the same problem over and over again! Money! We don't have enough of it, can't make enough of it or can't retain enough of it to keep ourselves out of the hole.
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Insure the Goose or the Egg?
Posted September 16, 2006 4:53 PM
Here’s a simple question. It’s not a trick. If you owned a goose that laid golden eggs, would you insure the eggs or the goose? If you said the goose, then you’re obviously an intelligent thinker who understands the future value of an asset. If you said the eggs, however, you’re actually in the vast majority of people. Most people answer the question by saying the goose, but in the real world, people are insuring their eggs and not the goose.
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