Why I hate HSBC
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We have a card with HSBC that gives us 1% cash back on all purchases and 2% back on weekend purchases. We’ve started charging a lot of things so that we get the cash back. Note: we have not changed our spending patterns because of the availability of credit on the card; we simply use [...]
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News recap
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A few unusual stories were making the rounds last week. I picked a few of them to highlight. The saga of Octomom Nadya Suleman has filed a trademark application for the term “Ocotomom”. She intends to use it in conjunction with baby products and a TV variety show. I’m not even sure that she has [...]
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A memory like no other
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Staff writer and golf fanatic Johnny Goodman (not his real name) shares his experience at the 2009 Masters. This year I made my first trip to the Masters golf Tournament in Augusta Georgia. As a fan and player of the sport, this was on a short list of things I really wanted to do at least [...]
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Becoming more financially aware
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It seems that we live in a world with very different strata of financial awareness. On the one side, the savvy investors of today have all the information they could possibly need at the tip of their stylus, and they know how to use it. On the other side, there are a lot of people [...]
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Blog news
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Some exciting things are around the corner. I’ve approached a couple of folks to write periodic guest articles for the blog. I don’t have have a firm schedule on how often these will appear, but I think they will add an interesting spice to the blog. These guys are good writers, and I think you [...]
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Tale of the wolf: Part 2
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The Tale of the Wolf is growing beyond the one episode. I’ll have to rename it at some point, since the wolf will be dead in future episodes. Please read part 1 of the series before reading part 2 – part 2 will make a lot more sense if you do! There is a link [...]
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This is the first in the “A day in the Life” series. The series will pop up periodically on Thursdays. Most of the articles will be shorter than this. However, I did not feel that I can edit very much out of this tale without losing value for the reader. Walrus served as an air [...]
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Casual Observer Stock Market Contest
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The Soap Boxers’s Stock Market Challenge, 2009 The rules: Each player predicts the closing value of the Dow Jones industrial average at the close of day on December 31, 2009. Points are awarded on a 12-10-8-6-4-2-0 basis for being closest to the actual closing value. The score of all players on each team are added together, and [...]
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Sports wrapup
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Sadness The saddest sports story of the week was the death of 22 year old Angels pitch Nick Adenhart at the hands of a repeat offender drunk driver who had a blood alcohol level nearly triple the legal limit, was driving 65 mph in a 35 mph zone, and ran a red light. Courtney Stewart, [...]
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News wrapup
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For those of you who are paying attention, I am going to swap the news and sports days. News will be on Mondays, Sports on Tuesday. Minnesota Senate I have already lampooned this situation once, but this election continues to be contested. Al Franken leads Norm Coleman by 312 votes. Coleman is very likely to [...]
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