On Life and Love
Whatever is making or breaking my day.
-
Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (April 21st)
Links for April 21st from 15:32 to 22:38: Michael Jackson's Credit Card – Another absolutely hilarious prank. Read all four pages for a gut-buster of an prank. The Visa Prank – I'd never heard of this prank site before, but this Visa prank is hilarious. Read all three pages of it. Language of the Perpetual Poor | Frugal Dad – I knew a few of these "perpetual poor" types when I was growing up (especially in extended family), but happily, my parents weren't this way. It's a heart-breaking list to read, to me, because I have an acquaintance or two who keep themselves down. Top reasons people don?t budget –…
-
On tax returns and economic stimuli
So, as I’ve made clear in the past, I’ve decided to take on my debt full-tilt using ideas from Dave Ramsey’s books and various financial blogs I read. My budgeting earlier this year was skewed by irregular income for a couple of months, courtesy of leaving teaching, having unemployed time, then starting a new gig. I’ve been chipping down at one debt in particular these past few months — it’s a credit card where one charge went just over the credit limit, blooming in fees and extra charges beyond what I could pay during my paycheck-to-paycheck living while teaching. I made out like a bandit on my tax return this…
-
Tastee (del.icio.us) links!
Links for April 21st from 13:38 to 13:46: Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal On The ‘Resident Evil 5’ Trailer: ‘This Imagery Has A History’ – It’s like they’re all dangerous; they all need to be killed. It’s not even like one cute African — or Haitian or Caribbean — child could be saved. And given […] the not so distant post-colonial history […], why would you uncritically put up those images? Dubious Quality: Race and the Resident Evil 5 Trailer – When zombies don't look enough like zombies and people don't understand their own history.
-
Tastee (del.icio.us) links!
Links for April 20th from 20:34 to 20:34: I Think I'm Going To Be Sick – The Daily WTF – Why does this sort of story remind me of the company I work for now? New job in a week! Funny story past the link.
-
Tastee (del.icio.us) links!
Links for April 19th from 04:53 to 04:53: Eliminate the Time Stretchers in Your Head – Y'all know I have a fetish for good productivity reads. Here's one an anti-multitasking, anti-procrastination one.