Quick Pickz: 8/20/08

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–> Web site of the day
–> have you ever read one?
–> once only for the wealthy
–> the end of aviation as we know it?
–> boston market wakes up
–> it seems size does matter

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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Web Site of the Day: FactCheck.org
Good site to keep handy for the next few months!

 

Time to fess up: Have you ever read one?
Nearly two-thirds of investors surveyed said they rarely or never read them. BIG SURPRISE! I think they’re written that way on purpose…

Once only for the wealthy and sophisticated collectors
Wine investing is slowly emerging as an alternative asset class

The end of aviation?
Twenty five airlines have gone out of business this year. We all know it’s bad but did you know that many airlines called it quits? How would your world change if airlines travel goes away?

Boston Market launches $5 menu
Wonder what took these guys so long? (zzzzz)

It seems that size does matter

 

Word of the Day:
gravitas

Today’s BONUS:
What’s in the gas you’re you using?

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Quick Pickz: 8/19/08

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–> Web site of the day
–> know a sales pitch when you hear one?
–> student loans to save the day
–> love these electric bikes
–> heeeeere’s johnny!
–> just imagine

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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Web Site of the Day: Yearbook Yourself
This is HILARIOUS…you have to check it out!!

 

Know a sales pitch when you hear one?
Take a quick quiz and see how you do!

Student loans to save the day
They’re still out there - you just need to know where to look…

Love these electric bikes
Prices need to come down (and they will). Plus, how long would you want to pedal the one shown here?

Heeeeeeere’s Johnny!
Whether you scream or enjoy the suspense…I looks like it’s all in your genes!

Just imagine
What the world will be like if this ever becomes a reality!!

 

Word of the Day:
celerity

Today’s BONUS:
Thinking about a franchise? Think Boomers!

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Quick Pickz: 8/18/08

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–> Web site of the day
–> financial faux pas x 5 for new parents
–> have alook in the mirror
–> starbucks turns to loyalty
–> smellin’ good!
–> just what we need 

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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Web Site of the Day: Diaroogle
Looks like you’ll only get help if you’re in NYC - but hey, you can add your favorite toilets to help build the database!

 

Financial faux pas x 5 for new parents
Pay special attention to the insurance dos and don’ts

Have a look in the mirror
Time to meet the enemy and take a peek at who’s to blame for our economic woes

Starbucks turns to loyalty programs
I guess my first question is why does it take a first ever quarterly loss and the closing of 600 stores to fire up a loyalty program? Hasn’t Howard and his crew of barista wannabees loved me from the beginning? The very beginning? Ummm, guess not. And second, take a look at the “Percolating Perks” and tell us all how percolated those perks get you! Fired up enough to spend MORE money at Starbucks? I hope not…

Smellin’ good!
It’s the first to mature, both our slowest and fastest as well as our most enduring and emotional…

Just what we need
A-n-o-t-h-e-r freakin’ reality series

 

Word of the Day:
parsimonious

Today’s BONUS:
America’s Top Paid Young CEOs

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Happens all the Time Your Honor

Today’s post comes courtesy of Stephen Snyder and his group: After Bankruptcy Foundation

“…A collection agency is coming after me for a debt I owed that was included in my bankruptcy, can they do that?…”

I’ve been asked this question a few times over the last few years.

My answer has always been, “If anyone attempts to collect on your discharged debt, they would be breaking the law.”

Another question answered…Next!

The problem is…I keep getting the same question over and over.

So, I started investigating.

I WAS SHOCKED AND AMAZED AT WHAT I DISCOVERED.

 

Quick Pickz: 8/15/08

–> Web site of the day
–> student loans becoming scarce
–> curious about medicare…you should be!
–> sales of odor eating suits increase
–> new headset reads your mind
–> seems like this stuff is in everything

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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Web Site of the Day: The Daily Plate
Helping you eat smarter

 

Student loans becoming scarce
Last April, the nation’s largest nonprofit student loan guarantor filed for bankruptcy. Loans may be difficult to find and the picture changes from one week to the next.

Curious about Medicare?
You should be. One day you’ll have it and there’s a good chance your parents or someone you know is already using it. And misconceptions about what it covers are running rampant.

Sales of odor eating suits double
It seems ageing Japanese men have a big problem!

New headset reads your mind
Okay…this could get me more interested in computer games!

It seems like it’s in EVERYTHING
You guessed it: high fructose corn syrup

 

Word of the Day:
desultory

Today’s BONUS:
4 tips to boost you car’s trade-in value

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Quick Pickz: 8/14/08

–> Web site of the day
–> your HSA could use a check-up
–> pay attention to utility payment plans
–> even more pain at the pump
–> kids need risky play
–> you can sleep on it

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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Web Site of the Day: SparkPeople
Make your life an adventure

 

Your HSA could probably use a check-up
Is your HAS still doing all it can? With rates going up and underlying health insurance plans changing it’s a good idea to make sure you’re getting all the horsepower you can

Utility payment plans may not be all they’re cracked up to be
Be careful of little unwanted surprises…

Even more pain at the pump
Skimming devices used for years at ATMs are now showing up at gas pumps

Kids need risky play
Parents becoming more and more nervous about exposing kids to risk. Certainly something to think about. No health insurance, inadequate health insurance. But what about your kids?

You can sleep on it
How this kind of snoozing makes you…smarter!

 

Word of the Day:
pule

Today’s BONUS:
College demystified

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Quick Pickz: 8/13/08

–> Web site of the day
–> 11 myths about credit reports
–> great real estate resource
–> less cancer in your chips and fries
–> surprise!
–> booger x 5

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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Web Site of the Day: stickK
Put a contract out on your self

 

11 myths about credit reports
There’s a good chance that some things you “know” about credit reports are NOT true…

Buying or selling real estate?
For those who are NOT in the know - here’s a GREAT resource!

REJOICE: less cancer causing chemicals in chips and fries
How much longer are we going allow this to continue? And, I wonder if Taco Bell is still paying fines to use Grade D beef?

SURPRISE!
You never know what you might find while mousing over or clicking on links!

Booger x 5
The first commercial cloning of a pet dog is complete

 

Word of the Day:
impecunious

Today’s BONUS:
7 tips for protecting your credit card accounts

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Quick Pickz: 8/12/08

–> 7 reasons to review term life coverage
–> job hunters take note
–> what are these people thinking?
–> the beginning of a trend?
–> does the world really need this?

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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7 reasons to review term life insurance coverage
And resist the temptation to buy cheap term online. I believe it absolutely CRITICAL that you work with an insurance agent you trust - even if you’re just buying term life insurance. Write to me if you’re unsure about this…

Job hunters take note
When you’re looking for a job - get creative and the more ideas the better!

What are these people thinking?
Thank you notes laced with slang topped with emoticons? WOW!

The beginning of a trend?
Seems that bars are popping up everywhere. Is it a way to make customers feel more comfortable and invite their friends or a way to extract cash from customers somehow…some way?

Does the world really need this?
If you answer yes…please tell us why!

 

Word of the Day:
rebarbative

Stat of the Day:
More than 6 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren

Today’s BONUS:
12 investment mistakes couples make

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Yellow Pages: Love ‘em or hate ‘em?

You’ve probably noticed there is still lots of chatter out there about those pesky Yellow Pages. Mostly the print books but a little about the online Yellow Pages as well. Can’t keep up with all of it nor do I really have the inclination too. However…

…I am noticing there seem to be more Yellow Pages “haters” than “lovers”. The haters are obviously people that don’t want the print books dumped on their doorstep every 4-6 months. The lovers are most people that work for Yellow Pages companies or are related to Yellow Pages companies in some way.

The haters are throwing around all sorts of environmentally scary stats and why the print books will choke our already taxed ecosystems - the lovers are vehemently refuting the scary stats and countering with impressive stats of their own. The number of trees hacked down to make the books turns magically into the price for gas to drive around town checking out each and every business you might want to do business with because you couldn’t let your fingers do the walking through “the original search engine” book from home.

Th reality is it doesn’t matter how many trees are used to make the books or what is used to make the books or how much a gallon of gas is, was or will be. The fact that the Yellow Pages publishers continue to send me and millions of others a product made of recycled anything is immaterial. It’s nice they’re not destroying the environment but this is not the issue.

 

Quick Pickz: 8/11/08

–> Web Site of the Day
–> passing values on to the next generation
–> fruit drinks = increased diabetes risk
–> it pays to pay attention
–> 7 steps to take in an auto accident
–> ship your luggage to save money?

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Here are today’s Quick Pickz!

Unlike Lotto and Powerball where you usually end up with ZIPPO…with these Quick Pickz you always get interesting, goofy, weird, valuable, far out, right on, totally off base, make you roll your eyes, scratch your head and shake your fist little snacks to tickle your basal ganglia.

Don’t be timid. Dive in, swim around a bit and give us your $0.03. (Yep, on today’s economic roller coaster - even your infamous and time honored 2 cents is worth more!)

“Information is shock resistance - arm yourself”
- Naomi Klein

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Web Site of the Day: Look inside the “database of intentions”

 

 

 

Passing values on to the next generation?
You may want to consider setting up a rewards system which could reward beneficiaries who attain certain goals and penalize those who don’t!

Fruit drinks = increased diabetes risk?
Women who choose fruit drinks and even some juices may be in for a potentially unwanted surprise…

It pays to pay attention
Use this handy interactive guide to calculate how far you can drive on a tank of gas based on what you pay for a gallon of gas

7 steps to take in an auto accident
Plan ahead to deal with insurance issues - especially if the other party does NOT have insurance

Ship your luggage to save money?
I’m just not convinced you can save money by doing this? Does anyone have an experience(s) you can share?

 

Word of the Day:
abstemious

Today’s BONUS:
Check out 50 new car models and designs for 2009

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