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Kidz Bop, Fred Durst, Tom Cruise & Other Works of the Devil 2007-08-17 17:25:32 It has been awhile since I have updated all of you on my progress, but I have had three more articles published at Associated Content. All three have been previously published in one form or another here on my blog, but one has been significantly reedited. Which one? Well, if I told you that what incentive would you have to go read the other two? Hmmm…? Kidz Bop 21: The Christina Aguilera Collection - After 6 years producing albums that featured pre-teens singing covers of mildly inappropriate pop songs, the makers of Kidz Bop announced today that they have officially sold their souls to the devil with the planned release of Kidz Bop 21: The Christina Aguilera Collection. Read more» Fred Durst Missing, Police Unconcerned - After he had not been seen or heard from in ages, the last two members of the Fred Durst Fanclub have filed a missing persons report on the singer of Limp Bizkit. Read more» Cruise Buys Home Next to Oprah, Oprah Beefs Up Security - Tom Cruise and Katie ... Amp

Back Into the Lion’s Den, Part 1 2007-08-16 10:54:54 The following attempts to explain why, after being debt free for the first time in a decade and having not used a credit card in over seven years, I am in the market for a new credit card. In general, I am not a fan of credit cards. Their issuers are soulless banks who prey on the weak, the uneducated, the young and the old. They are, in two words, pure evil. However, if the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer can convert - not one, but - two soulless vampires into champions fighting on the side of justice, I can take a small piece of plastic and turn it into an instrument for good. (more…)        ...

Frugal Shopping: Save Money With Online Coupons 2007-08-16 09:02:48 Christmas is still a few months away, but it’s never too soon to be on the look out for good deals when shopping. Where as my mom clipped coupons out of the Sunday paper in order to get good deals when I was younger; today, I can get the same deals without the risk of paper cuts or stabbing myself with scissors. There is an online directory called Coupon Chief that lists thousands of available coupons via promo codes at online stores like Best Buy, Gap and Staples. For me, Target coupons and Overstock.com coupons could lead to some nice savings. Currently, Target is offering $5 off any online purchase of a $50 or more, and among the offers at Overstock is savings up to 60% and 75% on men’s and women’s watches (respectively).        ...

How Do I Know This is Really You? Say Something Only my Discover Card Would Know… 2007-08-15 10:05:48 I used my Discover Card for the first time ever on Monday. The aftermath of this act gave me two distinct, conflicting opinions on Discover as a company. (more…)        ...

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish 2007-08-12 20:23:01 When I moved in April, among the changes I faced was where I would now get my gas. I had to find a new “my gas station” - the gas station I would use 99.9% of the time because it’s conveniently close to home. As a creature of habit, having one primary gas station I use over and over is a must. (more…)        ...

Misleading Movie Titles 2007-08-10 06:20:50 I finally watched the movie 300 last weekend. With a title like that, my brain thinks of two possibilities: a baseball flick (about a pitcher chasing 300 wins or a hitter chasing a .300 batting average) or a documentary about the average SAT score for America’s high schoolers. Still, as misleading movie titles go, 300 is pretty tame. For example: Those expecting a laugh-riot comedy filled with monkey hijinks when they watched the Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt film Twelve Monkeys were gravely disappointed. I’m sure that many a moviegoer was confused to see Rosie O’Donnell in the film Beautiful Girls. As a kid, I never thought I’d get over the disappointment of The Never Ending Story being only 102 minutes long. Words cannot express how I felt upon discovering Pauly Shore did not die in the 2003 “comedy” Pauly Shore is Dead. While not technically a misleading title, am I the only one who expected Kindergarten Cop to be about a 5-year old who figh ...

World Domination 2007-08-09 21:11:45 If you went to the Humor section of Associated Content’s site right now, you would see a familiar face. No, not mine…Charlie Sheen’s. Two weeks after they first published it, Associated Content has put my Atlanta Braves Sign Charlie Sheen fake news story as its featured humor article. What does this mean? Nothing really. But I’d like to think it’s step one towards my goal of world domination. If you would be so kind, go to the article at Associated Content and leave me a comment. Comments make me happy. (In case the article ceases to be featured, here is a print screen)        ...

10 Years in the Making: I’m Credit Card Debt Free 2007-08-09 15:24:01 That’s right, boys and girls. It’s another post about money. In the fall of 1996, I received my first credit card. In the summer of 1997, I received my second. A decade later, I am now finally free of both. Even though I haven’t used either card in over five years, the debt accumulated during those early years has followed me throughout my twenties. I was content, because I was ignorant and didn’t know any better, making the minimum payments each month. At interest rates of 20.5% and 31%, those minimum payments meant the credit card companies were able to bleed me dry in interest charges. Last fall, I had my personal finance awakening and began trying to knock out this debt by paying double the minimum each month. In February 2007, I started my version of Dave Ramsey’s Snowball Method by tackling my highest interest rate debt first and paying only the minimum on everything else. I put every extra cent I had towards these debts. Tuesday, August 7, my last p ...

PayPerPost 2007-08-09 15:00:46 As part of my continuing quest to see if I can earn some supplemental income through blogging, I have joined another “get paid to blog” site called PayPerPost. At first glance, it appears to be one of the better such sites I’ve seen. Once I registered and my blog was accepted, I had seven writing opportunities available to me (as I write more articles and my blog gains in popularity, more and more opportunities will become available to me). These opportunities ranged from $5 to $20. The post you are reading right now, a post discussing PayPerPost in all its glory, was one of the available opportunities (and the one worth $20). The nice thing about PayPerPost is I will be able to pick and choose topics I’ll write about from their various blog ads. Currently, there are writing opportunities on Fantasy Football, Paintball and “natural geothermal treatment of psoriasis.” I don’t know about the first two, but that psoriasis one sounds cool. It rema ...

Barry Bonds is the Worst Kind of Cheater 2007-08-08 11:11:54 Now that he has broken Hank Aaron’s legendary homerun record, it is time for me to do a cathartic exercise and write about my thoughts on Barry Bonds. But before I explain my reasoning as to why I believe Bonds is the worst kind of cheater, I should first establish why I indubitably believe he is a cheater: (more…)        ...

I Heart iPhone 2007-08-03 17:44:07 This one goes out to all of the people who just can’t get enough of the iPhone. You know who you are.        ... Iphone

The Greatest E-mail Exchange in the History of the World 2007-07-30 13:51:36 I was made aware of the Oscar the Cat story by my brother, Tim. He emailed me a link to the article. Later, after I wrote my blog post stating my belief Oscar the Cat was a serial killer, I sent Tim an email with a link so he could go read it. And so began the greatest email exchange in the history of the world: Tim: Not your best work… You could’ve done better. Me: It’s comic gold and you know it. Tim: It’s funny, but you could’ve made it better. Me: Probably, but my brain isn’t working today. Our coffee machine keeps breaking. Also, I skipped lunch. Bad decision. Tim: You just jumped into the accusation of a killer cat feet first… You needed to set it up a little better. Me: I did set it up a little…with my “which is more likely” rhetorical question. Tim: It was very weak. Me: Weak like a fox. Tim: Yes, weak like a sickly, decrepit fox with muscular dystrophy. Me: Have you ever met a sickly, decrepit fox with muscular dystrophy? The thing can still bench ... History

Oscar the Cat: Forecaster of Death, or Serial Killer? 2007-07-26 12:30:03 Fox News did a story today on a cat who lives at a nursing home in Providence, RI. This cat has the ability to “predict” when patients are about to die. Here is an excerpt: Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live. “He doesn’t make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die,” said Dr. David Dosa in an interview. The 2-year-old feline was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The facility treats people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses. After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors a ...

Top This 2007-07-25 06:21:09 I have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies or read any of the books. I have read The Three Musketeers and seen the 1994 Charlie Sheen, Chris O’Donnell and Kiefer Sutherland movie of the same name. I have never been to New York, California or any country outside of the United States. I have been to Alabama. Twice. I have never seen any of The Godfather movies, Casablanca, It’s a Wonderful Life or Citizen Kane. I have seen Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Jaws: The Revenge, Teen Wolf Too and Pauly Shore’s Son in Law. I have never before drank champagne. I have drank Pepsi Vanilla. An avid baseball fan, I have not been to a Major League Baseball game this decade. I have been to Alabama. Twice.        ...

Atlanta Braves + Charlie Sheen = Associated Content $ 2007-07-24 13:56:50 The Atlanta Braves Sign Charlie Sheen fake news article I wrote last year was accepted and published by Associated Content today. It is the 8th article of mine they have accepted since I joined earlier this month. Here is an excerpt: Desperate for starting pitching after the loss of Mike Hampton and the ineffectiveness of Mark Redman, Kyle Davies and Lance Cormier, the Atlanta Braves have signed actor Charlie Sheen to a major league contract. The star of Hot Shots! and Scary Movie 3, Sheen is no stranger to the game. As a boy, he played in Little League. As an adult, he participated in a Celebrity All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in 1986. And in 1996, he took batting practice with the Seattle Mariners before a game. However, it was his work in three baseball-based films - Major League, Major League II, and Eight Men Out - that caught the eye of the Atlanta Braves. Go here to read the rest of the article at Associated Content.        ...