Black Coffee: The Economy (and the Fine Line Between Puppy and Dog Breath)

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Our new puppy, Jack.

Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

Last weekend we picked up our new puppy, Jack. He was just under eight weeks old when we got him.

Our other dog, Major,

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Black Coffee: Maybe We Could Try Selling the Naming Rights to Infinity

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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

Ever notice how some people get passionate about their brand of bottled water? “Store brand water? Oh, no. Can’t touch that! I’m an (AquaFina/Dasani/etc.) guy.”

What’s up with

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Economic Collapse 101: What It Will Look Like, and How It May Start

It takes courage to face the bogeyman.

I bet many of the good folks in Great Falls, Montana, were more than a little worried earlier this month after a local television station there sent out an ominous message warning viewers that the dead were “rising from their graves and attacking the living.”

Hold on, hold on. Before you grab your shotgun and hunker down in the basement, consider this: It turns out

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Black Coffee: To Work, or Not to Work -- That Is the Question.

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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

It’s a busy weekend for me, and I’ve got a lot of ground to cover, so let’s get right to it today. Here we go!

The Way-Back Machine:

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Black Coffee: When Did They Stop Teaching Basic Economics in America?

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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

Have you seen Oreo’s “Whisper Fight” television commercial? I can’t get enough of it. There are more laughs in that 30-second masterpiece than there were during all

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Black Coffee: Why 100-Trillion Zimbabwe Dollars Doesn't Go as Far as It Used To

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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

If any of you out there plan on going on a first date this Valentine’s Day, try not to utter either of these lines — especially if

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Black Coffee: My Magic 8 Ball Predicts the Super Bowl Victor -- and Other Things

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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

Okay, I’m now going to ask my trusty Magic 8 Ball to name the winner of this Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the Baltimore Ravens and San

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Black Coffee: Why a Million Apples a Day Couldn't Keep the Sellers Away

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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

I’ve got a few things I have to do this weekend, so I need to get right to it, folks. As a result, there will be no

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Black Coffee: Somebody Call Oprah -- I've Got a Confession to Make.

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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…

Oprah called last week asking me for an interview. Of course, I refused. So she settled for Lance Armstrong instead.

That being said, I want to make one

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Looking Back at My Magic 8-Ball's Predictions for 2012

For the past three years, I’ve been using my trusty Magic 8-Ball to predict the future. I know.

Laugh all you want, folks, but it’s been quite successful over the years. In 2010, my Magic 8-Ball had an astounding 70% success rate. The following year’s prognostications were almost as good; 66% of the predictions for 2011 turned out to be correct.

With results like that, it’s no wonder people were lining up

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