by Angie Picardo
“If you apply for a [store name] credit card today you can get [arbitrary number]% off your purchase.” I can’t remember the last time I was able to go to a mall without being bombarded with pitches for store credit cards. I always ...
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Dogs and Old Cars: Why Both Are Worthy Of Being Man’s Best Friend
I was surfing the Internet this week when I stumbled upon a brilliant essay by The Washington Post's Gene Weingarten on why old dogs make the best dogs. In it, Weingarten astutely observed:
"It's no big deal to love a dog; they make it so easy for ...
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Black Coffee: The Economic IQ of Craigslist Sellers, Pissed-Off Neighbors & Other Crap
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Len Penzo dot Com Surpasses One Million Page Views!
When I wrote my first article for Len Penzo dot Com way back on December 11, 2008, one milestone I never considered reaching was the magical one million page-views marker. It's a good thing too, because during the first nine months of this blog's ...
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Black Coffee: 11 Questions, 1 Complaint, 5 Gnomes and a Dead Plaintiff
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How to Choose a Reasonable Health Care Plan on a Budget
by Patricia Walling
Every year there are millions of Americans who struggle to afford health care. This can be due to insurance companies raising premiums, but there can be other reasons too. For example, many people who are either unemployed or ...
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Black Coffee: Cleveland, The 15-Minute Rule & the Pursuit of Happiness
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Black Coffee: July 4th … A Time for Baseball, Barbecues, Hot Dogs & Bankrupcty
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Black Coffee: The Working My Fingers to the Bone Edition
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100 Words On: Why My Dog Is Worth Every Penny I’ve Spent On Him
Earlier this month our Rhodesian Ridgeback, Major -- that's him there in the picture -- celebrated his 8th birthday. Over that time, we've spent a little over $6500 on him -- not counting the $1500 the Honeybee and I paid for him way back in 2003. ...
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Pick Your Plastic: How to Choose the Right Credit Card
by Joy Paley
Joy Paley is a guest blogger for Pounding the Pavement and a writer on the subject of becoming a nail technician for the Guide to Career Education.
There are lots of good uses for the seemingly dozens of credit card offers most ...
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Black Coffee: Father’s Day Edition
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Black Coffee: Walk Softly and Try Not to Tick Off the Other Bloggers
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If It Feels Good Do It: Maybe Strategic Defaults Aren’t So Bad After All
I bought my first home in 1990 at the top of the Southern California real estate market and promptly found myself with an "underwater" mortgage. And although I owed more than the home was worth over the next seven long years, I never walked away from ...
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Black Coffee: Why It Just Got More Expensive to Lose Your Wallet
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Black Coffee: Shrimp, Summer Air Conditioning & the Art of Negotiation
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Black Coffee: Monks, Marriage, and Lazy Kids
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Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Guess the Price of This Milk.
On the way home from work today I decided to pull into my infamous neighborhood corner gas station and fill up the gas tank. Judging from the price I paid, it was most likely the most expensive gas in town. As usual.
Now even though my local ...
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Black Coffee: Why I Avoid Weddings in New York (and Lada Grantas)
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Black Coffee: Pro Flowers’ Absurd Hidden Fees, Taxes & Other Terrors
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