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Post archive for ‘Culture’

The Good Old Days of Banking

A flashback to more idealistic times.

Teaser Tuesday Meme

From Shouldbereading, via Superfastreader
TEASER TUESDAYS ask you to:

Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book [...]

Troublemakers

“What pit bulls can teach us about profiling”
What a fantastic article by Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point). It points out the inherant problems with Breed Specific Legislation.

Win Free Cloth Diapers!

As some of you are aware, I am about to venture into the world of cloth diapers as soon as we move into our new place with a washer and dryer. I know most of you who are aware also think I’m crazy! 
Well, for those of you that don’t think I’m crazy, and would like [...]

How We Manage Our Finances

The Budget Problem
I’ve been trying to figure out how to manage a budget for almost a decade. When I was working through college, I purchased a copy of Microsoft Money 99 to categorize my income and expenses. I used it religiously, keying in receipts and importing downloaded transaction files. It worked pretty well: [...]