Personal Finance Roundup
How can I raise my credit score? [MSNBC] "...the first step in raising your score is to make sure the information used to calculate it is correct and up-to-date."
The Choices You Make, The Dollars You Make [The Simple Dollar] "Yesterday, I could have invested a few hours writing a few stellar pieces for this site that might have picked up a few more readers, or I could have gone to the park with my son... no amount of money that I could ever earn from The Simple Dollar or any other endeavor will ever be able to buy back my son's toddler years."
The Perfect Lawn [Smart Money] "Many people go after that perfectly manicured look by mowing their grass extra short, which only makes it more prone to disease and less able to hold water."
Playing Politics at the Pump [Yahoo Finance] "...socialized energy isn't the way out of trouble -- it's the way into trouble."
Reforming Health Care and How it Affects Your Finances [Money Crashers] "Insurance isn't a right. It's a responsibility.."
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I wish ducks really did this to people.
That picture is the ballz.
That could be a new AFLAC advertisement!
That duck owes me money...
Damn, what is it with people and their lawns? Thank God my grassy patch isn't enough to cover a decent burial plot.
I too have nothing of merit to say, but feel I must note that the picture used is one of the best the Consumerist has posted. EVAR.
@RandomHookup: you know, i once read an interesting article about lawns & how they have come to typify american culture & the american dream (which incidentally is my one gripe with this article b/c it incorrectly attributes the modern lawn obsession w/ the "leave it to beaver" tv era, when the trend actually started more than 50 years before the tv was even invented).
i find useless information such as this incredibly captivating. if you do too, check out this article from the canadian centre for architecture:
http://www.cca.qc.ca/pages/Niveau3.asp?page=depliant&lang=...
Glad you like the photo! It's called the Thieving duck and I took it in Chicago in 2005! Check out my blog post above for more info about it!
Cue "March of the Sinister Ducks"...
awesome pic- think it was checked for truthiness by the Snopes people. (I don't remember what they concluded on it though)
Wonderful that you blindly post Republican propaganda by career Republican propagandist (and part-time TV/film hack) Ben Stein without so much as qualifying it. I want my 2 cents of linkthrough revenue back!
That photo never stops being funny.