What would you do if you found $100 bill on the ground?  No wallet, nothing, just a bill.  Obviously it’d be hard to track down the owner unless some random person was running around looking like a crazy person for it.  But if you were in a parking lot, street, and it blew across your [...]

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So we’ve spent the better part of the 20th century talking about being segregated by race.  That we kept apart based on the color of our skin. I think in this new century we’re entering a new type of segregation, that by class.  We’re increasing the schism between the haves and have nots.  Those who [...]

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Today is my great-grandmother’s 100th birthday. And yes she’s still alive.  Oh man, I wish I were home to celebrate.  Can you imagine living that long?
I decided I will be giving away to one lucky reader a $20 Starbucks gift card.  With the bad economy, most people probably have been cutting back their latte factor.  [...]

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With the holidays I’m sure everyone is busier than ever. It’s tough time to be running around, getting ready for travel, buying/sending gifts, etc. Also maybe meeting with friends before the new year rolls around, and thus less time to cook and prepare meals. I was commenting last night during dinner that [...]

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Biking is a great way to save money.  The best way to save money is to bike to work.  If you bike, you can avoid using public transit or your car.  Also it physically makes sense to bike because you can exercise without going to a gym.
Personally during the summer I try to bike at [...]

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I really would love to see Yankee Stadium and a game there this season.  But currently people are asking on stubhub, ebay, craigslist about 2-4x the going price of tickets.  I’m wondering why such high prices when there seems to be an oversupply of tickets?
I get the supply and demand pricing of tickets to events, [...]

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A simple thought, should I spend the money and frame this embroidery picture my grandmother made for me?  It will likely be at least $40.  But it’s a cool picture and one she made and probably the last she’ll ever make because of her arthritis.

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Biking is a great way to commute to work.  This year as a way to stay in shape my DH started commuting into work, a 8 mile one way bike ride, once a week.  He hates being grimy and sweaty, but hasn’t much extra time during the week to work out.  So he combines gas [...]

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I thought this so funny I had to publish it.  Even though it’s late.

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Wisebread is running a contest of cheap things to do in your city here.  Apparently you blog about cheap fun things for under $5.  As a student I used to thrive on freebies.  Here we go.
First, walk the Freedom Trail in Boston.  Sure there are guided tours for $14, but this way you can go at [...]

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