It’s not very often that I burst out laughing when we get the mail. I’m usually annoyed at the amount of junk mail, or ticked off at the unexpected bill (ie. is it time to pay the garbage bill again?). But today, on the day where all us common folk are wondering just how bad we’re going to get screwed, I get my annual Social Security statement in the mail. What a nice touch Uncle Sam! Waste some trees to send me paperwork on a system that is going to probably be nonexistent by the time I retire. Furthermore,...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Get $10 when you sign up for Ebates
With the holidays approaching, I’ve been on the prowl for some good deals. Although I try to make most of my purchases with gift cards, I do like using ShopDiscover (when you make the purchase with your Discover Card, you get cash back), UPromise, and Ebates. The basic idea with all of these sites is that you shop online through their affiliate link and earn money back. It’s great when you’re making a large purchase, and even small purchases add up over time. Anyhow, I just received an e-mail from Ebates – if you use this link you can...
Last day to sign up for free TransUnion credit monitoring
TransUnion is offering free credit monitoring as part of the settlement in a class-action lawsuit, since they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act and sold consumers personal and financial information to marketers. Good stuff! According to the site: “The Settlement Class is defined as: All consumers who had an open credit account or an open line of credit from a credit grantor located in the United States at any time during the period January 1, 1987 to May 28, 2008.” This pretty much means that any adult is eligible! Today (9/24/08) is the last day to sign up at...
Prosper no longer allowing PA residents to lend money
I haven’t discussed Prosper.com much on this blog, but it is a peer-to-peer lending site that I have been thinking about getting involved with. I was looking into the tax implications of peer-to-peer lending before getting started, but I guess I don’t have to worry about that anymore. This morning, I got an e-mail from Prosper – basically, if you’re a resident of PA, you can no longer lend money out or sign up to be a lender. Seems kind of sudden, despite “ongoing discussions”. I would be pretty ticked if I were more involved in Prosper. Are you...
It’s potty time!
I think that we may be lucky, but we started potty training about 2 weeks ago, and we’re doing pretty well. The kid sometimes does the potty dance, but accidents have been very few and far between. He does wear a diaper to bed and a pull-up during naptime. Other than that, it’s undies all day long! Am I missing something? I thought that the terrible twos were horrific, but we’ve had a lot of fun so far. Of course there are craptastic days, but overall it’s been a wonderful experience. Maybe he’ll turn into a demon on his...
Our temporary computer compromise
Well, our Dell is still dead. Because we had to deplete our emergency fund to pay for truck repairs, we’re not comfortable with buying a new computer before restoring our savings. In addition, there is a good chance that we are going to have to make a trip home this month for family reasons, and we haven’t saved up for that yet. However, we do have some data that we need to get off the old computer, and we currently don’t have the required hard drive space on the Mac. So we decided to compromise. We purchased an external...
