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How to Start Your Own Online Business or Blog

February 27, 2013 – 6:08 pm | 6 Comments
How to Start Your Own Online Business or Blog

Even though I graduated with an engineering degree four years ago, my programming skills were pretty sub par at the time.  I took a few HTML/CSS, C++ and Matlab intensive classes but I always figured …

How I Spend My VSP Vision Care Insurance

February 24, 2013 – 6:20 pm | 9 Comments
How I Spend My VSP Vision Care Insurance

I’ve been wearing glasses since the first grade and when I made the switch to contacts in middle school my bills skyrocketed.  Luckily, I had my mom there to pay for all my appointments and …

Why Should I Donate Blood?

February 21, 2013 – 7:59 pm | 7 Comments
Why Should I Donate Blood?

“Give blood today and save some lives.”  Doesn’t that sound great?  I’m sure you’ve seen some form of that saying around town or in a bulletin floating around work.  It seems like there’s always a …

What’s the Best Way to Get to the Airport in San Diego?

February 10, 2013 – 6:59 pm | 16 Comments
What’s the Best Way to Get to the Airport in San Diego?

I don’t travel much for my day job, but I do for my part-time gig(coaching).  This year we have trips planned to Vegas(x2), Philadelphia and Dallas along with a personal trip to New York.  Even …

Valentine’s Edition of Weekend Reading

February 9, 2013 – 8:24 am | 10 Comments
Valentine’s Edition of Weekend Reading

I decided not to write a Valentine’s Day article this year since they’re pretty ubiquitous around the web right now.  But if you’d like to read about some ways to save money on Valentine’s Day, …

My First Default With Lending Club

February 6, 2013 – 6:32 pm | 59 Comments
My First Default With Lending Club

With today’s pitiful interest rates, it’s hard to sit there and invest your money in CD’s that are returning 1 or 2 percent.  So if you’ve been searching for alternative investments you may already know …

An Argument for the Social Security Program to Continue

February 3, 2013 – 10:09 pm | 4 Comments
An Argument for the Social Security Program to Continue

There are very few programs in the US which are understood less than the Social Security program.  You’ll hear a lot of mis-information about Social Security.  “You’ll never get what you put into it!”  “I’ll …