Budgeting
Skinny Science: Weight-loss fads that lighten your wallet
All too often we see expansive marketing campaigns for diet pills and celebrity diet crazes that rarely emphasize a balanced diet and regular exercise.
Don't Forget Your Money
Have you ever had one of those awkward moments when someone asks for your address and you don't know how to answer the question?
It's a common situation. Nothing ties us down, we move every year (or sometimes even more frequently), going from school to home to job to job. However, this does make it difficult to get regular, and sometimes very important, snail mail.
It's Good To Be Covered
I finally signed up for renter's insurance. It's long overdue. I've been renting for years without the basic protection. But lately whenever I left the house I started having horrific daydreams of flames burning all of my belongings (the pic is an apartment building that went up not far from brass HQ).
Dropping Deals
I dropped another external hard drive. Suffice it to say that my next hard drive purchase will probably be a laptop drive--something marginally more sturdy. Thank goodness I have an emergency backup for my most important files.
Scrooge Me Out Of Christmas
British Columbia seems like an altogether wonderful place. The Pacific Ocean creating millions of untouched waves on miles of coastline, mountains replete with snow deep enough to bury a Yeti, forests big enough to go full Ron Swanson in, and now this, a wonderful piece of writing by Shannon Rupp.
Finding Freeware
Freeware is everywhere. It's software that anyone can use without paying. There's no licensing and no fees. You can download and go, but there is an art to finding the best freeware.
Emergency Backups
One hard drive crash was enough for me. And between various backups that I thought were complete, I've lost too many documents for my comfort. So a few months ago I finally did some research into some online backup services. The thing is that as important as having a backup is, I don't have a lot of actual space that needs to be saved, and if I don't have to pay for something, I don't intend to.
Start Santa's Shopping List Now
Not every family does Christmas the same way, but many of you know the joy of buying appropriate gifts for the appropriate people in your life--and the accompanying financial pressure. In my family, gift giving is a tradition, and one that I sometimes have trouble keeping up with.
Trip Budget Report Card
I'm back from my trip to Europe! My husband and I had a great two weeks in Paris, Rome and Tuscany. Now that the vacation's over and we're back to real life, it's time to assess how we did sticking to our travel budget.
Brass Sock Haiku Contest Is Ending Soon!
Thanks to our Fall 2011 cover story, Rock 'em Sock 'em: Sock It To Me founder Carrie Atkinson, all the colorful socks floating around naturally caused us staffers to throw down an epic mustache sock haiku battle.
Mustache socks for feet Tom Selleck, Charlie Chaplin Big stars walk with me
