This year, the wife, kids and I are staying home and having a family dinner rather than going to the larger family get-together. Much of this is because of the recent family tragedy that has pretty much cancelled any festivities this year. Some of it is also due to the wonderful economy, and other factors that makes flying cross-country something to look forward to.

Wow! This flu is just hanging on by a thread FOREVER! Still suffering from the lingeringiest, don’t-wanna-go-away-but-just-barely-there cough you’ve EVER seen.

In hard times, people do whatever they feel they have to in order to get by. Thefts escalate and other people’s possessions start looking pretty good to those with few alternatives and less scruples. It’s gotten so bad recently, that the increase in sales prices of recycled metals (copper, iron, aluminum, etc) is causing a [...]

I was reading an article over at NetworkWorld – FTC targets prerecorded telemarketing drivel and was struck by an odd notion. What is the response to this ruling, limiting electronic ‘robocalling’ from being used in telemarketing?
For us meat-people, a sigh of relief surely. No more (particularly) annoying calls during dinner making a short spiel then [...]

Coming to you from beautiful Disney Land, I just wanted to thank my readers for supporting me in the last year. Credit Withdrawal has passed the one year mark now, and has been a source of enjoyment and new friendships from around the Internet.
I’ve learned a lot about blogging, finance, and personal interaction in general [...]