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 [...]

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, the promised series of Disney-related articles is in the works, only they’re stuck on a dead laptop. During the trip my laptop decided to completely conk out on me for some reason. I’m hoping that it’s just a flaky hard drive. I’m trying to get it to get [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to the Saturday Roundup of Credit Withdrawal posts and other interesting posts around the blogosphere.
I’ve missed a few of these Saturday roundups (in more meanings than one) and decided to try to get back to my roots. I’m trying to concentrate on posting more often, and I’ll be hosting the Carnival of [...]