The Year of F5
2009 is the year of F5. Read all about it here:
http://shandefinitive.blogspot.com/2008/11/year-of-five-fs.html
A Saga of Mistaken Identity: That’ll Be $326,945
What happens when your identity isn’t stolen, but it’s assigned to someone else? Answer: A $300,000 tax bill and a long-lasting pain in the ass.
Many years ago, I started receiving a bill from the state of Kansas for back taxes on a business I never owned. Since my father-in-law works for the state, he offered [...]
Welcome to the Turtle Nation Network
Did you know that The Apostle of the Turtle is but just one of four places I digitize my rantings and push articles? It’s true! I’m like my own media conglomerate, only I’m not leftist. Intrigued? Of course you are! Here’s what you’ve been missing:
My Shared Items. When I read something that I found interesting [...]
Surviving the Great Depression
I enjoyed a blog post on Mint.com that offers 7 financial tips from the Great Depression. Seems alarmist? I thought it might, too, but you can’t deny the tips are worth considering, especially given the Fresh Prez is predicting millions of job losses next year. Heh. There’s your change.
Here is the list and my reactions [...]
When Bad Markets Happen to Good Businesses
The company I work for is doing well. They’re winning awards in their industry and experiencing steady growth. But something has happened to make things seem a little gloomier around the office.
Earlier this week, my employer laid-off 4% of our workforce. The reason? Our clients, which are other businesses, simply aren’t spending money.
Just last week [...]
The Legacy of the Gray Hoodie
Do you remember your first credit card purchase? I don’t think most people do, and until yesterday I didn’t remember mine. Yesterday, it came back to me quite vividly.
I was standing in line at Babies-R-Us buying a new car seat for my suddenly huge infant son. I was admiring the homeless man qualities of the [...]
The Happily Employed’s Guide to Layoff Survival and Planning
I heard on the radio the other day that unemployment is at a 14 year high. I suspect that with the new administration’s plan for income redistribution and tax hikes for corporations we’re going to see unemployment get worse before it gets better.
But what if you’re in a seemingly cushy job? Or perhaps your company [...]
Posts Worth Mentioning: What Just Happened? Edition
Here’s some stuff you might enjoy. I sure did:
Like many others, I’ve been thinking that what the world needs now is an Obama survival guide. The best one by far is published on RedState.com. Notice that #8 is Watch your budget, “We’re all going to have to prepare for tougher economic times, plus the burden [...]
Oxford’s List of Irritating Phrases is Literally Ironic
Oxford released its fairly unique list of top ten irritating phrases.
I personally believe it’s a nightmare that so many of us speak so colloquially. With all due respect, if you uses these phrases when you shouldn’t of then you absolutely need to get yourself a dictionary, or a thesaurus or something. I mean, as a [...]
Wal-Mart: Now Available on Credit!
Wal-Mart is poised to start offering their own credit cards, as told by this BuisnessWeek article. From a business point of view, this is a very smart move.
Remember who started Discover? It was Sears. Their credit card company kept them afloat when people weren’t shopping at Sears. They likely would’ve gone under had they not [...]
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