Some dude is going around finding old photosfrom WWII and placing them inside photos taken today at the same location from the same angle. I want to see a lot more of these. There are some more here, but I want more. As an added bonus, here’s a huge photo of Budapest that allows you [...]

It’s rare that I link to a CNBC story, but I don’t have much of a choice today. They’ve discussed the results of an interesting study the links hunger to our appetite for risk. The study took 19 people and gave them options of greater risk/greater reward or reduced risk/reward. On separate occasions the 19 [...]

Or at least so says the Boston Fed (by way of Consumerist). Here’s the abstract from a recent Fed paper: Merchant fees and reward programs generate an implicit monetary transfer to credit card users from non-card (or “cash”) users because merchants generally do not set differential prices for card users to recoup the costs of [...]

This guest post is provided by TaxDebtHelp.com, a website that provides tax debt relief guidance and services for taxpayers facing major IRS tax problems. Visit their site to learn more. With the economy still in its lackluster mode, many believe the worst is still in front of us. Unfortunately, as we head into the new [...]

It looks like while I was traveling last weekend, I missed out on the beginnings of a debate that I had long forgotten about. That is, should employers be allowed to check the credit of their employees, especially when they are in the process of hiring them? This is a practice that has gone on [...]

I just got back from a wonderful trip to the beach with my extended family. My friends just got done playing host to some of their friends. We had very different experiences. The family dynamic I’ve grown up in has been one of mutual contribution. When we all go to the beach the parents all [...]

I’m currently writing this post from my hotel room.  We arrived last night and will leave just as this post is published.  I cannot stress enough the importance of reading reviews for hotels.  This goes without saying for any product or service.  But, reviews are always skewed and should be appropriatly discounted.  Allow me to [...]

It’s no secret that Social Security is a mess. Way back in the days of George Bush the Republican Administration tried to get reform off the ground, but no one cared at the time because everyone was going to retire by selling their homes. When the economy does well, we don’t care about social security [...]