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Humor

Dave Barry On Income Tax Season

March 6, 2009

“It’s income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta.”
— Dave Barry

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Remember . . . You Can Start A Business Anywhere

December 27, 2008

Remember . . . You Can Start A Business Anywhere

(via: How to Change the World)

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Why Do People Get Married?

December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas!
I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. No posts about finance today, just something funny I wanted to share:
Why Do People Get Married?
52%: “We’re in love”
23%: To get pushy parents off our backs
15%: So they won’t go to hell for having sex
8%: Various (financial, security, lonely, hooked on multilayered cake)
2%: [...]

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13 Year Old Steals His Father’s Credit Card, Buys Hookers

May 15, 2008

Since there was a credit card mentioned in this story, I am going to call it finance related.
Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father’s existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing “Halo” on an [...]

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SubPrime Mortgages Explained

April 19, 2008

I have read a lot about the subprime mortgage crisis, and found most of the explanations a little hard to get my head around.
A friend e-mailed me a link to a presentation (hosted on Google Apps), that I feel, does the best job of explaining the whole subprime mess.
Warning: The presentation does contain adult language, [...]

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