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Consumer Beware! Not so Awesome Auger

While reading around the internet I came across a website where people were posting comments about things they purchased from an infomercial.
Anyone (including me) who has been awake past midnight and has cable has seen the commercial for the Awesome Auger. It’s a tool that …

Oil again, but suprisingly good news.

Oil fell $3 a barrel and settled just north of $127 today. They say it’s due to demand falling and people’s worries about supplies are going away.
I know there’s not too much to say about oil other than it’s good when it goes down, …

Recession Proof Industries: Part 1, Vices

Like I’ve posted in the past…plenty of people are losing their jobs because of the slumping economy. Well I’d like to start a series about recession proof industries. These are the cockroaches and Twinkies of industry.
Part 1
Vices.
Liquor – Of course liquor is an industry that …

Another stimulus check? I sure hope so.

Senate majority leader Henry Reid proposed a second round of stimulus checks for the fall. President Bush, however, wants to see the effects of the first before he makes an executive decision on a second round.
In theory, if we actually got a second round …

Shame on you credit card companies…targeting students is bad…very bad. :(

I have spent the better part of 4 years wasting away in Oxford, MS. Over this time I have seen some strange things. I’ve seen everything from hippie jam sessions in the grove to people walking out of bars with missing shoes. …