I recently had two new tires put on my car, and a dripping and eroding something or other replaced in my oil filter. After leaving the auto service facility, I filled my gas tank past the full line. Three days later, I noticed that the needle on the gas gauge had not moved. “Somehow, the [...]
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Most parents know the dinner time drill, despite our best efforts to not become a short order cook. After slaving away preparing a healthy meal for kids, complete with protein and produce, they manage to pick around the fruits and veggies, consuming a meal almost entirely dictated by cheese or meat. But, scientists at Penn [...]
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I’ve written often about the importance of becoming habitual about conducting price comparisons and searches for online coupons or discount codes before you hit “checkout” on your online purchases. Personally, I can attest to saving more than $10 off more than one purchase, just for doing a quick search before I completed my transaction. Unfortunately, [...]
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Smoothies are a great way to sneak in your daily servings of fruits and veggies–unless you’re grabbing them on the go from a place like Starbucks, McDonald’s, or Jamba Juice, which are packed with sugars and often times, chemicals you hadn’t intended. To make a smart smoothie, do it at home–and [...]
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Mother’s Day is one of those tricky holidays that matters to the recipient–but in a way that many of the gift-givers don’t really understand. While it’s a real money-maker for retailers (the National Retail Federation estimates that about $150 per person will be spent on Mother’s Day this year), it’s one of those holidays that [...]
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The following article is a guest post written by Suzan Bekiroglu. Ms. Bekiroglu is a published author, freelance writer and editorial consultant for secureloanconsolidation.com. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Florida, she faced the mounting obstacle of paying over $24,000 back in student loan debt. Thus, she became determined [...]
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I’ve always been baffled by the irony of the educational system. As a society, we pay our teachers poorly, and offer little incentive for the brightest in society to enter into the very profession that is the foundation of our economy. To add insult to injury, parents pay amounts near, and often in excess, of [...]
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The unseasonably warm temperatures this year have left many snifflers as confused as the seasons themselves. Is the reason for that itchy throat, stuffy nose and chest congestion a cold brought on by winter, or the telltale allergies of spring? Michelle Lierl, MD at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center offers these tips on how [...]
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Winning your March Madness pool may feel like an easy and thrilling way to put a little cash in your bank account—but before you start taking the “losers” of your betting pool out for drinks, remember that the tax man is waiting for his hand out–and failing to pay up could cost you in the [...]
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If you are the owner of a Visa or MasterCard, now is the time to start monitoring your credit card statements and reports, if you don’t already. On Friday, March 30, 2012, MasterCard and Visa confirmed theft of millions of customer data, estimated to involve as many as 10 million accounts, according to MSNBC’s [...]
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