LinearChaos on November 23rd, 2009

Here’s another one, those awesome news stories about a woman who saves nearly 100% on her grocery bill by couponing. I love these stories and I just have to post them!
This woman gets everything free, she maximizes those great deals we are all searching for!

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LinearChaos on November 12th, 2009

Everyone I know is making fun of the Snuggie, you know that blanket with the arm holes from the infomercials. Aside from the animal print versions, I know you secretly want a Snuggie!
Who doesn’t want to easily keep their blanket covering themselves and still have their hands free to do stuff? I do, I’ve already [...]

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LinearChaos on October 15th, 2009

So you forgot you had those ads on your fishing blog that are earning pennies a day huh. Well you better remember about this “income” if you plan to file for unemployment benefits!

An unemployed attorney in the state of New York could be in trouble for the revenue she’s earning from the ads posted on [...]

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LinearChaos on March 27th, 2009

Do you know someone in need? Give anonymously to them now! Just tell us their name and address and how much you want to give to them. We’ll send them a check for that exact amount.

These tough times are hitting all of us hard. I have been watching someone I love struggle financially for the [...]

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LinearChaos on March 27th, 2009

This morning, while reading through Blogging Away Debt, I saw an interesting post by Tricia.
She told of an article that caught her eye over at Yahoo about purchasing groceries at auction. I have never heard of such a thing and that you might find this as interesting as I did…
DALLAS, Pa. – Out of toilet [...]

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LinearChaos on February 27th, 2009

Via The Consumerist
The Chicago Tribune says that Russell Cole calls his $2.75 million Deerfield, IL home “the house that Best Buy built,” but now investigators are claiming that the Best Buy money was obtained through fraud.
The Trib says:
Missing from the Kenmore Avenue property are the Ferrari coupe, Lamborghini convertible and a collection of nine other [...]

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LinearChaos on February 27th, 2009

Via Chicagobreakingnews:
A 58-year-old Wal-Mart employee who said he “couldn’t take it anymore” lit himself on fire outside the Bloomingdale store where he worked late Thursday night and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities said this morning.
At least 10 people witnessed the suicide and several attempted to help the man by throwing their coats [...]

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LinearChaos on February 26th, 2009

I read about the mile tax last week when a friend of mine clued me in to what’s going on in conress in regards to taxes on gasoline. Today I saw it again when I was perusing the financial blog All Financial Matters.
JLP is hates the idea of taxing American’s by the mile, I’m right [...]

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LinearChaos on February 7th, 2009

We all know about Fair Isaac, the company responsible for the formula behind the sometimes-elusive FICO score. Well, the FICO has been ready for an update for while now and it’s finally being rolled out.
The new formula, FICO 08, is intended to provide a more accurate risk assessment of credit history. The formula has been [...]

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LinearChaos on February 6th, 2009

Of all the items people are buying in these lean times, I never would have expected this kind of investment. I read this story on CNN and was blown away that someone would pay thousands of dollars to have their dog back.
I love my pets, but I’m not so sure about spending this kind of [...]

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