Archive for July, 2008

I love the Ein-O science toys and kits. I played with this one recently and was surprised at the number of cool science projects and experiments you can do with it. The experiments are: making a hoverball, creating a sticky beaker, magic jumping beans, building a simple water filtering, twin rings, connecting water, paper kite, […]

Below are the most popular names of boys from the 1900s (1900-1909) and the 2000s (2000-2008 ytd).

Rank
1900s
2000s

1
John
Jacob

2
William
Michael

3
James
Joshua

4
George
Matthew

5
Charles
Andrew

6
Robert
Christopher

7
Joseph
Joseph

8
Frank
Daniel

9
Edward
Nicholas

10
Thomas
Ethan

Note, Joseph is the only boy’s name that ranked in the top 10 for both decades although it was absent from the top 10 from 1940-1979. I would have expected to see more of the classic names like John, […]

Okay, how many of us have heard of a cat surviving a fall from hundreds of feet? Every once in a while a news story will pop up telling of some skyscraper-dwelling cat that amazingly walked away after some kid threw it over the balcony. (Or maybe it just fell.) But have you ever wondered […]

So here’s something cool. I love browsing the bargain books at Barnes & Noble for the occasional great find. Last weekend I came across a book called “Top 10 of Everything 2008.” Originally it was about $25 but wow, it was in the bargain rack for $6.98. “What a deal!” I said to myself. Anyway […]

I have a fictional friend who likes to stop by her local Starbucks on her way to work in the morning. I haven’t been to a Starbucks Coffee store in a while so I’m not sure what the going rate for fancy coffee is, but I think she pays about $37 a day for her […]

I’ve never thought of applying for a credit card online before as I get about seven solicitations a week in the regular mail saying I’m “pre-approved” for this card or that one. But what about those unfortunate people who don’t get all these offers for credit cards in the mail? What are they to do?? […]

Okay, so this classic horror movie from 1958 has been sitting in my TiVo “now playing” queue for a few months now and I’m finally watching it. Well I’m not completely watching it as I’m writing in some blogs and doing some other website work, but it’s at least playing while I work. By today’s […]

Where’s the first place you would go if you were wanting to get a loan to buy a car? I thought about this for a bit the other day while sitting in traffic in my 2000 Jeep Cherokee with no air conditioning. It was about a hundred degrees outside and probably 110 degrees on the […]

Have you ever wondered why insurance companies will charge more to insure 18 year old little Johnny Redneck and his souped up 1969 Camaro? It’s because statistically, he’s much more likely to slam his car into a pole when peeling out leaving the Dairy Queen. But why is this? Is it because he’s a knucklehead? […]

Not too long ago I was researching some debt consolidation services for an MBA point paper on the topic of financial management. Do a quick search of debt reduction and you’ll likely find millions of sites telling you exactly how you can get debt free. The truth is that there’s no easy answer. You may […]