10 Easy Ways to Use Less Gasoline

Three weeks ago, just after Hurricane Ike, I spent $70 to fill the tank on my old Volvo. I couldn't believe it. Of course, the station was price-gouging because Charlotte was out of gas. Almost every station in town was out, for 14 days or so. So we had to take whatever gas we could find. I hated that. I hated paying for it, and I felt guilty for using so much gas. Price can be a painful reality check sometimes. We would like to buy a hybrid car, and we've been mulling it over for some time. B

How Much Car Insurance Should You Buy?

How much insurance should you buy? Any insurance agent worthy of their salt will tell you that you should buy as much as you can afford. While this is a good rule of thumb, it’s about as useful as a stock broker’s tip to buy low and sell high. It might be sound logic but it doesn’t get you any closer to an educated decision. There are a few filters that need consideration in order to make that educated decision. First, what is the state required minimum coverage where you live? Second, what doe

Chuck, Nader, Isaiah, Third

Monday, Monday. Another week. First up, NBC's Chuck. Ava and C.I. called it and I'll get to that later, but tonight was must see. Why the show couldn't have started out this way, I have no idea. But tonight was a great episode. I was thinking I'd stop watching after the last two weeks of new episodes. Ava and C.I. said Sunday that this was the one that would restore confidence and they weren't joking. Morgan had a great subplot as did his girlfriend whose name I forget but she really made the s

I love your precious heart

Plugs Today we have a new Sleazy Adventures of Dick Biggman, number 53 is up.  Now I am a fan of Biggman, but this one is probably the funniest one of the bunch. I also meant to tell the lot of you . . . guess who’s still alive and back to blogging . . . You are listening too . . . So, at work today, I was discussing with the ladies (which is mostly what I work with), music from my youth, and now I got a number of songs stuck in my head from that conversation.  So we will start with INXS an