Archive for July, 2009

100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About

Audio-Visual Entertainment

Inserting a VHS tape into a VCR to watch a movie or to record something.
Super-8 movies and cine film of all kinds.
Playing music on an audio tape using a personal stereo. See what happens when you give a Walkman to todays teenager.
The number of TV channels being a single digit. I remember it being [...]

The Top 10 Ways to Get Laid for Under 10 Bucks

10. Take Her to an Art Gallery Opening

Art gallery openings are the perfect cheapskate’s date.  They provide free booze, the heightened atmosphere of a premiere, and usually don’t have a guest list. A date at an art gallery will impress your lady friend. It will make you look sophisticated, creative, and passionate. The art will [...]

6 Essential Flat-Belly Foods

QUINOA

Per ¼ cup:
170 calories
2.5 g fat
7 g protein
3 g fiber
For starters, anytime you choose a whole-grain product over one made from nutrient-stripped white flour, you wage war against belly fat. Penn State researchers found that dieters who ate whole-grains lost twice as much belly fat as those who stuck to white-flour products—even though they’d consumed [...]

10 Common Personal Finance Mistakes

Use your credit card sparingly
People often make purchases using their credit cards when they have sufficient cash in their wallets. Using credit cards for everyday purchases adds up. Whenever possible, carry cash, and rely on it to cover expenses.
Avoid buying now and paying later
This method of financing is the classic bait and switch. [...]