I'm surprised that economists are shocked by this turn. They've been saying things are getting better for a while now but where I live it's been getting steadily worse for several years now. When I talk to friends in other parts of the country they tell me they see the same things I'm seeing. Maybe economists need to t...more

Could have been worse. Could have been Ashton Kutcher.

How many offspring are these people going to screw up?

Oh yes. We just love, Love LOVE being flat broke. Being unable to keep a decent job because we can't afford enough gas to get there everyday. We love wondering how we can afford to feed ourselves when we barely afford gas. I guess we should be grateful we can't afford to eat because that means we don't have to buy gas ...more

I don't use credit cards and I still sometimes get asked for a zip code. How are they supposed to find my identity from just a zip code and no other personal information? Oh BTW the system thinks this post is spam but BoBaby isn't?  This whole article is screwed up.

I hate this "baby bump" craze. It makes women sound like they've got a zit instead of being pregnant.

I'm naturally dark blond but there are too many blonds running around mostly of the bleached variety. I don't understand the fascination with blond hair. Even my husband doesn't get it. He preferred brunettes before we got married. There's too much nearly white, fried, dried out, frizzy hair out there. It looks so unhe...more

What I don't get is all the commenters arguing like the economy depends everyone's spending habits being the same. I haven't had a real credit card in nearly 20 years. I have a prepaid for online purchases but I don't consider that a real credit card since I'm making the payment in advance of the purchase. This is what...more

I went to one of their liquidations and the prices didn't seem that good. Their math seemed a little faulty. There are still lots of places I can pay full price for less.  I didn't buy a thing. I had much better luck at Borders before they filed for bankruptcy. GroovyMom, this is one of the few areas where Wal-mart...more