I have one tattoo.  Got it when I turned the big 5-0.  It marks a milestone of my life while celebrating several things I love in my life.  Its mine, its personal and its not for male "consumption".   Its incredibly common now for people to have tattoos. Its now the "norm" for younger generations to have them.  They ...more

Tracfone problem is that its not truly a month to month.  With some carriers you pay one fee and get unlimited and that is that.  With Tracfone you are obligated to puchase minutes even if you don't need them.  If you didn't use your phone much but its time to add more minutes you can't simply say no, you don't need th...more

Matola has had this artificial leg for some time.  For information on Matola go to Friends of The Asian Elephant.  Discovery channel did a documentary on Soraida Salwala who founded the first elephant hospital in Thailand and runs FAE.  Also google "The Eyes of Thailand" for more information.

Although the tax code is a mess and an abyss of loopholes, people in the US tend to only focus on the fed tax.  I agree its not equitable, but if people would add up ALL taxes paid from income, local, state, to purchases of all kinds, they would find we are very heavily taxed as citizens.  The amount we pay in TOTAL is...more

People have been "trained" to look for and be sucked into "sales".  Its the way retail has worked for eons.  Penney's turned that on its head and expected people to just "get it" and come running.    I shopped Penney's forever and loved it.  I didn't care if there was a sale or not as I always found things I wante...more

Lose your job - lose your healthcare.  Get sick or have an accident where you can't work, lose your healthcare.  Lose your healthcare and you go bankrupt.  The majority of bankruptcy filings in this country are over healthcare bills.    Own a small business and good luck trying to afford the premiums.  I own a sma...more

Yawn.  Why do people go through this mindless and endless believing of propoganda every single election?  They love to blame the current president but seem to overlook Congress and totally ignore what a presidents did before.  Obama inherited a war not paid for and a huge mess along with a simmering sub prime issue tha...more

Good heavens.  What is this country coming to.  How incredibly sad, short sighted and cruel.  She should be allowed to walk with her class and I hope it does set a precedent.  Education has many facets.  Showing and displaying some compassion and heart by that school district would go far to teach a lot of things to th...more

This article leaves out far more than it tells.  If you do the math this couple would have had to amass a lot of money in a short period of time.  On the low end $800,000 to "retire" until they reach social security age and nearly 2 million if they plan to be retired until they die based on living till you are 80 -85, ...more