July, 2009
UCLA Undie Run Canceled Due to Safety Concerns
Covering up the student body
(Photo: flickr.com)
Sometimes, you just need a holiday. A time to get away. For people struggling to make their budget stretch, that could mean short term loans and no fax payday loans in Carson. For college students, that can mean blowing off steam after a tough semester. Since 2002 at UCLA, there ...
Buying Food: Grocery Shopping Tips from 1950
The American housewife! Who has a more important or more responsible occupation? Wife, mother, laundress, counselor, maid, chef, purchasing agent. All of these are her duties at one time or another.
So begins Buying Food, a home economics film from 1950. Buying Food is fascinating not just for its shopping tips, but also for the inside ...
JK Wedding Entrance Dance Video Goes Viral on YouTube
Wedding entrance dance gets attention
Looks like these two took the serious route.
The JK in “JK wedding entrance” stands for Jill and Kevin. Their YouTube wedding dance video has gotten quite a bit of attention.
But before we can discuss the JK wedding entrance dance video, you’re just going to have to see it for yourself. Watch ...
How Money-Transfer Scams Work
I’ve been half-heartedly looking at bicycles lately. Part of me pines for a new city bike, but the rational side of my brain knows that I have two decent bikes already. Still, I’ve killed a lot of time by paging through the Craigslist bike ads.
At the top of every ad is the following warning about ...
Should Home Equity Be Part Of Your Portfolio Asset Allocation?
When people talk about asset allocation, they usually refer to the relative amount of stocks or bonds in their portfolio (like the model portfolios shown here). But I am occasionally asked whether to include personal home equity in asset allocation. If you have a significant amount of home equity, does this mean you ...