I like car talk on the radio because the people who call in have everyday problems with their everyday cars. The car guys joke and bluster but often have some good answers for frugal repairs. Maybe it's their New England scrooge attitude as opposed to the gauche western states lifestyle.
Fixing a car these days is becoming a

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"Smart-Ass Politics for Smart People."

The problem with these two candidates is that they're so similar on the issues. It comes down to race vs. sex, experience vs. inexperience and bitch vs. arrogance. So, let's look at these three issues:

1. Race vs. Sex: If you're a woman, do you vote for a black

man or a whit

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Kids seem to think that money grows on trees. Teaching kids the value of a dollar is difficult. Here is a way to teach teach them budgeting skills by using their lunch money. Giving the kids a "lunch money allowance" each month, and using the scho

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Some businesses are able to see success and profits right away others are not that lucky. This includes businesses such as law offices, medical offices, or even retail stores and others not mentioned. If you are ready to improve or expand your busin

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Gas prices are going up with no end in sight. $100 barrels of oil are here. What's a family to do? I've put together a list of some things we do and some we should do, to help beat the cash squeeze:

* Use gas cards with special deals like K

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Tips for human Americans on how to survive the recession from expert alien beings.
Bringing your lunch to work is cheaper than going out to a restaurant, saves gas and reduces pollution. If you are an intelligent being, you will bring a healthy sandwich.
Lunch box leads to company commitment leads to saving money leads to a h

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To survive the recession, you are going to have to start cutting down on everything. That includes your meals at a restaurant or at home. We are not asking you to become thin like some of your Hollywood stars. We encourage you to stay at home to save money (See our Couple Tips), but when you dine at a restaurant, please share t

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After college or even during, many people tend to set out to live on their own, usually with a roommate(s). Most of the time a roommate is there to help take some of the financial burden. Whether it be rent, utilities, internet, or television, there should be a strict budget or plan that everybody should be sticking to. Lot of times problems

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Debt – does the mention of the word send a shiver down your spine? Are your monthly debt repayments an ordeal for you? Do your monthly payments cover your interest rates rather than the principal amount you owe? Seems like you’re trapped in a bubble that’s hard to burst, right? But there are simple yet cost-effective ways to ta

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If you want to save money during the American recession, it is not hard for any Earthling to learn to change the oil or air filter.
You will save at least 50% of the money spent at a garage or one of the oil change chains. Yes, you might get your hands dirty but it sure beats being broke.
If you are not able to change oil fo

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Earthlings, if you have access to Internet, you can get all your information for FREE, unless it is The Wall Street Journal. There is no need to subscribe to magazines or newspapers. You can save money, and receive all this information and more, faster and much better over the Internet. Most important, you will not use tree mat

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"Smart-Ass Politics for Smart People"
I don't care what signs the Federal Reserve sees, on the street I see a lot of scared people. Financial markets and our banking system are based on psychology as much as reality. Perception is reality. Everywhere I turn, I see the subprime fiasco rearing its ugly head. I want to bury th

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We see a few smart humanoids using valuable scraps of paper you call coupons. Those squares of paper can be used as real money to buy things like food at your local grocery stores. Cut those coupons out and use them. If you throw them away you are only proving to us aliens that your species is an army of DIDIOTS.

We even see

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Laughter is good medicine. Doctors and scientists across Planet Earth have proven laughing your humanoid ass off is healthy. It even helps you flatten your abs, which will make you more attractive to other Earthlings, enabling you to get more of the best free entertainment - SEX. More sex is exercise, which keeps you keep in be

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Earthlings, why do humans always want things bigger and bigger? If you are going to survive the recession, you will have to change your mentality to 'less is more.'

Less eating, spending, driving, partying, smoking.

Less of those things means more of other things.
More money, time with family, relaxing, reading, enjoyi

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Earthlings, beware! Fancy dinner dates are out during the economic recession. We do not understand why humans spend so much money to go out on dates when the end result is the same every time. Humans are sexual creatures and very predictable. It is all about sex, sex, sex.

Why don't Earthlings simply ask the opposite sex to

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