When opening a new TD Ameritrade account, I was asked to choose four security questions and provide the answers to them. I don’t even know the answers to 98% of them. You better go study up on your elementary school yearbooks before opening an account somewhere! And, I think for one of [...]

Now that I’m reading The Four Hour Work Week, I’ve been in the mode of increasing the efficiency of my day-to-day life. My current focus is managing receipts.  While shopping this weekend, I asked cashiers at various retailers, such as Macy’s and Barnes & Nobles, if they would accept a receipt that was printed [...]

Today, I was searching for “Cancun vacation homes” on Google, but then switched my search to just “vacation homes“.  What was very interesting is that although my second search excluded the word “Cancun”, the Sponsored Links on the right still showed Cancun-related vacation homes, as though the search terms persisted to my next search.
I sometimes [...]

I live in Irvine, California, which has been experiencing the fire frenzy of late (President Bush FINALLY declared a State of Emergency). Outside of my patio, I saw Portola Hills light up in a massive fire. It has been two days since I’ve seen the fire because it has moved north east. [...]

I’ve seen it at places like Panda Express and parking garages. The sign reads, “your purchase is free if you do not receive a receipt.” I’m confused!
So here’s a scenario:

I order a product or service
I receive the product or service in exchange for money
I do not receive a receipt
I alert the cashier that [...]