You can also buy things like, I dunno, a luxury apartment in, say, Trump Tower NYC, for much more than its actual market value. I’m sure that it’s a coincidence that lots of Russian oligarchs own units there.

They were doing this in the late 90s, but at least the technology prevented them from getting too ham-fisted with it. I remember seeing Ghostbusters on one of the networks back then, and the audio was pitched noticeably higher. That pitch shift can be compensated for these days, but it was more trouble than it was…

And we’ve always been at war with Eastasia. Don’t listen to Fakenews, they’re double-plus ungood.

Gosh, think of all the money laundering and espionage that’s gone down in Trump’s building in NY and the country club where he spends most of his time. Just a suggestion, cops of the town where Mar-A-Lago is located - think of all the tanks and military grade toys you could buy. Why waste your time robbing serfs when…

Dude, #1 isn’t how taxes work. At all. We have marginal tax rates. You don’t pay a higher rate for your entire income, you pay that higher rate on the PORTION of your income that’s within that tax bracket.

It was jarring to see Scott Thompson play a straight-laced (emphasis on straight) forensics guy on the NBC show Hannibal.

In general, your score will increase as the negative items age off. However, you might also see a temporary (and possibly significant) score *drop* due to something called rebucketing. Basically, your score takes into account how your file looks in comparison to people with similar characteristics. You might have been…

Basically, you qualify for the best rates at 740, but are pretty much a shoo-in at 760. Beyond that is gravy. I’m in the middle of buying a house right now, and there was a .125% difference between 740 and 760 at my lender. Mine score was 770, so I went for it; it adds up. Bear in mind that mortgage scores aren’t the…

The Cook’s Country (America’s Test Kitchen spinoff) icebox lemon cheesecake always goes over well around here. Lemon cookie crust, lemon curd on top, fairly mild filling. *Huge* number of dirty dishes, because ATK.

I’ve had a refurb V6 Motorhead (I call it Lemmy) for nine months or so, and it’s pretty damn great. The listed 15 minute battery life is a bit misleading - just let go of the trigger when you’re moving something out of the way and you’ll stretch it out easily. And it picks up a startling amount of crap from your…

I’ve had a refurb V6 Motorhead (I call it Lemmy) for nine months or so, and it’s pretty damn great. The listed 15…

The world ends.

Fun fact - until the early 20th Century, pink was called “light red” and was considered masculine and assertive. It’s crazy how marketers and their made-up pink/blue crap have completely shaped our culture.

Flat taxes don’t work because the less money you make, the more it hurts you. If you’re making 200,000, you can easily live off of 180,000. If you’re making 20,000, your belly is going to be keenly aware of every penny of that 2,000 you no longer have.

“(Soap opera effect is that weird too-smooth look produced by software that prevents displays with a lower refresh rate from looking too jerky.) “

Whoa, Jane Foster is trapped in “pugatory”? Is that like the world of plot holes and spelling errors that Fry trapped the big giant brain in? 

It’s okay, there’s a good chance you’ll find your account following him without any input from you at all. Happened quite a bit last week, and it wasn’t the first time.

They all spy on you? How do Sonos speakers do that without microphones? (whispers) Are they in cahoots with the microwave?

Not-so-funny story - I recently did this with one of my cards, one that had started out as a “builder” card (ie, subprime) several years and issuers ago when my credit stank. I was told a) that the APR was as low as it would ever go; the lowest APR stipulated at the time of issuance was still in effect, and b) I…

That’s the way to do it. I’m up to four Play:1 units now, all open-box items bought over the past couple years. The last one I got cost $155 thanks to a sale Best Buy had last month that drove down the open-box price a similar amount. They’re built *very* solidly, so I’m not too worried about dings and scuffs. 

That’s the way to do it. I’m up to four Play:1 units now, all open-box items bought over the past couple years. The…

You should see the holiday-themed 11,000 penguins vs Santa Claus army one. A shame they didn’t have access to Multiple Santa’s militant “Ho-ho-ho!” from The Tick cartoon...