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This is why people have a lot of success with Dave Ramsey’s “Snowball” method. He tells you to pay down your smallest debt first, then move on to the next, snowballing that payment into it. While the mathematically correct way is to pay down the debt with the highest interest first, that only works if you actually pay…

A lot of people tell me that I am, "The luckiest person they know." And my siblings say that I, "Steal all of their luck." But the more I think about it the more I believe it's that I just seize opportunity and take risks. I watch friends and family stick in their comfortable routines, and I really think that point…

Yup, been directly booking for a while now after chatting with a hotel manager.. I was staying somewhere a long way from home for a week but the plans didn't work out the way I had anticipated and I wanted to be able to sight see a different part of the state since I had never been there before. That meant travel…

Oh the irony...

other than it being a pain in the ass to fix up/find stuff for, does it hold up well?

A timeshare. In Gatlinburg, TN. It our one year anniversary and we went to Gatlinburg as I had never been. We met a really nice woman who was offering $100 and lunch to anyone who would attend a meeting and tour of the timeshares. We wanted "free" money and were sure we could never be talked into buying a…

Or.... get your outdoor grill, get a bunch of charcoal briquettes glowing hot; then pour them into a pile on top of the stump... Then return in 12 hours to check out the cool hole you're left with...

I had the same thought... my guess is it is just a really really big French surrender flag.

Bed, Bath & Beyond has them in the Beyond section.

Who makes the sheets for these things?

The first thing I did was teach myself how to speak proper English (i.e. rid myself of a ghetto accent). My street smarts has helped me all the way through too. In that I didn't know that lack of higher education should prevent me from doing anything I put my mind to doing, my total ignorance turned out to be a…

To get my first hotel job I just walked in and applied. It's easy to get an entry level position. To be an Operations Manager, you usually need a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management/Business or, like me, a beastly work ethic, willingness to go above and beyond expectations, work long hours, and volunteer to…

Yup - stainless steel is fine. :) So is aluminum actually, that whole thing was debunked as well. :)

Yup - stainless steel is fine. :) So is aluminum actually, that whole thing was debunked as well. :)

Pneumatically-powered metal rods insistently click on mouse buttons and clack on mechanical keyboards, faster than any human hand. One machine hammers keyboard keys 6 times a second, endlessly, testing that they can withstand the millions of presses that Logitech sets as a performance benchmark. You could hammer these…

yeah, because the torture machines are all righthanded...

More proof:

Wants, desires, aspirations, ideals... The key is developing something that makes you better always, not just having a single peak. I get what you're saying, but the difference is like this:

One thing you should try before going through the appeals process is to contact the property appraiser's office and speak with the person who worked your appraisal. If there is a factual error (square footage, number of bathrooms, etc.) chances are they will fix it right then and there and adjust the value…

But now it looks like the French landed there.