Excellent and thought provoking article. I think almost anyone can put themselves or someone they know into one of these scenarios.

How terrible for you - I would have hoped your family would understand your medical bills for your child - their own grandchild/neice/nephew, etc. You can now provide for that child a bit better. The fact that you took them all out to dinner is also a very nice thing to share in such a fantastic windfall.

OKC looks like they are done - watching the OT loss in game 4 last nite, Durant didn't have it like he usually does - sure he hit the shot to go to OT but missed a lot. They gave Memphis far too many chances and paid for it. Sure there were a few questionable calls, but they just didn't make the shots, free throws,…

Good for this kid - we need more stuff like this...but didn't a girl in Europe do this a short while ago? I remember reading about it and how the school board sent her home and basically ordered her to stop her documentary work...

I think her statement is very true - it's not that she's a bad actor (and I'm not a huge fan of Sandra either), perhaps its about her and her manager picking the roles she has done to date. I think her best stuff was waaaay back on Ally McBeal - I can't think of anything memorable since then aside from her battle with…

Damn - the best thing about that show - his skits are usually the only ones that make me laugh hysterically and rewind my tivo, this is one of my favorites:

I was considering it - I bought a Mohu Leaf for OTA HD channels, and upped my internet speed for faster downloads/streaming. Ironically, my provider is competing with Verizon Fios in my area and they gave me a locked in monthly deal that I couldn't refuse - I wouldn't have believed it would turn out that way, but it…

Hmmm - maybe so, but I've never given my eye Dr. info on any order, only entered my prescription numbers. I've ordered from them many times over the last 4 years.

As long as you stay relatively close the the specs for the glasses you currently have/like, you can drill into new styles by looking at the frame width/height/legth/PD of new styles and if those are close to what you have now they should fit/work OK. I usually buy 5 or 6 pairs at a clip and I have only had a few that…

I don't believe that to be the case - you simply drop in your Rx info and order them.

Zenni Optical. I know the article states that you can't buy a new pair, but for the cost of some of the items in this article to fix up your pair, you could plug in your Rx and get a new pair for as little as $6 + shipping.

My last apartment complex had several families of these - they are the only thing I miss about my last apartment - whenever I had a bad day and I would come home and see them, it always brightened my mood.

I actually fixed a broken belt with 2 ties last week. I remember I used them to attach my licence plate to my bumper on my last car (screws were stripped). A world of possibilities...

Monday thru Friday, I never make/eat a meal called breakfast - I would rather sleep a little bit more. I drink a glass of water, then a protein shake with vitamins and I'm onto my hour commute. I guess its better than coffee and a bagel or any fast food anything. On weekends we usually go out for breakfast - its…

What about you has any edge? The article and all the responses sound very cookie-cutter and canned/rehearsed - you clearly wouldn't have made it to where you are without some edge.

Zip ties - I use them constantly. Runner-up would be binder clips.

Well said!

Your cat looks exactly like my cat only yours is on steroids (kidding) - mine was a stray/rescue too and I don't know his exact breed - I always thought part Egyptian Mau but now Russian Blue seems to definitely be part of his origin by all the comments. Yours is barely fitting in his pet bed - mine would fit in it…

#8 made me laugh at my desk - thanks!

A zip tie works too - plus no rust!