Boring, you say? What could be more engaging than making sure debits and credits balance?

Huh; that's interesting. Employers have an incentive to match. They need to be sure that their plan doesn't become top-heavy (that is that only their highly compensated employees are participating.) Offering a match is an incentive the ERs offer to ensure that a wide population of EEs are participating. So, I'm…

I agree. I've wondered this before, too. To me, this topic seemed more likely to elicit responses from those who have really tried several sites. I've tried eHarmony, Chemistry, POF, OK Cupid, and a couple of specialized sites. I don't think I'm unusual in the number of sites I've tried. Number of various electronic…

Ha. Your recruiter's rule of thumb aligns with my advice elsewhere to charge at least double your hourly rate as an employee. (More to it than that to find the right rate, but never less than that.) Your recruiter's method is a faster, easier way to get there.

Great list Jman. Mingling personal and professional accounts is a common mistake and budgeting for professional help can help one get off on the right foot.

Isn't that true of most of these polls?

OMG this. I have a couple of old friends who are teachers. Their FB posts are constantly humble bragging about how overworked they are and underpaid. They really think they work longer hours than the rest of us. Meanwhile, they also post their travel, shopping, and socializing photos.

Yep - water park. Came down the slide and my brother-in-law started pawing at my chest. WTF are you doing, dude? Oh, just trying to be gentlemanly and tuck me back in. He was way more embarrassed than me.

Yeah, beater/stirrer, depending, here. Learn something new every day.

Or for me, it suggested (repeatedly) very inappropriate careers not suited to me. I am an introvert at the far, far end of the continuum. Although I have all the other skills for teaching, that kind of all day interaction would wipe me out. Even when I chose "none" for Interactive (no, wait, what was the category? I…

Just a slight correction. Capital One bought ING Direct at least a year ago - maybe two. ING Direct is now Capital One 360.

And what if the cup is still full? The interviewee did not ask for the water. I, personally, would not likely drink it. I'm on board with you and others who say failing this test is a bullet dodged.

Roku gets my vote too I have an older version and use Chromecast mostly for tab casting. I much prefer the Roku. Sounds like I should consider upgrading to the Roku 3.

Yep, really that easy. I have trouble believing this "tutorial" is really needed. And even if it is, the sample "funny" message in the article would not amuse my superiors.

Thank you, Alan, for this. You've become favorite writer because of the substantive, well researched articles you write.

It depends on the size. I limit my contributions to a handful of orgs so that I can give a meaningful amount. I need an acknowledgement letter from them per IRS regs.

Thank you for the suggestion, Alan. (See what I did there?) Seriously, I've been unhappy with my tea kettle for the reasons you mention. I'll take a look at that one.

Federal refunds are not taxable. If you itemize and live in a state with income tax, the state refund might be taxable, but only because you deducted state taxes the year before based on withholding so that it was greater than what you actually owed. (Similarly,if you had to pay the state, you get the additional…

Hm. Nice way to avoid rolling, which I hate and am unskilled at. I do have a question, because I'm not understanding the underlying principle - and not having tried this maybe I'm off base. But the best pie doughs are flaky and tender. The flaky comes from the fat and the tender from not overhandling the dough, I…

Or this even more weird thing I've been seeing a lot lately: People who take the cart to the cart return but can't be bothered to push it in and just leave it cockyeyed across the entrance so no one else can push their cart in.