Not every merchant will do it, but if you recall a while back, Visa and MasterCard and retailers were involved in a lawsuit to determine whether the retailer could charge the credit card fee directly to the consumer. The ruling is that retailers can in fact pass their cost of credit card processing onto consumers. [...]

First, a public service announcement.  Sunday, August 26 is Go Topless Day.  Rallies are planned for Washington, DC., Seattle, Miami, Columbus, Asheville, Honolulu, Chicago and probably others.  Consider this your final warning. OK. now for this week’s post.  Think of last week as sort of like the grand finale of a fireworks show.  This week, we [...]

I recall an advertisement from several years ago which had as its background music the Breakfast March of PeeWee Herman fame. In the commercial shoppers were systematically moving around making purchases with plastic and the whole process went swimmingly until someone wanted to pay cash. Then the whole system came tumbling to a halt. The [...]

The thought here is that places like facebook, youtube and the like may go forever while you most assuredly will not. It is a good idea to review your online presence and then, in terms consistent with “the terms and conditions” of your favorite online sites, designate that your executor be granted authority to remove [...]

Big Blue links to a youtube video today regarding the bike lanes in New York. Seems to me, that if there is to be a ticket issued regarding the bike lanes, then it ought to be for people who are in the bike lane and not on a bike. You know those High Occupancy Vehicle [...]