The Wine Ratings Ruse
Hey, we are wine aficionados. So we mean no disrespect to the industry or to wine lovers when we say: STOP IT! We mean, stop it with the points and the awards and the other …
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How to Figure Out When Food Is Spoiled
So let’s get this straight, raw meat should be refrigerated for two days, except for roasts and steaks, that can be up to five days except for poultry or cooked meat, which is only good …
Common Consumer Miscues Made by Millennials
The Huffington Post recently posted an article listing 9 frequent money mistakes made by people in their 20s or 30s. It is entertaining and largely correct. They include: Incurring too much education-loan debt Spent too …
The 21 Worst Scams on the Internet – 2015
Let’s not beat around the bush, here. We love the Internet and how it is revolutionizing shopping (among other things). But, as with most of life, some of the best things also have a dark …
Movies: Match and ‘5 to 7’
At the 2015 Palm Spring Film Festival, two films stood out from the 8 that we viewed: ‘Match’ and ‘5 to 7’ They are must-see movies for 2015. Match is set to debut in theaters …
Our Best Songs of 2014
If music is the food of love, as Shakespeare theorized, then we’ve got a lot of eating to do. We thought it’d help to share our list of the best songs/albums of 2014. Like food, …
SCAM ALERT: Memory Healer is Your Money Stealer
If you remember just one thing, please let it be that the so-called “Memory Healer Program” — just like so many of the schemes targeted to people who are concerned about memory-loss caused by dementia or …
SCAM ALERT: Avoiding ‘Brain Stimulator’ Scam A No-Brainer
This one is really a no-brainer — just avoid “The Brain Stimulator Method” It’s the name of given to a slick e-mail based advertisement floating around the Net supposedly authored by a Dr. Richard Humphrey. …
Dangers of Anti-Wrinkle Cream: Nerium Case Study
A long, long time ago in a world not as far away as we’d like, people spent boatloads of gold and salt to find the fabled “Fountain of Youth”. The search for Youth spurred Jose …
Why Net Neutality Has Become A High-Profile Political Issue
Net Neutrality — it is the Internet policywonks’ battle cry for all that is fair and decent about the Internet. And now, in light of President Obama’s request that the FCC “implement the strongest possible …