What’s wrong with seeking love on the Internet? Online dating has been around for awhile now and, not coincidentally, so have the horror stories about scammers exploiting seekers of love and companionship. Scammers have targeted love-seekers for as long as people have been seeking love……was the Bible’s serpent a scammer? Perhaps. The FBI warns about … Read more
Betty Friedan is credited with writing that “Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” Of course, our favorite is: “Seniors are like aging strudels – the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.” But for those entering “older adult”, “senior”, … Read more
The Internet is flooded with weight loss plans that actually make your wallet skinnier than your jeans. If you’d rather pay NOTHING for some really good diet and weight-loss information, read on. However, if you want to blow $30-50 to buy an ebook that steals from the hundreds of printed diet or weight-loss books currently … Read more
Fad diets. Arrrgggh! The “weight loss” and “diet” industries are enough to drive consumer advocates to drink….or eat… largely because none of them really work. In fact, that’s the weighty little secret in the diet business…..their benefits are largely short-term, if any at all. The vast majority simply don’t work unless they include lifestyle changes … Read more
So what is a discussion about coffee doing on a consumer web site? Anything that costs consumers upwards of $1,000 per year seems to be worth analyzing. Yup — that daily $4 Starbucks frappuccino will set you back about a thousand of your hard-earned $1.00 bills. Compare that to the … Read more