myFICO 25% Off Coupon

Here’s a newly released coupon for 25% off real FICO scores at myFico.com. Use the promotional code FICOHELP25 to get 25% off, the best discount currently available:

You enter the promo code relatively late in the buying process, right before entering your credit card information. Look for this:

Experian no longer allows Fair Isaac to sell FICO scores to consumers at all (even though lenders still buy and use them). They sell their own “FAKE-O” version now.

For the diligent, a cheaper alternative is to sign up for a free 30-day trial of Scorewatch, which includes two free Equifax scores and reports. Just remember to cancel as soon as you decide you don’t need it anymore.

You can always request your credit reports (not scores) once every 12 months at AnnualCreditReport.com. If you’ve already done that, you can still try these other direct methods for the unemployed, those denied credit, and victims of identity theft.

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See Erin Andrews Peephole Video Link, Contract Virus!

There’s wink wink naughty, then there’s this

Erin Andrews striking back? (Photo: Zudfunck.com)

I have a bag full of search terms to throw at you. Eat up! erin andrews, erin andrews peephole, erin andrews peephole video rapidshare, erin andrews video cache, erin andrews peephole megaupload, aaron andrews.

Why am I throwing these at you? Because you need to eat them until they make you sick and you can no longer stand the sight of them. People simply have to learn that appreciating a beautiful-looking human being is one thing (and perfectly acceptable), but invading their privacy and surreptitiously videotaping them so you can leer at the footage later is not the mark of a civilized person. For those of you who are still scrambling to find the Erin Andrews peephole video link, you deserve what you get (if the virus stories are true).

Need a payday loan or cash advance to recover your lost data, cyber stalker?

OK guys, I get it. Erin Andrews is totally hot. And she knows about sports. Yes, that gives her a key to the city of maleness, in a way. But whoever filmed her in her hotel room without her knowledge needs to be put on notice that they bring a bad name to men (or interested women). Don’t be a jerk.

For an update, here’s the story, courtesy of a Gather news brief. ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was videotaped in a state of undress while in a hotel room. She was not aware of the recording until it surfaced online and instantly became one of the most searched for thing on Google over the past weekend. First it was regularly available on some noted video cites, then it was pulled but still available in Google’s cache. Now it isn’t even there, but it reportedly has made its way onto various Bittorrent sites. But as some people have supposedly found, files on Bittorrent sites or links on less than reputable Web sites can have viruses attached, and the Erin Andrews peephole video link was no exception. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "See E rin Andrews Peephole Video Link, Contract Virus!"

Bargain Betty

I was thinking the other day about a friend of mine from college, who we sometimes jokingly called Bargain Betty. She came from a very frugal family, and never seems to have felt any need to rebel against that aspect of her upbringing, as some might. She sometimes thought her parents went a bit too far, as in buying the rotten fruit from the mark-down shelf at the supermarket, but otherwise she kept up with all their frugal habits and still does as of the last time I saw her.
It’s interesting to look back on it now– when I was in college, most of my friends were from middle-class families and paying for school was significant, and in some cases a huge burden. None of us had money to burn, but we still had trouble being as frugal as Bargain Betty. I particularly remember that she used very rough generic tissues, while I insisted on the softer Kleenex or Scotties brands. And she always ate whatever food was on her plate, while the rest of us felt free to le! ave behind any part of our ample buffet meals that didn’t please us.
Here’s a funny detail: this was back in the days when women wore pantyhose much more frequently. Bargain Betty mentioned that she wore “Rock Bottom Pantyhose,” which I’d never heard of. It turned out that Rock Bottom was a discount drugstore chain, but I thought it was someone’s clever tagline for some kind of figure-shaping control-top. You know, like rock-hard… bottom, rock bottom… ok, whatever, but it was funny at the time!

Anyway, I always suspected it back then, and the years have borne it out thus far: Bargain Betty will probably retire a lot richer than the rest of us. She put herself through grad school, and helped put her husband through business school. They bought a house in the suburbs where they could send their kids to a good public school. They’ve had the same car forever and still seem to use a lot of the furniture they’ve had from their first apartment . Whenever I’ve eaten dinner at her house, all the leftovers are saved or sent home with the guests. Bargain Betty doesn’t worry much about fashion and always buys classic clothes on sale for work. She’s not into jewelry or manicures or dying her hair. Her one extravagance was hiring a nanny to take care of the kids before they were in school, since she and her husband both work full-time. And I’m sure she has great discipline about saving and investing, as she once asked me, with a look of con! cern, whether I was making sure to take advantage of my 401k. Compared to Bargain Betty, I am a raving spendthrift!

It’s funny, I suppose all of us have someone in our lives who makes us feel like we could do just a little bit better. That we could try a little bit harder to be as disciplined as they are. And despite loving the person, there’s this tension: we wonder if they slightly disapproves of us, and we want them not to disapprove, even as we might also sometimes want to tell them to lighten up and have more fun! For me, I think Bargain Betty may always be that person…

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Tossed Salad with Summer Berries and Citrus Dressing

If you're a fan of blueberries and raspberries, here's a delicious way to celebrate the summer harvest:

Toss together:

Baby spinach leaves
Red leaf lettuce
Thin carrots, coined
Fresh English peas, shelled
Crimini mushroom caps, sliced

Top with:

Fresh blueberries
Fresh raspberries

Dressing:

½ Cup fresh orange juice
¼ Cup fresh lemon juice
½ Cup fresh raspberries
1/3 Cup olive oil
Dried red pepper flakes, to taste
Salt, to taste

Combine in small food processor bowl and process a few seconds until smooth.

Apollo 11 Moon Landing Hoax is Not Space Age Thinking Pt.II

Apollo 11 Moon Landing Hoax rumors still circulating

Some people believe this picture is real...and we let them vote.

Ever since NASA announced that they had lost the back up tapes from the Apollo 11 moon landing, the conspiracy theorists and peanut gallery has been touting their belief that there is an Apollo 11 Moon Landing Hoax - in that NASA filmed all of it in a studio as a cover up.  Of course, the missing tapes prove nothing, but we’ll get to that in a minute.  (I’d give some fast cash to makes this and other ill-conceived conspiracies go away.)

The tapes were backups, get over it!

The tapes in question were telemetry tapes, meaning that they were broadcast from the moon with the video signal, audio signal, and the other information being relayed from the command module, and video and audio were transferred to two inch television tape in Parkes, Australia, and broadcast world wide. The missing tapes, in essence, were negatives - back ups - it’s a non-issue, but they are having the original tapes restored. Click Here, for part one of this series.

A Conspiracy of dunces

This is a widely popular subject, and there is an extensive page on Wikipedia about it. Now to the meat of the thing: ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Apollo 11 Moon Landing Hoax is Not Space Age Thinking Pt.II"

Taleon Goffney To Do Hard Time, Twin May Jump In

Goffneys go down together

Taleon and Keyon Goffney, cruising (Photo: 11points.com)

I like to see the best in people; I’m an idealist that way. Thus, if a person needed money, I would like to think that they would honestly attempt to rectify the situation by first working hard to earn it. Falling short on that count, the next viable option would be to look into short-term consumer loans like payday loans and cash advance. These are much better options than breaking into stores through the roof with axes and hacksaws.

That’s why Taleon Goffney will do hard time

And his twin brother Keyon may join him, according to The Huffington Post. It’s more than fitting, since they have co-starred in movies like “Marc and the Twins.” Apparently, gay adult film entertainment hasn’t kept pace with the recession!

Taleon Goffney, 27, will get at least three years for penetrating the defenses of a beauty shop. He could serve as much as eight years for his transgressions. The charges against him included criminal trespass, receiving stolen property and possession of an instrument of crime. These charges were dropped when he copped a plea to two counts of burglary and two of criminal conspiracy. If he had taken his chances with trial instead, he could have faced up to 40 years if convicted. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Taleon Goffney To Do Hard Time, Twin May Jump In"

Are you bored ever and just looking for something to do?

One word for it all, Imagination. Imagination is one of those things that you can't receive and can't get rid of. You always have it. You hate your job? Use your imagination to make it seem like your doing something else. Are you sitting at home wondering what to do? Use your imagination and come up with something to do such as draw, board games, TV, etc. Even things that are bad can be fixed a little. Lost a job? Use your imagination to make yourself think, "This isn't so bad. I will get a job again eventually and until then, I can just hang out with me family." Imagination can almost do it all. There are some things that imagination may not be able to fix, but I'll leave that to you. It all depends on the strength of your imagination.