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What is Words With Friends?
Based on reports that Alec Baldwin was kicked off his American Airlines flight the other day, it seems that the 30 Rock star feels that he doesn’t have to adhere to the same rules as the rest of the passengers. While everyone else was busy keeping their electronic devices off (a dumb rule but a [...]
401(k) deposits AND lottery sales up. What gives?
The iffy global economy is far from being out of the woods, and some of the details about what we are doing with our money shows that the public is just as confused about the economic future as the government. On the positive side of things, in the past 12 months, the average contribution into [...]
Turkey at Thanksgiving? Try “pass the deer, ‘dear’”
Everyone associates turkey with Thanksgiving and vice versa, but despite our beliefs in traditions based on the origins of the event, it seems that the Pilgrims’ meal did not necessarily include turkey. Details are sketchy (I guess no one was tweeting their meal choice back in 1621), but from the few reports alive, it seems [...]
Stephen King’s latest book “saves” JFK
The holidays are quickly approaching, and along with the frenetic shopping comes a need to settle in for a nice night of reading. The one book sure to be talked about in the coming weeks is Stephen King’s latest titled 11/22/63. For those of you unfamiliar with historical dates, 11/22/63 is the day President Kennedy [...]
The Duck Song
After a week of serious topics dominated by the terrible mess at Penn State, it’s time for a little levity on this grandest of days, 11/11/11. The video below doesn’t adhere much to our normal structure of Dinner Topics because it isn’t necessarily timely nor informative, but it just might make you smile. Over 63 [...]
Latest on Greek economy
You keep seeing headlines about the failing Greek economy and its effect on U.S. markets, but perhaps you don’t dig deep into the articles to find out what’s actually happening or perhaps the articles aren’t descriptive enough. Here’s a couple of sentences to inform you on the latest updates on the debt problems facing Greece. [...]
Student loans: “Pay As You Earn” accelerated?
The economy might still be on shaky knees at best, but it’s not the credit cards that are hurting young adults’ pocketbooks the most lately; it’s student loans. This piece of news is a timely Dinner Topic because along with the data that student loans have overtaken credit cards as the number one source of [...]
Who is Herman Cain and what is 9-9-9?
If politics sometimes enters your conversations, you’re going to have to know about the latest Republican candidate of the hour known as Herman Cain. Keeping things short, Cain is a Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election, and he is also the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, a national pizza chain. Currently, Cain is leading in some [...]
