October 2009
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How To Pay Off More Than One Debt
If you’ve only got one debt hanging over your head, paying it off isn’t rocket science: you pay as much as you can every month until the sucker is gone. But if you’ve got more than one debt to worry on, how do you prioritize them? No New Debt Before you even think about how [...]
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Comments (27)Have an Idea for How Twitter Can Improve the World?
If you’ve got an idea for how Twitter can be used to improve the world, and you can communicate it in less than 140 characters, up to $1,400 could be yours! CollegeScholarships.org, the organization that once gave me a $100 scholarship for this blog (really!) is sponsoring something new called The 140 Scholarship. The entry [...]
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More from National Protect Your Identity Week
Are you doing all you can to keep your identity safe and snug with you, instead of out gallivanting with someone else? This week, I’ve encouraged you to use a locked mailbox, shred your documents, cut off junk mail at the source and clean out your wallet – but what else can you do? First, [...]
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Clean Out Your Wallet [National Protect Your Identity Week]
If you have a “Costanza Wallet,” you know you need to clean that thing out! But even if you’ve just got a normal amount of stuff in your wallet, you’re probably carrying too much stuff in there. If you lose your wallet or it gets pick-pocketed, how much of your indentifying information is at risk? [...]
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Put a Stop to Junk Mail [National Protect Your Identity Week]
Do you know what identity thieves love? A paper trail! Honestly, it’s easier to steal something out of your mailbox or your trash than it is to steal your information online. In fact, in most places, only the former one is illegal! Now I’m sure you’re locking your mailbox and shredding your junk mail, but [...]
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Get a Cross-Cut Paper Shredder [National Protect Your Identity Week]
I don’t need to tell you that you should be shredding all of the junk mail credit card applications and everything else that has personal info on it before you throw it out. You already know it! But hey, not everyone does something just because they know they should. So, if you’re not shredding your [...]
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Protect Your Mail [National Protect Your Identity Week]
If your mailbox looks like this: Instead of looking like this: Then go find one of these when you want to send mail out: All manatee and R2D2 mailboxes aside, I’m not joking. Do you know what thieves call those red flags like the one on the manatee mailbox? They call those “Steal Me flags.” [...]
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National Protect Your Identity Week
There are so many great holidays approaching: my second-favorite, Halloween, is right around the corner, followed one month later by my very favorite, Turkey-Coma-Day! We’re preparing to mask our identities by dressing as ghosts, ghouls, and slutty versions of beloved childhood characters, but we need to remember how important it is to protect our true [...]
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Change for Climate Change Without Breaking the Bank
I’ll admit it, I drank the Inconvenient Truth Kool-Aid when the movie came out in 2006. I’m a research type of gal – though the film was compelling, I spent hours researching the topic of climate change myself, and I continue to collect data and read reports to this day. (“Hey Stephanie, your nerd side [...]
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Letter to a Stranger
Dear Man at the Metro Station, Thank you! I know that all you did was walk out of the Metro station and find the first person who looked like she was going inside to give your Weekly Fast Pass to. Good for a whole week’s worth of Metro rides, you probably bought it to save [...]
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