My brackets have long since busted, but it’s still fun to watch the NCAA tournament. That’s what I’m doing today, along with a little Spring cleaning. Who are you pulling for?
Ever thought about creating a firewall bank account? I like the logic here. I have a certain level of distrust for companies that hold my bank account information (either to withdraw for a payment or to make transfers occasionally). Setting this up in some fashion would definitely ease my fears a bit. Nice work on the videos, Jim.
There are several tax software giveaways going on. Visit these links, sign up, and you’re likely to walk away with free tax software:
- TurboTax Wants To Help You File Taxes With A Giveaway!
- TurboTax Spring Giveaway
- Free H&R Block TaxCut Giveaway – Win a Copy of TaxCut
Another giveaway: Cash Money Life 2 Year Anniversary Giveaway! Congrats, Patrick!
In very cool news: Lynnae from BeingFrugal.net was in Redbook magazine: How to Kick Your Credit Habit
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And in economic/politics: Government v. AIG: Hypocrisy Speaks. In my opinion, this is what we should expect when we allow the US Govt to do too much with our tax dollars.
Speaking of tax dollars, the FTC just rolled out some cool commercials to combat those catchy credit report commercials. Check it out: Annualcreditreport.com Is The ONLY Official Site To Get Your Free Credit Report. I’m all for the FTC and AnnualCreditReport.com, but I don’t think I like them spending my tax dollars to make commercials to compete against private business. Reminds me of those pesky US Postal Service commercials. Do government organizations need to spend money advertising?
Okay. Enough ranting. Enjoy your weekend.
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Thanks for the mention (and I feel your pain about brackets getting busted!)
Sorry to hear about your brackets. It’s not something I follow but I know people really get into it. For me, this time of year is all about setting up my fantasy baseball draft!
I use ING to link to all my external accounts and only use it as a transitional account. I like the idea of having it as a buffer. Thanks for mentioning the giveaway!
How do you disable a firewall so that you can get on your internet bank account to pay your bills?
@bank deals – can’t say I know how this is done. not really an IT guy.