Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 by Lau
After last year, I wanted to continue making a garden. We didn’t plan it very well last year, planting in (I think) July - way to late and ended up with tomatoes in the middle of October - not the best time.
So this year, we actually thought about it and started planting on the [...]
Filed under: Gardening, Living Healthy and Green | Tagged: garden, vegetables | No Comments »
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Lau
This is Part IV in this series on understanding the election process.
If you haven’t yet, I suggest that you read
Part I : What is a Caucus?,
Part II : Delegate and Superdelegate, and
Part III : After the Primaries.
(I welcome comments, and corrections to my previous posts)
Today, we are going over Election Day. So, we’re at [...]
Filed under: My Take On... | Tagged: electoral vote, presidential election | No Comments »
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Lau
After a little debating with myself, I have to admit that keeping up a weekly summary isn’t convenient for me - I already have a hard time keeping up the regular blog posts as it is. I’m going to make the Investopedia a bi-weekly round-up.
Here are the interesting article I grabbed from Investopedia for [...]
Filed under: Money Stuff, Personal Finance, Repaying Debt, Savings and Investing, Taxes | Tagged: debt, fico, investopedia, Personal Finance, retirement, social security | No Comments »
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 by Lau
I am usually not the one to take side on this blog. I had decided that I would make it a place for people to learn things and not a place to push my opinion or beliefs, but this just made my blood boil.
Daphne Beasley, a school principal at Hollis F. Price Middle College [...]
Filed under: Random Bits | Tagged: aclu, daphne beasley, gays, high school, lgbt | No Comments »
Posted on Friday, May 9, 2008 by Lau
I’m subscribed to Investopedia’s RSS feed. A lot of articles come in: from earning releases to more general Personal Finance ones. I’ve decided to compile a list of my favorite articles for the week. Without further ado, I give you… My Investopedia Weekly Roundup Articles:
Measuring The Benefits Of Home Ownership:
“Quantifying some of [...]
Filed under: Money Stuff, Personal Finance, Savings and Investing | Tagged: investopedia, Personal Finance, credit, social security, home | No Comments »
Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008 by Lau
I give to a few charities every year. Not a huge amount (about $40 to $60 to each). My three favorite charities are:
The MSCPA (Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) - Charity Navigator Profile
The HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) - Charity Navigator Profile
The WWF (The World Wildlife Fund) - [...]
Filed under: Money Stuff, Random Bits | Tagged: charity, donation, opting out, solicitation | No Comments »
Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2008 by Lau
Continuing on the “Grandma’s Cooking” series and the not-so-healthy-but-yummy recipe trend…
I posted my Grand Ma’s version of Gratin Dauphinois (Potato Gratin) earlier. This week, it’s Gnocchis time! (which is my mum’s recipe)
Potato Gnocchis, if you are wondering, are little squishy lumps of a potato-based batter. I find them either in the [...]
Filed under: Cooking, Food | Tagged: Cooking, gnocchi, heavy cream | 1 Comment »