By Patrick on May 25, 2008 in Personal Finance | 9 Comments
Hello everyone, I hope you all have some nice plans for Memorial Day weekend. My wife and I are going to a friend’s house this weekend for a little BBQ. It will be nice to kick back and enjoy an extra day off.
Book Giveaway Winner: First, thank you to everyone who entered. These [...]
By Patrick on May 23, 2008 in Career and Education | 10 Comments
As many of you know, I recently resigned from my job and today is my last day. Though I gave my managers a lot of signals that I was unhappy in my current role (even telling them this verbatim), they seemed surprised when I resigned.
A couple days after I resigned, they made me a counter [...]
By Patrick on May 22, 2008 in Career and Education | 5 Comments
I did my exit interview this week, and it was a fairly interesting experience. My only previous exposure to an exit interview was in the military, and I’m not sure you can really compare that to the corporate world very easily. Enlisted military members sign a contract for a defined time period, at which point [...]
By Patrick on May 21, 2008 in Personal Finance | 22 Comments
CNN reported yesterday that a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Treasury Department is violating the law by failing to design and issue currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired people. This decision upheld a ruling from 2006 and could possibly force the Treasury Department to redesign the US paper [...]
By Patrick on May 20, 2008 in Deals | 12 Comments
One thing I’ve noticed lately is that the price of groceries is skyrocketing! So much in fact, that people have started stockpiling staples such as rice and flour. Personally, I think the media is playing a role in this and people are overreacting. But the fact remains: grocery prices continue to rise.
While I can’t stop [...]