Saturday, October 25, 2014

Is It Time to Break Up With Your Insurance Agent?


A relationship with an insurance agent is a lot like a romance. There’s the courtship when you first meet and your agent sweeps you off your feet. Promises of excellent, undivided customer service and whispers of sweet nothings sure to make your wallet happy can trigger a bout of nervous and excited butterflies in your stomach.

Moto 360 Review: Fundamentally Flawed


What makes a watch smart? Some would argue that mechanical gears operating in perfect syncopation already represents vast intelligence, but these days a watch is expected to do more than just tell time. In some cases, much more.

7 Tips on How to Write the Perfect Online Dating Profile


Thanks to a slew of reputable dating sites, people are meeting, dating—even getting married every day all because of well-written online profiles. So what’s stopping single you from taking the online dating plunge? The awkward first dates, right? Sure, meeting complete strangers at coffee shops is weird, but this is a numbers game—you have to put yourself out there and go on a lot of first dates. That’s where my experience comes in. I’ve used just about every legitimate dating site out there—I even worked for a few. (What’s up, JDate?) My tips will get you in the online dating game and ahead of the count.

Say Goodbye to Pain and Bad Posture with These Simple Exercises


Let’s face it – life happens in front of us. Literally.
We walk forward, reach for objects in front of us, like the steering wheel while driving or a keyboard while typing, and interact with people face to face. There’s no question that the majority of everyday movement is geared toward the muscles on the front side of our body. It’s a silent killer to the development of the oh-so-important muscles on the rear side of our body. Bad posture can take the body’s skeletal structure out of alignment, which can lead to chronic pain or more serious conditions like herniated discs or osteoporosis.

Why the Classic Manual Typewriter Still Lives On


Vintage 1960s-70s Smith Corona typewriter 
Like 35mm still cameras, classic watches and other seemingly anachronistic objects, vintage typewriters are far from obsolete. In fact, the manual typewriter is making a comeback, even among the highly digital among us.

The Boogie Man is Not Out There: Trick-or-Treating Truths and Tips


“Set yourself, and your kids, up for a worry free night of trick-or-treating by creating a plan and establishing rules before they go.”

12 Expensive Things That Are Totally Worth the Money


There’s nothing wrong with being frugal, but the smart man buys once, the fool buys twice. Meaning, if you buy cheap, that product will fail on you and you’ll just have to buy it again. The smart guy buys quality products once and they last forever. In short, there are things in this life that you don’t want to cheap out on. In the long run, paying what seems like a bargain price for some of the following items will only end up costing you more.