According to The Tax Foundation, today is tax freedom day!
Americans will work four months of the year, from January 1 to April 30, before they have earned enough money to pay this year’s tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels.
This means that on average, everything you have earned so far this year goes [...]

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I’m taking a little break from blogging for a while. I just got back from an awesome vacation and have a ton of work to get started on (trying to minimize my distractions)….but stay tuned!
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Jake needs a home! Some of his buddies do too.

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I just got introduced to Guitar Hero, and it is the funnest thing I have played in a long time! I’m usually not into video games, but this one is really fun - especially if you are not the video game type. You get to stand up, hold a toy guitar, and play along with [...]

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It looks like foreclosures are really heating up, and things could get ugly. This interesting roller coaster simulation video (below) of home prices kind of puts things in perspective. Lots of investors will be looking to take advantage of the situation and will be looking for property foreclosures and bargain priced real estate. It could [...]

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A few months ago I posted about KeyCompete, and included a sample report I had downloaded from their service. It has been interesting to see all the random search queries that are hitting that sample report. Here are a couple of examples: honeymooners amezon & zanjeer the movie.com
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Occasionally it is ok to let a customer go to another store…

Comic from Toothpaste For Dinner

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*Update: Find tax year 2007 and 2008 SEP-IRA contribution limits here
If you are self employed, own a small business, or even just earn some extra income on the side - this tax tip might help you…
A Simplified Employee Pension Plan, more commonly known as a SEP-IRA, allows you to deduct up to 25% of your [...]

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I saw this ad today. I like it. Apple seems to be doing a great job converting PC users lately.

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This is my long-time favorite.
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