Jacqueline MoodyJammin’ Jests, Jukin’ Jives, & Jolly Roger Justice

I have always thought gift cads were great as Christmas gifts. For local friends and family, I could give them a card to spend at a certain store. For those living abroad, Amazon.com has such a wide selection that it works well.
 Gift cards seem a little more personal than giving cash, but they are no longer the safe bet they used to be. You see, when you purchase a gift card, you become a creditor. That means of a company files for bankruptcy, it gains protection from all its creditors including everyone holding a gift card.
Best bet is to gone someone cash. While it may seem impersonal, your friend or loved one will be able to spend it even if the company goes out of business. There are things you can do to make it personal such as make a short rhyme, or take a picture of the store & put with it, or the section of the store they should spend it in.  All you really need to do is write a short note.
 Have a great holiday season!
 

Apparently phishing is very lucrative.  Now, instead of just sending spam emails to your inbox, they have started paying for postage!  Not only that, they have enough money to hire phones and people to answer them making their scam look even more legit.
This means if you get a piece of mail asking you to go [...]

I just had to write again about my Chase card.  While so many things are going wrong with the economy and we are trying our best to get out of debt by the time we retire, this is one of the shining things that I am doing right.  The cash I get back on the [...]

Google has a cool new browser they call Chrome.  It is currently in beta, as Google typically does, but it works very well.  One of the big things Google did to make its Chrome browser awesome was to make each tab a separate process.  I’ve always had trouble with both IE and FireFox because I [...]

In the beginning was The Plan.And then came the Assumptions.
And the Assumptions were without form.
And The Plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the Workers. And they spoke among themselves, saying, “It is a crock of shit and it stinketh.”
And the Workers went into their Supervisors and said, ”It is a pail of dung and none may abide the odor thereof.”
And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying, “It [...]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I must admit it.  I have absolutely fallen in love with my credit card.  I have started using it for just about every purchase I make.  I feel so much safer using a real credit card than using the fake credit card the bank gives out, which puts [...]