Apr 27, 2012
Credit Card Advances Carry Sticker Shock
Bankrate.com Think a cash advance from your credit card will be at the same rate as purchases on your card? The rate can be double.
Apr 20, 2012
Should Western Union Do More To Catch Scammers? /
The Consumerist The common demoninator of too many scams in Wisconsin is the use of money wiring facilities services.
Evansville girl wants to have fun-forever!
12-year old Callie wants to be with her Big Sister--Mary Ann Zelmanski--forever.
Why supermarkets target men with higher prices
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Apr 19, 2012
Apr 13, 2012
Mark Twain's Blue Jays From "A Tramp Abroad"
Like many journalists, I owe Mark Twain. When your story is tepid, turn to a Twain qoutation. To illustrate my dependence on him, I started off my own memoir with his words:
Glen Loyd On Your Side In Wisconsin
Mark Twain said he admired an older journalist he knew who wasn't going to "inflict" his memoirs on the public. "If there is anything more uncalled for, it is one of those tearful, blubbering, long-winded "valedictories" when a man who has been annoying the public for years, cannot take leave of them without sitting down to cry. He feels that the country is saved. His satisfaction over it, something enormous."
When Twain asked the admired writer why he was going quietly, he replied, "I am journalistically dead, at present, ain't I?"
"Yes"
"Well, wouldn't you consider it disgraceful in a corpse to sit up and comment on the funeral?"
Knowing that I risk being perceived as a self-serving, egotistical, and disgraceful corpse, I inflict my memoir on you. http://fglenloyd.blogspot.com/
Having so much fun with Mark Twain over the years, I decided to make videos of some of his works.
Tough law enforcer retires
Over the years, I've seen a number of heart-breaking wedding photographers take thousands of dollars from young couples and not produce the pictures.
Most of them got away with it.
One of the things I like about Elmer Prenzlo is--he put one of them in jail . "That guy didn't even get time off for good behavior," says Elmer.
When skunks committed crimes in his territory, Elmer took it personally. He just retired after many years supervising the Milwaukee Office of the WI Dept. Of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Elmer also was responsible for locking up contractors who took money but didn't do the work.
Elmer was tough law enforcer, but he told the crowd of colleagues attending his retirement party that he loved them all.
Right back at you, Elmer!
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 6, 2012
Watching winter turn into spring
The dark diving birds in this video (Coots, I believe) are fun to watch. I see them a lot on the Rock River in Wisconsin In addition to diving, I caught a couple fighting. I hope you will enjoy the turtles, too.
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