Author: The Velvet Zebra

I’ve been reading a lot lately about the recession (you know, the one no one wants to admit is here) and the economy in general – banks and interest rates and credit, oh my! And I can’t help but feel one of my rants coming on about spending more than you make, using credit cards…

So, y’all remember not too long ago when I thought someone might have messed with my ID, tossled my credit report hither and yon, and I wound up doing weeks of research and investigation while waiting for my credit reports? Turns out, I was fine.  But now, just last night, I learned someone HAS done…

So today I get the new router/modem, which means tonight I go home and take two aspirin. This is like when I need to build a new Access database at the start of a new year, and relearn all the calculations and commands that I only have to write once a year – but since…

Well, not really, it’s hardly worth that – but doesn’t it kill you when one little issue in your daily life can so fully absorb you brain you become a worthless hulk of anxiety for days at a time? What? It never happens to you? Liar! Okay, maybe you’re telling the truth, but it happens…

Math makes my brain hurt, I admit.  But, like most of us, I do basically understand odds, or at least the concept behind them. So when I read something that makes me go “Whaa?” I do a little research, so I don’t ask and look like an idiot. Only this time, my research made me…

Yes, I have a pet peeve today.  It’s people who ASSUME.  Yeah, we all know what you do when you assume, so I won’t repeat it here. But another thing you do when you assume is teeve me off! So, the other day, I’m in the city and suffering from a severe low blood sugar.…