Many of us have been shopping online for more than a decade now without a major loss due to insecure credit card transactions. But most of us also know someone who has been a vicitm of identity theft. So why then…
It seems like every day here in Morgan Hill I discover ne whousing being built. Given the “plummeting home prices” that I keep hearing about in the news reports I have a difficult time understanding why anyone’s financing the building…
As y’all know I visit an awful lot of credit related web sites. Particularly those sites dedicated to bad credit as the only times in my life I’ve ever had a credit report at all, it’s always been bad. But my…
With even the Morgan Hill Times finally acknowledging the accelerating business closures in our sleepy little burg (why do they never report on the local businesses opening and closing?) I thought it might be time to take a ‘real person’ look at… I was talking to a friend yesterday who runs a small local business here in Morgan Hill. (I’m intentionally not naming him/her or the business because we were talking about the store’s finances.) While seeing all the business closures in…
I know I’ve been talking about saving and the economy a lot lately but, really, is there anything else foremost in people’s minds these days? With the bailout failing to rejuvenate Wall Street all the talking heads are saying that…
While Zaira and I were out driving around this evening I mentioned to her that in addition to Mervyn’s imminent demise, the local Circuit City is also closing. Proving once again that she is, indeed, my daughter her reply centered…
My recent post titled Are Morgan Hill Teachers Actually OVERpaid? has elicited surprisingly little response thus far. I expected an outporing of comments, posts and emails from parents, teachers and administrators – not to mention the random passersby who usually chime…
While eating lunch downtown the other day I was partaking in one of my favorite activities: eavesdropping. It’s amazing what you can learn by listening to the other conversations around you in a public place. I feel it’s also a…
