Not only is it freeware and a fantastic personal finance solution, it also make a great portable app.

Money Manager Ex© is a free, open-source, cross-platform, easy-to-use personal finance software. It primarily helps organize one’s finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird’s eye view of your financial worth.

For a long time, Media Player Classic was my default player until I graduated to Winamp. However, it wasn’t until today that I realized that MPC could also be used as a portable application.

Media Player Classic

Do not use a blow torch to melt snow on your porch

I’m sure this guy will be “Joe-Plumbered” and outed as a transplant from the South.

In declining any of the $17.4 billion the government is giving Detroit, Ford Motor Co. instantly earned the admiration and appreciation of a frustrated and cash-strapped U.S. consumer base that, once this recession ends, eventually will make its way back into auto showrooms.

So here it is, Thanksgiving Day. Now’s the time to think about getting that ole Christmas Tree up and decorated (if you’re going artificial that is.) So, what’s the best way to find one? Ah yes, the local newspaper! The Thanksgiving Day edition is always overstuffed with those circular ad thingies…

Jo-Ann Fabrics
They have a Holiday Inspirations 7 ft pre-lit tree, 6 Ft Entryway tree and 4½ Ft Entryway tree. Didn’t see a Christmas tree.

Walgreens
Buy 1, get 1 free: 4 Ft Potted, Lighted tree. Wish they had buy 1, get 1 Christmas trees.

Bealls
A Lighted Palm tree?

Ace Hardware
Yee-Ha! They have a 4 Ft pre-lit Montana Pine Porch Christmas Tree!!!

Michaels
Woo-Hooo! They have 7 Ft and taller Christmas Trees!!!

Walmart
I see a 6½ Ft pre-lit Colorado Tree. No Christmas trees. Oh wait! There they are! 4 ft pre-lit Christmas Trees!!!

Victoria’s Secret
Uh… time out. I’ll get back to my research in a moment.

Kohl’s
Let’s see, St Nicholas Square Trim-A-Tree, 4 Ft outdoor pre-lit porch trees and 7 ft pre-lit green trees. Not a Christmas tree to be found.

Sears
Eureka! 7½ Ft Hadley Pine Christmas Trees!!!

JCPenney
I’m looking at a 7½ Ft pre-lit Vancouver Pine Tree. If they have any Christmas trees, I missed it.

Belk
7½ Ft pre-lit Alexander Spruce. Nary a Christmas tree.

Home Depot
6½ Ft Aster Pine Tree, 7½ Ft Wesley Pine Tree, 6½ Ft GE Frasier Fir Tree, 7½ Ft Paley Pine Miracle Tree, 7½ Ft Flocked Motten Pine Miracle Tree and a 7½ Ft GE Just Cut Medium Frasier Fir Tree. Seems like they could throw a Christmas tree in there. Ooops! On the next page they have fresh cut Christmas Trees!!!

Old Time Pottery (who?)
7 Ft Mountain Pine Trees, 7½ Ft Reagan Pine Trees, 7½ Douglas Fir Pine Trees, 7½ Ft pre-lit Slim Noble Pine Trees, etc., etc. Oh. Never mind. The next page has the heading: Christmas Tree Headquarters!!!

K-Mart
Trim A Home 6½ Ft pre-lit pine trees and 6 Ft Mount Washington pre-lit trees, along with Martha Stewart Everyday Holiday 7½ Ft pre-lit trees. No Christmas trees, Martha?

So, there you have it. Overall, not bad. In my 2005 edition, I could only find 3 businesses that sold Christmas trees. Who knows, maybe the word Christmas is coming back into style!

When the college drumline meets Riverdance!

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Actually, I’ve suspected this for a while, but now have some video evidence to back it up.

They both like “pie”
They both make women “wet”.

Perhaps we should just call him Barack “The Rock” Obama

Remember Mark Foley? Sure you do. He was hammered by the media and eaten by his own when the Florida Republican Congressman was nailed with a sex scandal involving a congressional page in 2006.

Fast forward two years. Now Tim Mahoney, the Democrat who replaced Foley after Foley rightfully stepped down, is involved in a sex scandal of his own. Oh, you didn’t hear about that one? It’s only because we’re in the middle of an election campaign you say?

Sorry, Foley’s scandal broke on September 26, right before the 2006 Congressional elections. The mainstream media just can’t be interrupted from their Palin witch-hunt.

On the 4th of July, 2008, the largest reenlistment ceremony in military history was held at Al Faw Palace, Baghdad, Iraq. The ceremony, consisting of 1215 brave soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen, ready to continue and complete their mission, was officiated by General David Petraeus.

This is the first time I’ve heard of the event. Thank you mainstream media!