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by Grammar Girl |
In honor of the Super Bowl, I present a copyeditor who takes things a little too far:
by Money Girl |
This article is a guest post from Johanna Scott, the Community Manager at Betterment.
If you follow Laura’s blog or podcast, chances are you’re pretty savvy with your finances. However, I wouldn’t blame you if the past few years of stock market volatility had you frozen in fear.
In an article about investing in the New York Times, Richard Thaler points out:
“Acting like a deer in the headlights can be a good strategy if you are trying not to be seen, but it can get you run over.”
Despite the instinct to freeze, it is a good idea to be proactive about investing your money. If you store your money in a savings account, it will barely keep up with inflation. You work hard for your money, so make it go to work for you!
Continue reading ’5 Simple Steps to Build Your Perfect Investment Portfolio’
By Nutrition Diva |
In my recent episode on Nutrition Tips for Night Shift Workers, I talked about the ways in which working nights can contribute to obesity and other health problems. 
One of the things I didn’t address was the fact that people who work nights also often work 12-hour shifts instead of the usual 8-hour stint.
A new study from the University of Maryland suggests that the length of the typical night shift may be just as a big a problem as the timing of it. Whether you’re working days or nights, a twelve-hour shift leaves precious little time for everything else that has to fit into your day–like exercise, family and leisure time, shopping and preparing meals, personal and household business, and sleep–before you’re due back at work. Night shift work is obviously here to stay. But shorter shifts could be a way to mitigate the damage.
It has been quite an exciting week here at Quick and Dirty Tips:
by Modern Manners Guy |
Each morning hundreds of millions wake up to see what their “closest” 800 friends have done since the night before. Think of Facebook as a giant party with everyone you know in attendance–and every time you post something, it’s as if you just hopped up on stage and announced it to the entire room.
So, to avoid becoming that a bad Facebooker, here are my top 5 Facebook faux pas to avoid:
Bad Facebook manners can come back to haunt you
Faux Pas #1: The Open Ended Status
Ever read someone’s status and it leaves you with more questions than the final episode of The Sopranos? Don’t leave a message that makes your friends scratch their heads and wonder. Doing so is an obvious cry for attention, and although Facebook has given us the opportunity to immediately communicate with all of our closest friends and family, this just isn’t the place or the method.
Faux Pas #2: The Insensitively-Timed Update
by Money Girl |
Linda R. wants to know:
I was unable to get a mortgage due to having poor credit, so my daughter got one for me. I’ve made all the payments–until now, because my income has been cut and I can’t afford it. If I default on the mortgage how will this affect my and my daughter’s credit?
ANSWER: When you sign for a loan or credit account, you are accepting legal responsibility for the debt, no matter who actually makes the payments.
The payment history of a debt is reported to the credit file of the debt owner(s) only.
If you aren’t listed as a borrower on the mortgage, the payment history isn’t reported to your credit file, just to your daughter’s.
Continue reading ‘How a Mortgage Default Affects Your Credit Score’
(Photo via "gtrwndr87" on Flickr)
by Math Dude |
At the end of the latest Math Dude article, How to Divide Numbers with Exponents, I gave three problems to help you practice solving division problems containing exponents.
To solve these problems, you need to know that you can divide two numbers with exponents by subtracting their exponents—as long as the bases of the numbers you’re dividing are the same! In other words, this rule says that:
2m / 2n = 2m–n
The letters “m” and “n” here stand for any exponent whatsoever. And remember that the base doesn’t have to be 2 for this equation to work—it can be anything. Continue reading ‘How to Divide Numbers with Exponents’
Nutrition Diva’s latest ebook, Nutrition Zombies is now available in digital audio!
Licensed nutritionist and dedicated myth-buster Monica Reinagel sifts through 10 popular nutrition myths, separating fact from fiction and showing you that a healthy lifestyle does not mean going hungry or denying yourself the foods you love.
At just 50 minutes long, the book is an easily-digestible, fact-filled primer, read to you by the Diva herself.
Download your copy from Audible for just $2.82 today!
We’ve all heard these claims time and time again. But are they true?
Nutrition Diva to the rescue!
In her new ebook Nutrition Zombies, your favorite myth-buster tackles the 10 most prevalent nutrition myths, separating fact from fiction and science from silliness. So the next time you hear your spinning instructor claiming that you’re dehydrated and in need of a “cleanse,” you’ll be armed with the facts.
Monica Reinagel’s Nutrition Zombies: Top 10 Myths That Refuse to Die (And How to Keep Them From Sabotaging Your Diet) is available now for just $2.99!
by Grammar Girl |
Two lovely bloggers have been kind enough to give me the Versatile Blogger Award, and according to the rules, I am required to tell all of you seven interesting things about myself and nominate fifteen other bloggers.
I’d Like to Thank the Academy…
But first, thanks to the two people who saddled me with this chore delighted me with this honor. 
Lorca Damon, a sassy author (Autism by Hand and others) and the 2010 National Prison Teacher of the Year. (Top that! I, for one, would never mess with her.)
Erin Berry, author of The Chronicles of IDIOT (“You are correct, there is a government conspiracy.” But it’s not what you think.)
Seven Interesting Things About Me
