• It’s a sad, sad day

    Over on WalletPop, I posted about the story of Trig’s Minocqua Shell. This week, an employee made a mistake when closing the store. He was supposed to change the price of gas to $3.30. Instead, he changed it to 33 […]

  • Microsoft CEO gets excited

    While doing some random internet research, I came across some amusing videos of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. The guy tends to get a little excited at Microsoft events, especially when they involve the developers. Enjoy. Steve Ballmer a little sweaty: […]

  • Wisconsin. Winter. Snow.

    I just heard the most ridiculous thing on the news. They were, of course, talking about today’s snowstorm. The news reporter said that the City of Milwaukee had some “contingency funds set aside” for snow removal… but that with the […]

  • Now Seen at BloggingStocks.com Too!

    In addition to my new gig blogging for AOL at WalletPop.com, I am now also going to be writing for AOL’s BloggingStocks.com. I’ll be writing about fraud and scams for them when the stories related to stocks and investments. Post […]

  • Shut up and fly: Super cheap airfare may be the wave of the future

    Skybus has just started offering service out of Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport. One flight per day to Columbus, Ohio. In just an hour, you’ll get there while squeezed in like a sardine and no frills. And I mean none. The […]

  • The “Official” WalletPop Launch Post

    This was written by Sara Gilbert, who was in charge of the launch of AOL’s new personal finance blog, WalletPop. Welcome to WalletPop Modern man and woman? We’re stressed out, dude. And more and more it’s obvious the chief source […]

  • Introducing WalletPop

    AOL is expanding its professional blogging empire with a new personal finance blog called WalletPop. After months of planning and development, the site has finally gone live! The site features several bloggers who are in-the-know about a variety of personal […]

  • Auditors and OTC Company Clients

    An article in today’s Vancouver Sun makes some interesting points about auditing firms and their OTC company clients. OTC companies aren’t very good investments for shareholders, as many have shaky businesses or are really shell companies for other planned business […]

  • More on the Overstock.com Accounting Shenanigans

    This year, Patrick Byrne and company have taken a liking to discussing the Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) financials using non-GAAP measures. This means that they present certain financial figures that are not computed in accordance with GAAP (accounting rules). Who cares? […]

  • Amway says FTC is soft on MLMs?

    This one comes from Zac Bissonnette over at BloggingStocks.com. He said it a little more politely than I might have. But it’s interesting that the oldest and yuckiest of all MLMs is willing to admit that the FTC is not […]