Seth Stevenson at Slate shows you how to cut through the marketing hype and buy a Mattress:

s there a more maddening industry? They confuse us with silly product names (the Sealy Posturepedic Crown Jewel Fletcher Ultra Plush Pillowtop or the Sealy Posturepedic Crown Jewel Brookmere Plush?). They flummox us with bogus science (”pocketed coils”? “Microtek […]

Anyone who’s accumulated any amount of money in their lifetime will likely tell you that you can’t make money by spending it all the time, and likely lives well beneath their means. One of the ways to save money (and who doesn’t like to save money?) is to avoid ridiculous fees and charges that […]

One thing I’ve cooked over the years with mixed results is Fried Rice. In general it’s a good way to create a meal out of random leftovers, and only seems to be moderately unhealthy yet super delicious. After perusing the internet for the secrets behind making it (and of course you need a […]

Though I don’t do it as often as I should, I love cooking. Today I’m in the process of making what I hope to be a delicious dish of Thai Curry Beef, and the chopping of onions is killing my eyes. I seem to have sensitive eyes in general (probably because of too […]

The HGH Anti-Aging blog presents 10 Tips for Growing Old Slowly and Gracefully.

Anyone over 50 can probably remember what “old” people were 30 or 40 years ago. Usually they were people over 50! Most boomers no longer consider themselves old, which is quite possible with life expectancy going up year after year. But we need […]

An article at the Motley Fool provides tips and strategies for preparing as best you can for an unthinkable disaster:

Preparation is the best defense against the demons of nature and other unforeseen disasters. While a beekeeper’s suit or a personal bomb shelter might help you rest easily at night, there are more practical ways to […]

An article at WikiHow offers advice on how to retire in your 30’s

The financial freedom of a modest, early retirement is actually achievable for many smart and motivated people in college or their early 20’s. If you make early retirement your highest priority in life and follow a disciplined path to obtaining it, you should […]

Sally Deneen of Environmental Magazine gives tips on how to recycle commonly discarded household items:

Don’t throw away those exercise videos and ubiquitous AOL CDs. Jim Williams wants you to mail old videotapes and CDs to him, so that more than 40 disabled staffers at his ACT Recycling in Columbia, Missouri can recycle them. And, oh, […]

Although I already do this online using online banking, BillQ offers a way to manage bills online.

billQ is a new web-based application that gives you an easy way to keep track of your bills. With billQ, you can make sure you always know exactly what you have to pay, and when you have to pay […]

One thing I admittedly dislike is having my picture taken. It’s very rare that a good picture of me is the end result, and generally I hate seeing how I look in photos. Luckily wikiHow has a few tips on how to be photogenic:

Do you hate having your picture taken because you always […]