We Are a Global Economy. The Effects of the Uprising in Egypt Will Reach Elk River and Zimmerman Minnesota - 01/28/11 10:07 PM
This is not nonsense.  The effects of the uprising in one of the nation's allies in the Middle East will affect not only the economy here in middle America but also your wallet. 
The Middle East, as you can expect, has far-reaching implications on our SUVs, our sedans and even our little fuel-efficient cars.  This latest upheaval has far-reacching effects....into your wallet among other places. 
"For businesses and consumers, the spreading effect on already-rising oil prices is of immediate concern.  (In part due to fears about the closure of the crucial Suez Canal shipping route, though reports vary about that possibility.)  Clearly … (6 comments)

Local Cheapskate to Offer Advice on How to Live Without a Paycheck - 01/23/11 10:20 PM
A local from the Minneapolis Star Tribune will offer advice at Rockwoods Grill in Otsego on Tuesday, February 1, 2011.  John Ewodlt is a professional penny-pincher.  He has been working at it for 13 plus years so he know a deal when he sees one. 
There are approximately 6.6 percent of Minnesota's unemployed who are in the ranks of the downsized, the perennially part-time and the long-term unemployed. 
These are some of the people he would like to reach on his topic "Living on Less: "Twenty Ways to Save More and Spend Less".
"Whether you rank yourself among the unemployed, the underpaid … (7 comments)

200,000 Members on Active Rain - 01/23/11 09:55 PM
First thing, has anyone noticed that since Active Rain hit 200,000 members last Monday, there hasn't been one new member?  Not one.  Nary a soul has joined since last Monday. 
Secondly, whatever happened to I leave a comment on your blog post and perhaps some day you leave one on mine?  I don't care that much, but it used to be common courtesy. 
There have been a number of great changes around here, and some I haven't been terribly in favor of, but have learned to live with and some that I down right hated but learned to love in the … (7 comments)