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Temp Job Secured

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I just got off the phone with TempForce a little while ago, and managed to get a short term job doing… collating brochures. Exciting, right? I’m pretty sure she said it’s only for 2 weeks, but like [...]

Payment Plan Worked Out With Capital One

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To learn how you, too, can work out a payment plan with Capital One, CLICK HERE!

I’ve been saving messages left on my phone from debt collectors recently, with the intention of finally sitting down one of these [...]

Welcome Wall Street Journal Readers!

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My last post on bankruptcy was featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Loose Change section today. Why, I don’t know, but hey – I’ll take’em however I can get’em!

WSJ readers – Welcome to Debt Sucks. This is [...]

Bankruptcies Continue Upward (Surprise, Surprise)

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Although the change in bankruptcy laws back in 2005 put a hell of a hamper on bankruptcy filings, the graph still looks pretty much the same: up, up, and away! The numbers may be smaller, but the [...]

Lebanon – 12th & Cumberland – Rollover

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Holy Crap I Fixed the Internet

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There was a conversation I was really dreading having with my grandfather. The DSL here was absolutely ridiculous. It was nearly impossible to simply watch any videos, Gmail didn’t work properly and as such I had to [...]

Carnival Day

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For the first time in a long time, I submitted a post to a carnival. It was the first post I’ve written in a long time that I thought was anywhere near worthy of being in a [...]