Time columnist Joel Stein asked The Cheapskate Blog for tips on living cheaply for a week—and then fell victim to a classic blunder, right up there with being suckered into buying stuff online because of a free shipping promotion and getting involved in a land war in Asia.
Joel Stein
Stop friending me on Facebook
I’m not on Facebook. I may or may not have once started an account with the intention of putting up a page someday as research for this column. But I haven’t visited since, seeing as I don’t need to hear one more giant sucking noise in the soundtrack of my already jammed life.
Yet I keep getting friended. I keep getting messages in my …
Unhappy With Your Paycheck? Try Levitra
Back in November, I posted an entry titled, “I Feel Bad About My Paycheck.” Truth be told, the best thing about that posting was its eye-roller of a headline, a rip-off of the Nora Ephron best-seller. The posting itself was a brief rant on some news that day about over-paid execs.
To date, the posting has been my No. 1 …
