Alarming Misinformation About Alarms

These days, the subscription model for businesses is where the money is. Making a product someone pays for once is so passé. Why settle for a one time payment when you could be collecting money month after month from your customers? Understandably, some consumers are concerned with this trend, so marketers like to point out all the ways a monthly subscription will give you more benefits and may, in fact, even save you some money. Alarm monitoring...

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Lessons From An Italian Restaurant

Like many teenagers, I worked a part time job while I was in high school. I needed to earn money to pay for my car, gas, and insurance, plus some extra to finance my music habit.  One of the first jobs I had was working as a busboy in an Italian restaurant. I learned things in that job that still serve me well today. A restaurant works a bit differently today than it did back when I worked in one. Today, you might have a waiter take your...

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Goal Update: End Of December 2016

At the end of each month, I post an update of my goals, including a brief discussion of any notable events that might have occurred during the month. The latest month's figures can always be found under the Featured menu in the menu bar at the top of the blog. Last updated: End of December, 2016 Current value: $28,584 Change from last month: +$2,827 Percent of Goal:  26.29% Note that the funds in this account are...

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