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Well folks, it’s that time of the year again …

There’s a little over a month to fill the “simple” requests from our children who are way too young to get the fact that Santa doesn’t really make those expensive toys they’re begging us for, or from our wives, husbands or family members who are old enough to know better, but still don’t seem to get “it”! Yes, welcome to America … a country that doesn’t care how much you make during the rest of the year, as long as you have enough dough in your pocket to blow it all the products the marketers and advertisers profess that you must buy to keep the peace!

Yet, the cold hard truth remains: You honestly don’t need this stuff … Jesus Christ himself didn’t have a Christmas tree, did he (probably because he wasn’t a 5th century German tribesman)? Really … at a time of mass lay-offs, a weak U.S. dollar and general uneasiness about our economic future, does spending hard-earned cash on shiny new (fill in this blank with whatever they’re begging you for) make any sense to you? God, I hope not! Seriously, how can anyone on a budget justify splurging on a 50” plasma TV or a $500 Coach purse when this country is in near financial ruins? Continued

Your boss is being a giant d@#k, Judy from H.R. is asking everyone to Sharpie their f@#king names on all of the food in the fridge, there are deadlines coming up real fast and the pressure hasn’t been this heavy in a very long time! Your job sucks … badly (and you know it). So what are you going to do about it?

My advice: don’t go postal (those guys are the pros at it … not you)! Just know that you’re not alone … there are a bunch of other shitty careers out there (and some even pay extremely well)! Everyone from overworked doctors to underappreciated cashiers are at risk of feeling burnt out, and with the way this sh@#ty economy is right now many of us are adding to those sad statistics. Truth: pissed off people not only makes our work lives almost unbearable, but it also seeps into our personal lives, and even affects our health physically. So how do we fix ourselves when we get to this point (besides punching Judy in the face, I mean)? Continued

Know a guy at work who lost his job? That’s a shame! You get to keep yours? Now, that’s a real shame (LOL)!

As today’s businesses try to increase their profits by going with fewer workers, they’re asking for more and more out of those sorry saps that are still employed. While this Accounting Department’s “great idea” may make a company a little more profitable, the greater demands placed on these remaining workers will leave many of them feeling too overwhelmed to keep a nice “work/life” balance, which they might have cherished before those a-holes dropped the hammers!

At these big-wig boardroom meetings, they usually go over the many “advantages” of effective time management, and agree (just like any other groupthink get-together) that it helps gain time, motivates and initiates workers, eliminates cramming, and reduces anxiety. It’s no wonder then that there is an ever-increasing demand for time management training, both on and off the clock. However, the truth is that these idiots don’t know anything (they’re just agreeing with whatever the biggest boss says) but they do help you pay the bills so why not follow the tips below to at least look like you know what you’re doing (BTW: isn’t your next review coming up soon?): Continued

“The Week in Review: Money Issues” is my weekly blog research on financial topics that define us as Americans, and shape the way we should do business.

Man, I had a pretty good day today!

You see, I’ve been trying to stay off the drugs and have been cutting way back (when I say “drugs”, I really mean coffee). That black gold has helped keep my writing fingers go on for days at a time, but sometimes it gives me a pounding headache. So now, I’m down to one 16oz. ceramic cup a day! You know what … I feel ten times better because of this change in my lifestyle (I hope I can keep it going). Now if I could only force myself to go out and exercise more (this has been a slowly-evolving process for me, but I’ll eventually get back on track)!

Well, here goes the good stuff for this week … enjoy: Continued

Obama, as we speak, is trying to come up with some solutions to get this country back on the right path!

Is he going to mess up along the way? Of course! Is there going to be many mountains to climb before this happens? My answer: most definitely! You see, for the last decade this nation has been living in a constant state of greed (note: I am not kidding about this — not one bit). The banks were tossing out poisonous mortgages to anyone who asked for one, regardless if these borrowers could make the future payments or not. This caused millions of house-flippers to come out of the woodwork and make money hand over fist on the cheap sly, quite literally!

Then there were those who rode the stock market for everything it had. They bought into the housing sector stocks when they were good, but that would only last so long until it burst. So just when you thought things couldn’t get any worst, the sick vultures named speculators found a way to once again screw this economy: through energy! And you remember that story quite well, don’t you ($4.50 a gallon for the cheap stuff. Man, I want to punch someone in the face real hard for that)? Continued