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My Middle Age Morale Problem
My life isn’t worse than it used to be; the problem is that I don’t have as much hope.
What I Was Eating Before
Previous post on my Candida journey: Going to Kick This F#$%-ing Sugar Problem Before I began the McCombs Plan on Sunday, my grocery shopping looked like this. 27 Sept: cauliflower, oranges, cheese, masala chai tea, bananas, canned tuna, almonds $20.54 4 Oct: eggs,...
Stimulus Checks: Get My Payment option
For some reason, there hasn't been much promotion of the IRS's Get My Payment page where you can enter your bank info and get your stimulus check by direct deposit. But I might warn you that after you enter your home address and your adjusted gross income for 2019, it...
Off-Line Shopping
Newly severed from Amazon.com, I actually left my apartment and went out to shop on Black Friday. It had been years since I'd done that. Physically, it was as vaguely uncomfortable as I remembered, but I am a woman in her 50's and it felt right to join my peers....
American Currency Is Changing
I missed the announcement a few months ago that not only will the American twenty dollar bill be updated, but the $10 and $5 bills will be, too. Harriet Tubman will be on the $20 (even if it's not for 14 more years), and although Hamilton will stay on the face of the...
Scary Phone Calls from the IRS
I originally posted this on April 20, 2015. I'm reposting it because the problem is even more widespread this year. This morning I received a call on my cell phone. The incoming call had a 347 area code. A young-sounding woman asked for Regina Martin and told me she...
Eliminate the Penny
The week of Thanksgiving, National Public Radio (NPR) ran a story on the question of whether or not to eliminate the American penny: "Critics Wonder Whether Pennies Make Sense Anymore." I say: eliminate the penny. I agree with John Oliver and Citizens to Retire the...
How to Tip a Bartender
Most Americans know the proper amount to tip on a restaurant food bill. It's 20% and anything less looks cheap and mean. That's because service industry workers in the U.S. are paid about $2.18 to $5 an hour from their employers and that's it. That's right: American...
Merry F@#$%^! Christmas, Macy’s
I haven't used my Macy's card since November 2014 because that's when I became disgusted with them for making their employees work on Thanksgiving Day. Last holiday season I vowed never to shop there again and I haven't. But I forgot to cut up my card and close the...
Don’t Respond to Phone Calls from the IRS
This morning I received a call on my cell phone. The incoming call had a 347 area code. A young-sounding woman asked for Regina Martin and told me she was calling from the Internal Revenue Service. For a few seconds I started to sweat, but then I remembered that the...
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs sucks
I’m a “Loser”
Yesterday morning I withdrew $160 from the ATM and now I can't find it. I've gone through all my bags. That cash never made it home. I remember fumbling with it when I stopped at an Argo Tea right after the bank. I think someone had a very good day yesterday and I'm a...