The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), the organization that protects the money in your bank accounts, is currently seeking to raise the limit on the amount of money that will be protected in the event of a bank failure from $100,000.  Shelia Blair, Chairman of the FDIC, did not specify an amount she would like [...]

Last Friday, my room mate Matthew and I went out to dinner at A*pplebee’s, which we do fairly often.  Normally when we go the service is pretty good, even when it is particularly hectic in the restaurant.  However, this trip was the exception.  Without getting in to all the details, our service wasn’t that good, [...]

Earlier this week, the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) stepped in to bail out Washington Mutual, which was failing as a result of nearly $20 billion in mortgage losses, partially as a result of the sub prime lending crisis.  Parts of the Seattle based bank are expected to be purchased by JP Morgan Chase, one [...]

This week I am on vacation from my “9 to 5″ as a property manager, so I am taking a little bit of time to relax.  Last weekend my friends and I took our second trip of the season to Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH.
We took our first trip back in May, and this is [...]