It's coming on tax time and if you drive at all for business, you'll want to be sure to log your miles for 2009, so you can legitimately deduct the cost of driving your car from your income. For 2009, the IRS mileage allowance is as follows: 55 cents per mile for business miles driven 24 cents per m...

Somewhere in the late 80s, my first husband taught me to golf, and I discovered something countless people already knew. Golf is hard! In fact, it's the most difficult sport I've ever learned, with the possible exception of hang gliding, but that's a whole other (horrible scraped-and-bloody-legs) st...

Action action, we want action! A-C-T! (clapclapclap) I-O-N!  I'm soooo not a cheerleader. I admit, I tried out in sixth grade but just wasn't quite good enough to make the squad. Damn the pretty girls! (No worries, I got over it.) Today I am a cheerleader though, for my clients and anyone who w...

 can't even put this one into words, my thoughts when I saw this, this morning. In New York, we are shutting this DOWN! Would Jews accept this? What about the Gay Community? How about PETA????? Is the New York Post Serious??? Q: Guess, who's their largest demographic readers: A: Blacks, sport secti...

As I was walking through my neighborhood last week, I decided to turn around and walk a few of the gentle slopes backward. I sometimes do that because walking backward works different muscles in my legs and breaks the monotony of just walking. As I was making my trek up the street, I felt uncomforta...

Do you ever pull a piece of clothing out of your closet and then when you need to return it, do you have a hard time finding the empty hanger again? An easy way to help you find the empty hanger and return the item to the same spot is to remove the hanger and turn it parallel to the shelf where it c...

I always do some sort of year-in-music review on the blog, and I'll probably come up with a list of my favorite albums of 2008. But there were so many great singles that went obscured this year. The album may be dying as an artform, but singles are alive and well... just sometimes hard to find. So, ...

You’re backed up with work. There’s no time to spare. You’re busy, busy, busy. You eat your lunch at your desk and keep plugging away. An hour passes, then another. It looks like another late night at the office. And it’s Friday. Guess you’ll be working this weekend. As...

Welcome to The Check-Out Line , where I review products (and services) that are designed to make your life easier. I give you my opinion and my opinion only. You decide for yourself. You can see all my past product reviews here. This week I'm reviewing a product I had originally thought wasn't so gr...

Welcome to The Check-Out Line , where I review products (and services) that are designed to make your life easier. I give you my opinion and my opinion only. You decide for yourself. You can see all my past product reviews here. This week I'm reviewing a product I had originally thought wasn't so gr...