Filed under: Gear SkyMall Monday understands that we all have stress. Between our jobs, families and monkey attacks, the world can be an overwhelming place. You need to find ways to relieve the tension that life creates before it puts your health at risk. Sure, you could turn to alcohol or drugs, bu...

This chair only appears to have mobile, interlocking plates capable of structural minimization and stylistic transformation. But your ass doesn't need to know. Sure, the Relief Chair only looks......

Yesterday afternoon I stopped by a bar just outside Casa Grande . Atypically all the guys were glued to the TV. No-- they were not interested in whether James Carville punked Limbaugh and the Republicans. Nor was it Wednesday's dead cat bounce on Wall Street. But they were talking about the presiden...

Mortgage Relief + Congress = Bankruptcy Court Looks like the ever expanding home mortgage crisis will be headed to courtrooms after all. Democrats in the House have apparently come to terms on legislation that would give bankruptcy judges authority to rewrite mortgages provided borrowers could prove...

From Open Left: On Ellen Tauscher: Two days ago, I asked Open Left readers to contact Representative Ellen Tauscher's office, urging her to stop listening to the financial services industry, and start listening to threatened homeowners. Her communications director contacted me today to point out tha...

Politico on the fight by New Democrats and Blue Dogs to stop the mortgage relief bill coming to the floor this week: Moderates worry Pelosi is routinely staking very liberal positions to push House versions of big bills as far to the left as possible to enhance their standing in negotiations with th...

The so-called "cramdown" mortgage relief bill has been crammed into next week, as I reported over at Congress Matters earlier today. The House scrapped its original plan to vote on four amendments to the bill and move to final passage before adjournment today. Instead, they held an hour's worth of g...

Three men die and go to heaven. At the gate St. Peter tells them, "Before you go into heaven, we are going to give you each a vehicle with which to get around. The way we determine what type of vehicle you will get is by how faithful you were to your wives. Now," he says, turning to the first man, "...

The following is a true story. Last week, to kick off Fashion Week, the fabulously famous celebrity stylist Robert Verdi invited an intimate group of journalists to his penthouse for breakfast. I was among them, and super excited to break bread with the man who routinely builds Eva Longoria’s ...

In hard times it's more important than ever to ensure that you pay no more than necessary for the essentials of life. In our list of 50 ways to get the most from your money here are two tips on pensions and benefits....