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How to avoid an online romance scam

Finding someone online can be tricky.

No longer are you limited to hanging out at a bar and hoping the love of your life walks in, now you have to go through hoops to find the one you want to spend the rest of your life with online.

And not everybody on-line has your best interests in mind.  Some of those folks are there to scam you.

The Scam Survivors' Handbook
The Scam Survivors’ Handbook

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Kickstarter? Yeah, your project sucks

Raise your hand if you watch that awesome ABC program SHARK TANK.

For those of you who haven’t, here’s the show in a nutshell:

  • I have a cool product
  • Give me money
  • Profit!

Hacking Kickstarter, Indiegogo: How to Raise Big Bucks in 30 Days: Secrets to Running a Successful Crowd Funding Campaign on a Budget
Hacking Kickstarter, Indiegogo:
How to Raise Big Bucks in 30 Days:
Secrets to Running a Successful Crowd Funding Campaign on a Budget

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How to make a Christmas Budget

Do you make a holiday shopping budget every year?

You know, how you carefully decide that you’re not going to spend any more than, say, $200 total over the course of the holidays… and then end up spending $1300 instead because you just end up going crazy at the mall?  Everything’s on sale!  Gotta get it now, now, now!

Christmas Rush - A Soundtrack For Your Holiday Shopping Experience
Christmas Rush – A Soundtrack For Your Holiday Shopping Experience

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Why did you quit your job?

Have you ever quit your job?

Just grabbed your things and walked out the door, not looking back?  Web Watch worked with one such person who, after a group meeting was over where they didn’t seem to agree with what was said, went back to their desk, left their access card, and walked out – not saying a word to anyone.

It was certainly an odd way to go for those who witnessed it.

Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business
Rich Dad’s Before You Quit Your Job:
10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business

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How much weight does the average person gain at Christmas?

What did you have to eat for Thanksgiving?

If you were anything like the average American family, your Thanksgiving meal likely looked something like this:

  • Turkey (of course).  And eaten with the skin
  • Mashed potatoes
  • Dressing, lots of bread
  • Rolls, even more bread
  • Sweet potatoes.  With or without marshmallows
  • Pie.  Lots of pie.
  • Don’t forget the gravy

And that’s all just the appetizer course.  Remember all the cheese, shrimp, crackers, beef stick, and other snacks you also ate during the game?

Thanksgiving to Christmas Diet: A Simple Stress Free Way to Lose Weight During the Holidays
Thanksgiving to Christmas Diet:
A Simple Stress Free Way to Lose Weight During the Holidays

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The best job in the world: ball washer at Ikea

You know those playgrounds with all the plastic balls in the ballpit?

Web Watch told you about how those ballpit balls were covered with feces and germs, remember?

Well, IKEA has ballpits for their younger guests.  Guess what they do?

The Truth about IKEA: The Secret Success of the World's most Popular Furniture Brand
The Truth about IKEA: The Secret Success of the World’s most Popular Furniture Brand

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What’s the best cure for a hangover headache?

As we’re getting into party season, it’s time to ensure that you’re prepared for the worst of the worst: the holiday party hangover.

Web Watch was talking with a parent of a 17-year-old teenager the other day about their preparations for heading off to college.  According to the mother, teenagers today are concerned about drinking, to the point where many are purchasing breathalyzers to use on their driving friends as a way to convince them to stay off the road.

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There’s a direct correlation between your health and your horoscope sign

“What’s your sign?”, he asks you at the bar.

Sure, it’s the cheesiest line you’ve heard all night, but considering you’re about to dive into a plate of nachos, it was not the cheesiest thing you encountered yet.

It’s odd that we’ve placed so much emphasis on the zodiac or horoscope sign we were born under, that there can be that much relationship between some made up calendar and the month that our parents just happened to have had a bit too much to drink.

The Zodiac and the Salts of Salvation: Two Parts
The Zodiac and the Salts of Salvation: Two Parts