The story broke a year or so ago: the motorcycle-riding, tattooed scary guys that rescue kittens and dogs or just make sure they’re treated right.  It’s amazing how owners suddenly decide to do the right thing when being talked to by this gang. Now Rescue Ink has a book for sale and their own show [...]

I really do love to treasure hunt.  I haven’t figured out how to make a living at it yet, but there are people out there that do.  And while there is probably a lot of money being made from things found in a quasi-legal setting, what could be worse than having to give back what [...]

It’s a universal truth that pirates can make anything more interesting -  from getting a toddler to eat to studying economics (see the new book The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates) The career of legalized piracy known as privateering doesn’t get as much press but it’s still technically legal in the U.S. so [...]

Now that the bubble has burst on always making money with a computer science degree it’s time for students and parents to consider some of the more out-there, quirky majors!  Fewer jobs are everywhere, maybe less competition is the key… Carnegie Mellon is the only U.S. college to offer bagpipes as a major (other schools [...]

Could this be why marriage is on the decline?  Maybe we are left to much to our own direction these days… http://www.storycorps.org/listen/stories/bill-schifrin-and-his-son-in-law-herman-rotenberg