June, 2016

• 8 June

  How to Spend as Little as Possible in Vegas

  

  I’ve already told you hold to get into clubs for free.  So, what else can you do to reduce the cost of going to Vegas? Vegas seems to be one of those towns where your money grows legs and walks away.  You get in this warped set of thinking where …

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• 8 June

  What Are the Odds for My Baseball Teams This Season?

  

  My favorite three MLB teams have the three best records so far, a third of the way through the season. Math geeks – what are the odds? Show your work. I was okay at math but the worst I ever did was on a test about statistics and factorials in …

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• 8 June

  Free License to You Need a Budget (YNAB) for College Students

  

  College was where I discovered cash-back cards and the wonderful world of “getting something for nothing”.  (In quotes on purpose). They literally gave out credit cards more than they gave out candy.  Which resulted in some of my friends having to get jobs, fast, freshman year. Credit cards generally teach you to …

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• 7 June

  Get a Free Drink with This New App

  

  This new app will give you one free drink per day in a bar near you. This week’s theme seems to be “drinking for free”.  Yesterday, I write about how to get into Las Vegas clubs for free. Frink is a start-up that just launched in Hoboken, NJ.  Their business model …

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• 7 June

  Steep Discounts on Mass Effect Trilogy ($12), GTA4( $6), WoW ($5), Dragon Age: Inquisition & More

  

  Whelp.  Today is the day I go broke on video games.  While last week’s video game deals were a bunch of great classics, this week there are steep discounts on more modern games. World of Warcraft – $4.99 (ALL expansions plus 30 days free) World of Warcraft asks you to …

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• 7 June

  Jamie Lee Curtis Cosplays as a WoW Orc; Yells “LEEROY JENKINS”

  

  In the category of things I CANNOT MAKE UP IN MY WILDEST DREAMS, Jamie Lee Curtis cosplayed as a World of Warcraft Orc Shaman at AwesomeCon last weekend in DC. She joined her son, an Orc Warrior. While I’m personally Alliance and not Horde, I’ll still allow the awesomeness of this. …

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• 6 June

  Ballerinas + Flight Delays = Win.

  

  Wow, they are flexible. A set of ballerinas decided to spend their flight delay doing ballet on the airport people mover.  And the result was really cool looking. Got stuck at airport for flight delay? These ballerinas of the #Beijing Dance Theatre know how to kill time pic.twitter.com/tV4LNZMZ3A — People’s …

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• 6 June

  How to Get into Las Vegas Clubs for Free

  

  If you know the right people, you can get into Las Vegas clubs for free.  Luckily, I have a list of some of the right people. Two years ago, I published a guide to getting into Las Vegas clubs.  I’ve updated that guide to reflect new promoters and new clubs. …

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• 5 June

  Get the Best Promo Codes Automatically Applied at Checkout

  

  When I buy something online, I always head to RetailMeNot and Google “<website> promo code” and try every coupon to see which one leaves me with the best discount (or hopefully, stacks with other ones for discounts). This takes a while, but often pays off.  A few minutes of time for …

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• 4 June

  Horizon Airlines Scolded About Lack of Sink In Toilets on Their Planes

  

  Yes… you heard me right.  They have no sinks for their toilets. Normally, I complain about government regulation, but when I heard that the FAA had to tell Horizon to add sinks to their airplanes or stop letting their employees handle food items, I near spit out my wine. Horizon Airlines is a …

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