I'm Frozen

Today I froze my credit reports. It cost me a small fee for all three reports. This means that now no one can run a credit report on me and I have protected myself against identity theft. Utah's new "security freeze" law has gone into effect and we now can effectively shut down individuals and businesses from running our credit reports without permission. And, the best thing -- if you need to buy something on credit, you can have the credit bureaus unlock your credit report within 15 minutes. Consumers who want to freeze or lock their credit files must go to each bureau's site - Experian.com, Equifax.com and Transunion.com - and make separate requests.

This is less expensive than paying for credit report monitoring. You should consider it!

Anti-theft Lunch Bag

Do you have a problem with your co-workers snagging your lunch from the office refrigerator? Well I found a lunch bag that even the hungriest worker would stay away from.

It's a lunch bag with mold. Actually it's a zip-lock bag with a mold like pattern. Gross huh?

Even if I was trying to deter my co-workers from taking my sandwich, I think I would still have a hard time eating it myself.

The designer is New York based Sherwood Forlee.

7 Years Ago Today

Driving to work 7 years ago today, I remember the overwhelming sadness of the days events. Today I will take time to appreciate the freedoms we have and the family I love.
The silence in the sky that followed and wondering how this could happen to us. It's hard to believe that it has been so long and yet I can still remember the feelings I had on that dreadful day.

Viral Politics

Old game, new tools. Presidential candidates are taking advantage of social media tools. They know the way to reach out to younger voters is through Facebook, MySpace, texting and YouTube.
Barack Obama's facebook page has 1.6 million fans, where as John McCain's facebook page has 280,000 supporters. (That could possibly show you who the young vote is going to.)

You can view speeches from all the candidates on YouTube. Barack Obamas DNC speed has been viewed close to 386,000 times, highlights from Governor Palins speech (one of my favorites) has been viewed over 58,000.
In the end, no matter how many Facebook supporters they have or how many times we have seen their speech, they need to get out the vote -- we need to get out and vote.

It will be interesting to see which candidates continue to keep up with their social media networks once the election process is over. Do they (politicians) really buy into these tools as a form of communication or are they just being used to get votes and money? They should use this form of media to engage their constituents year round rather than just at election time.