An ounce of prevention for the winter season
If you were asked to name the most important day in December, Christmas or Hanukkah would probably come to mind. Certainly these events dominate the…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
Power strip is basic for holiday lighting schemes
Experts on safety tell us not to overload circuits at Christmas time, but they don’t tell us how. The solution to overloading is the power strip. Born of…
Have a safer Christmas this year
Emergency room doctors say they see more injuries during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The most likely reasons: * People are doing unusual things,…
MONEYWISE: Using a HELOC to age in place
As the population ages, more people face the uncertainty of whether they can stay in their homes. But an older demographic often has one very useful aid:…
That jingling you hear may not be bells. Could be what’s left in your pocket.
For those caught up in the buying frenzy of the holidays, Christmas Eve could find them with a handful of change in their pockets and little else. Of…
Little shoppers learn realities of money
Christmas shopping is here and your kids will want to be part of it. It’s a good time for a little value teaching. Help your child make out a list of of…
Entrepreneur: From chili dog lunch to global military intelligence
Angie Lienert was 19 when she took the lunch break from her job at a gas station in Frankfort, Ky., to join some high school friends who were home from…
What’s a green Realtor?
We tend to think about ways to make our homes more green, whether that means installing solar panels, using less water, or cleaning with nontoxic…
Go ahead! Sell your home during the holidays
Conventional wisdom tells us to list our homes for sale during the spring and that nobody is buying in the dead of winter — especially during the…