Consumer Life

So, I’m sure you’ve had to “activate” new credit cards for existing accounts before, right? It’s a damn scam. I received a new FIA Card Services Visa recently and decided to activate it yesterday. While waiting for my card to “activate,” the customer-service representative offered to review my account to see if there were any…

True to my resolution this year, I’m keeping a positive attitude toward the snow, wind, and cold, which I can’t do anything about anyway. I’m sure retailers and travelers can’t find much good in the storms over the past few days. Retailers whose revenue was already down will experience depressed sales because many people will…

A few years ago, I met Susan Henninger at the Chautauqua Writers’ Festival. Since then, she and I have loosely kept in touch. She helped me with some key research for my writing project, and I connected her with a source for hers. This is one of the many valuable benefits of conferences in any field.…