Money Green Life

I asked my girlfriend to be my wife and she said…YES! Now comes the stress and agony of preparing for the wedding! I just came back from a friend’s wedding this past weekend and it was a lot of fun. They told me that they spent about $23,000 for the entire wedding and reception for about 230 people, equating to $100/head. This is I think pretty reasonable. They were able to get a massive discount for having the wedding in the middle of a holiday weekend, which I might have to consider for my wedding.
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I will be traveling this weekend, starting tomorrow morning for the long 4th of July holiday. Driving from Baltimore to North Jersey isn’t that long of a drive, but it still is about 4 hours.  Although I’ve done this drive on many occasions, I still make sure that my car is in good condition to be driven continuously for a few hours. The last thing I want is to be stranded, unprepared for the unfortunate situation. During long trips, I also try to remember methods to increase gas mileage while driving as well. At least in New Jersey, I don’t have to pump my own gas at the gas station.

Rain-X

I always reapply Rain-X on my windshield. It helps so much when it rains. Sometimes, wipers aren’t even needed. I hate it when I’m stuck in a torrential downpour and my windshield wipers can’t keep up.

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On Tuesday, Hulu announced the launch of their paid subscription service. The service runs at $9.99 per month and subscribers can watch most of recent TV shows from the current season, along with episodes of past seasons, including the popular shows such as Glee, Office, and House among others from ABC, NBC, and Fox. At $9.99, the service becomes affordable and I know for  fact that more people than not are willing to pay for the subscription to watch their favorite TV shows at any time they want. Hulu’s On-Demand subscription service will compete with streaming content of offered by Netflix. Netflix currently does not offer too many of the popular current network TV shows so Hulu will have an advantage over Netflix in this category.

Which is better?

I still believe Netflix has a huge edge of Hulu. Netflix is more affordable at $8.99/mo and you still receive unlimited DVD rental included with your service. Netflix also have blue-ray players and playstation,  Wii consoles and even Roku media players to help you stream content onto your TV. However, Hulu does have plans to launch their service to be compatible with playstation in the future. Hulu also will still have advertisement in their streaming content. This is a huge negative for viewers especially since they are actually paying for the content. Netflix has no advertisement in their streaming content.

Hulu’s service is currently available by invitation only and has plans to release to the entire public in the near future.

What will you do?

When it becomes available to everyone, will you pay for their currently free content? I probably won’t.

Refer to my other Netflix posts:

Netflix Streaming Review: Save Money With Netflix
Roku Becomes Friendlier with Netflix
Use Your Wii To Stream Netflix, Save 10%
Netflix Reaches 15 Million Subscribers

It appears that more and more people in America are quitting their jobs on their own. The news was alarming to me since I figure the recession would cause people to hold onto their jobs more tightly. According to a news article posted on Yahoo Finance, more people left their jobs compared to those who were fired or laid off. The primary reason being that employees quit to further their career, whether it be for schooling or for a better job at a new company.

For me, I’ve been working as an engineer since January 2003 and now I’m currently on my 3rd job. And the past two jobs, I left on my own for one reason or another.

What about you? Besides hitting it big in the Powerball or Mega Millions, what are some of your reasons for leaving your old previous company? Would you ever consider leaving your current job despite the current economic recession?

I know American soccer isn’t has popular as let’s say, NBA or NFL, but there are still some loyal followers. First, congrats to the Lakers for winning their 5th championship in 11 years. Can you say dynasty? Well, today, following a tie against England last week, United States was down 2-0 in the first half before they made a furious comeback to tie the game at 2-2. They’re currently in 2nd place in their group with still hopes in making it to the next round. Did you see the goal that was taken away in the 86th minute? That would’ve given us the lead and probably the win. What a call that was! Who do you root for? Who do you think will win?

If you’re a soccer (or futbol) fan, you know what I’m talking about. Do you think we’ll advance to the next round of 16? Go get your World Cup gear at Fifa.com. They have all sorts of soccer apparels for all the teams, even North Korea! For this weekend only, enjoy FREE SHIPPING with at least $100 in purchases. Simply use FREESHIP at checkout. Alternatively, you can save $10 on your $100+ purchases by using FIFA100 at checkout.

GO USA!