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Allstate's Average Savings vs. Geico
Jun 1st
If you haven’t seen an Allstate ad on tv then I’d be surprised.
I even received a direct mail piece inviting to me visit the website or call in for a no-obligation quote.
It even lists an average savings comparison and lists Geico, my current auto insurance as being able to save more than $473 for 7 out of 10 customers. Problem with that is $473 is higher than my current premium. Allstate, with my current coverage amounts, was well over $100 higher… guess I’m one of the 3 of 10 that Allstate just can’t save for.
Windmill Failure
Apr 27th
At least they're honest
Apr 26th
As advertised, if it were a bit cheaper, I just might buy one to say I officially have it!
World's Crappiest Projector
Good luck on your test… don't forget, a 14-inch pizza is only $5
Apr 2nd
You have to give credit where it’s due… and one teacher in Idaho had a pretty good idea. Selling the footer space of the paper he uses for his class to a business to help subsidize paper costs.
Doing a quick search on Google, I found that this wasn’t necessarily a new idea, but still a good one at that. Here’s another article for a similar thing but this teacher used a business model.
At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316.
$10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final.
Gov. Quinn visits Illinois State University
Feb 23rd
Gov. Quinn visited Illinois State University for our Founder’s Day last week. The Brown Ballroom is one floor below my office… kinda cool.
iPhone/iPod touch Top Paid App – Really? C'mon.
Jan 11th
I really don’t know what it says about people in the US iTunes Store. The top paid app is iFart Mobile (link opens up the app store). Really people? Really? This has to be a joke. I really don’t understand how enough people would pay for this app to keep it at #1.
iTunes Top Paid Apps 1/11/2009
The Old Switcheroo
Jan 5th
Good parenting is rare these days… even in Utah, go figure.
Charges filed this week in 3rd District Court say the woman drove recklessly on Nov. 28 through a Costco parking lot in West Valley City. Authorities said she hit a curb and blew out a tire in the process.
The charges said witnesses told police she then switched places with her 15-year-old daughter so the girl would be in the driver’s seat when police got there.
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