Monthly Archives: December 2010

LIFE GOES ON: How To Make Resolutions Work

December 26, 2010
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LIFE GOES ON: How To Make Resolutions Work

DEAR DOCTOR KATHLEEN: I want to make 2011 better than 2010. Every January, I make resolutions, but by December, nothing has changed. What can I do to differently this year? STUCK YEAR AFTER YEAR DEAR S.Y.A.Y., This is an excellent time to take assessment of all the areas of your life. Emotionally, physically, psychologically,...

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Blumenthal’s BBB Investigation: Made For TV

December 26, 2010
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If Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s investigation into the controversial Better Business Bureau’s grading system is an indication as to how effectively his office probes critical consumer issues, the next Attorney General will have to do a lot of cleaning up. For months I have had the gut feeling that Blumenthal’s investigation into the...

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Bank Of America’s Christmas present: Foreclose Even Though Not A Payment Missed

December 24, 2010
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Bank Of America’s Christmas present: Foreclose Even Though Not A Payment Missed

In one of the more bizarre foreclosure cases, Bank of America is threatening to throw a West Hartford family out of their home even though they couple never missed a mortgage payment. The largest bank in the United States earlier this month notified Shock Baitch and his wife Lisa Freedman that foreclosure action will start...

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From Geseënde Kersfees to E ku odun, e ku iye’dun! Merry Christmas

December 24, 2010
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No matter how you think to say it, it means the same thing everywhere: Merry Christmas Afrikaans: Geseënde Kersfees Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden Arabic: Milad Majid Argentine: Feliz Navidad Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal Basque: Zorionak...

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