Collinwood Arts Festival I told my wife that I wanted to go a Cleveland art festival and she said, “Why do you want to go to an art festival, you know nothing about art.” I told my wife that I wanted to see what this Collinwood Arts Festival was all about.

The 2009 stimulus check should be 50 grand. Amazing. It’s been a while since I last posted. Sorry for such a delay.

Like many of you out there, I’m worried about my job. Why would I be worried? Well, first of all, I see how bad this economy is getting. Unemployment is growing at an alarming rate and businesses of all types are suffering.

You have seen the commercials. “Do your taxes here and get your refund in minutes.” Not so fast now. A friend of mine went to a popular tax service to get up to a thousand dollars based on their 2009 estimated tax refund.

I swiped my card at the ATM, punched in my code and attempted to get 40 bucks. The screen said “process error” then spit out a receipt. I swiped my card again and the same thing was displayed on the screen “process error.”