Week in Review
I wrote about web sites to avoid if you’re looking for online work and hoping to avoid scams.
Our I Was Scammed series is growing (unfortunately); read this week’s addition, which focuses on workathometop10.com.
Our July Top Commenters contest wrapped up. Congrats, Matt and Carolyn.
I posted the first of my articles on writing tips. [...]

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Over the course of the past week, I’ve received five emails regarding ‘Project Payday.’ Two were from I’ve Tried That readers, two were spam emails, and one was from someone named Patrick who claimed to have worked for Project Payday. I’ve [...]

Take a look at what is arguably the worst poem ever written. And we could argue about whether this is really a poem. But you’d lose.
When I wake up well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out yeah I know I’m gonna [...]

The New York Stock Exchanged closed at 2,553.87 today. Meaning we have our two winners! Congratulations to Matt and Carolyn on winning your free Entertainment books! Thanks to all those that participated. We’ll be sure to try and run another contest in the near future.

I’ve received two separate emails telling me that the contest would be rigged if I pulled the numbers out of a hat and that we weren’t really giving anything away. Since there is a certain feeling of animosity, I will no longer be selecting the winners.
Instead, we will use the New York Stock [...]