Not too long ago, I met with a bunch of nice people from Merrill Lynch.  They said if I hired them as financial advisors, I'd get preferred treatment if I ever needed a loan. So I asked for a loan...

The Buddha said to Anathapindika: “In the past, householder, there was a brahmin named Velama. He gave such a great alms offering as this: eighty-four thousand bowls of gold filled with silver;...

I remember going to a ridiculously expensive Japanese restaurant in Las Vegas.  Usually, I only want to eat sushi at Japanese restaurants but we ended up also ordering noodles because the sushi was...

I recently opened my first account with Chase Bank.  As part of opening that account, I made an initial check deposit.  Today, I received a letter saying that deposit is on hold because "the...