Advice
Broke-Ass Etiquette: Awkward Questions
Got a question about how to be a polite Broke-Ass? Email Half-Price Headliner with your queries and get schooled on how to be proper-like. Q: Is it rude to ask someone in our peer group how much they pay for rent? A: Short answer: yes. Longer answer: not if you
Something About Elevators
Elevators, like cars and airplanes, fall under the particular subsection of modern inventions I call “the dangerous necessities.” These are things that, by their most basic nature are immensely hazardous while somehow being both tolerated and embraced. Airplanes, for example, have a habit of plummeting from the sky, killing everything
Broke-Ass Etiquette: Closing Time
Got a question about how to be a polite Broke-Ass? Email Half-Price Headliner with your queries and get schooled on how to be proper-like. Q: I went to a restaurant last night about a half and hour before closing and got major ‘tude from the staff. I understand that it
Big Books to Impress Strangers in Public
After it was announced recently that Kindle books are outselling hardback books on Amazon, I knew it was only a matter of time before kids would start asking, what are those weird “liebarys” things and when are robots going to start doing my homework? Yes, we live in a digital
Getting Your Crap Home from the Red Hook Ikea
The only problem with furnishing your entire apartment with stuff from the Ikea – apart from the fact that when you move and take apart your furniture you will definitely lose 30% of the screws and bolts necessary to put these items back together, and will need to go back
For the Noobs: 5 NYC Events To Say “No” To
When you first move to New York, you obviously want to get a lay of the land, meet some new people, and not be a wet blanket, generally. But, like, sometimes you just have to say no. Sometimes you really should be saving money and not pretending that being slowly
Having it All
Ah, to have it all. Do you ever look around at your life, when you’re too hungover to operate the Xbox controller, and think to yourself, how do I manage to balance all these aspects of work, school, and relationships sooooo well?? Me too. And, like Gywenth Paltrow, I have
Two Hundred Words On Hating Your Job
Human beings, almost as a rule, secretly enjoy complaining about their jobs. Though voluntary and oftentimes rewarding, working falls under that unfortunate subset of obligations that, while necessary, rarely ceases to make us miserable. And that, I think, is exactly why we do it. For the average person working for