After hearing this astonishing report on Democracy Now as well as having many friends of my own who are on food stamps or trying to get some, I figured I’d give you peeps the step by step on how to get fed by the gov’ment.

This week: The best food trucks in NYC, Roller Derby, DanceAfrica Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Habana Outpost Movie night and MORE

For the honor of providing you with your money a few days earlier tax refund companies will charge as much as 20%! Instead of thinking about it as getting a bonus, think about it as a repayment of a loan you already made- to the government. Be patient and get all your money back.

What makes a good protein? Two things. The first is the digestibility of the protein: Can your body break it down and absorb it well. And the second is the Amino Acid composition (does the protein contain all the right Amino Acids and are they in the proportions?). Guess which protein tops the list? (Drumroll, please.)

I was listening to a Joe Budden tape when I heard something that made me heart stop. He said something like, “there are 3 kinds of people: those who saw what happened, those who don’t know what happened, and those that make things happen.”

A year and a half ago, Chanel Kennebrew had to make a crucial decision. The 26-year-old Art Director worked at a design firm in New York City. When the two partners who ran the firm decided to split, Kennebrew had to choose sides.

I always thought that to be prerequisite to being “down with the struggle” was struggling. This included perpetually renting, living check-to-check, and not having any extra cash to save.

Savings falls into two general categories: short term (in the next five years) and long term (longer than ten years). We will all have emergencies come up, having just $500 available for emergencies may be the difference between paying bills and going into debt.

Keep in mind folks, this is Anchorage. In an actual city, 1,400 people is a damn good showing but in Anchorage… well, that’s just revolutionary.

If you haven’t seen it already, this is hilarious. Tina Fey almost had me fooled there for a second.