From BundleHQ: How much did your first kiss cost?
Well, they're talking about making Puerto Rico a state again. Which means I spent way too much time with this widget trying to figure out what the flag would look like if we just kept adding states. Because as long as we're talking about it, shouldn't West Texas be its own thing? And what about Northern California? It works for the Virginias and the Dakotas.
Wine juice boxes: That's Kristen's description of the single-serving boxes of wine made by French Rabbit. Finally, something new to pack in my niece's lunchbox. Kidding! It's in my lunchbox. Anyway, even though Kristen says box wine is getting quite good these days, I still don't think you can bring it to dinner. But for our conscientious reader who wondered how little is too little to spend on wine, Beth and Emma recommended getting familiar with a cheap-ish wine from a lesser-known vineyard: "If you get something no one has ever heard of (but that you've tried an enjoyed), you can go a little cheaper and get away with it." Hey, if it's in a bottle, you're halfway home.
Well, when you put it that way: On Tuesday, Mark wrote about a new article from The Atlantic that wonders, "Are men necessary?" On Digg, seattlegirluw put it another, better way: "Should dads be replaced by lesbians?" Um .
But you get the hot nuts: When you fly first class! Sheesh. And really, hot nuts are surprisingly delicious. That's not enough to numb our confessor, who is wishing evil on those who spend $2,000 and up for their first class plane tickets. Related Bundle fun fact: the average American household spends less than $2,000 on travel in a year.
How to be a millionaire: As something of an antidote to our recent story about twenty-somethings who move home to save and then don't, personal finance columnist Kathy Kristof offers the opposite advice to recent college grads: Live like you're poor, and save your socks off. And keep reading: She goes on to explain why now is a really, really good time to start investing (if you're not already).
Question of the day: I got my first kiss after a trip to the Seattle Aquarium ($11 youth ticket) and an ice cream cone ($3.50). (Okay, there might've been that game of truth-or-dare after school that one time, but I don't count that because we weren't in love.) How much did the event of your first kiss cost? Comment, or tweet: #xoxo
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