A Florida Cracker in the Last Frontier

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag First let me say picking a song for this topic was hard because there are so many good songs about money from "Money, Money, Money" to "Can't Buy Me Love" to "Take the Money and Run". They are all great songs but the music video for "Money for Nothing" is so memorable and a bit crazy plus that guitar riff is amazing, When I first came to Anchorage I bought almost everything at Fred Meyers but then I had an incident (which is a funny story for another time) where I had to buy more jeans ASAP. I was on my way to American Eagle in South Anchorage. When I close to the mall I saw a sign that read, "50% OFF ALL ITEMS TODAY!". One of the places was a Salvation Army Store and the other was Value Village. At Salvation Army I found my before mentioned $100+ Carhartt  coat for $8 and a plaid shirt for $3. Then I went next door to Value Village and found a Nike ...

Lost in the Supermarket - Ben Folds (covering the Clash)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHU6U_3XWs In Tampa, Florida when it comes to supermarkets, Publix wins hands down. Pretty much everyone goes to Publix to buy their groceries, or to get a really good sandwich. If there is a special deal, it's close by, or you like their fried chicken... there's Winn Dixie. If you are desperate there is WalMart Neighborhood grocery. Trying to make your money stretch, there's Save A Lot and Aldi's. There are also the grocery stores that are nice for specialty stuff but you don't go that often like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. In Anchorage, Alaska there is Fred Meyers and it's not so much like Publix as it is like Super Target. It has everything from gardening supplies to grapes to guns and things that don't start with the letter 'g'. Each store is massive and I was told that the one in South Anchorage is the largest Fred Meyers anywhere. Fred Me...