Times are tough right now and I know many of us are looking for ways to come up with extra cash. Today I went and donated blood plasma for the first time. There's a place called IBR Plasma Center on Holland Road in the Chimney Hill Plaza in VB. They just opened this week. I got paid $40 for my time. When I go again in 2 days, I'll get another $50. That's $90 for about 3 hours of my time. You can go twice a week.

I'm not going to get rich doing this, but on the side of my full-time job, just going twice a week will give me enough money to cover my car payment each month.

I know this isn't for everyone, but I wanted to give you guys a heads up. As long as you can handle needles, it's a super easy way to make some extra money.

Oh and of course the plasma does good things. They make pharmaceuticals out of it that help those with cancer, hemophilia, burn victims, etc. But let's not kid each other, we're just poor and need the money.