Archive for June, 2006
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Prosper Update
I finally found some suitable people to lend my latest bank transfer to Prosper. I currently have about $400 invested at 19.30%. Whenever I lend out my current funds, I transfer over another $100 and try to find a couple more people. Much like laddering short and long term bonds, I should have a steady [...]
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Raise Not There
I’ve had a bit of a running commentary about asking for a raise, here, here and here. At the end of the process, I didn’t get what I was looking for. At least I thought I got something. Well, I must have misunderstood, because it didn’t show up in my paycheck when I expected. After [...]
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Brine your Meat
It looks like Boston may be finished with it’s newly coined monsoon season. In celebration, it’s time to BBQ up some dinner. There are a ton of grilling tips and I thought I read them all, but a friend taught me about brining meat this past winter (what you don’t grill all season?) and everything [...]
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Weddings Prices
I was best man at a wedding recently, so that’s why you haven’t been reading much about me the last few days. Public speaking is not exactly my thing and giving a toast is doesn’t get more public than that. The wedding itself was less than 25 people and kept to a budget of $1500 [...]
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How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
I’ve been meaning to write about eating on a budget for some time, but one of my favorite blogs, LifeHacker has an article that repurposes an article at Get Rich Slowly. Even that repurposes yet another article. So of course, I’m going to break the rule of blogging and repurpose it yet again. Hey, at [...]
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Make Your Own Beer
Over a year, I received a beer making kit as a gift. I had made one batch, but since then I had gotten too busy to make it. Or else I had just forgotten. In any event, my fiancee and I decided that with the long weekend last weekend it was time to make some [...]
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Cheap Shoes!
I have been on a quest to find a pair of white soled shoes for my condo’s tennis courts. It’s one of the rules of the court. I’m not an ace tennis player or anything. I’ve played twice and I’m actually quite bad. I just want to get the exercise. There are no shortage of [...]
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Credit Cards to Save Money
With gas prices rising so much, it’s been irresponsible of me to not mention some of the great rewards programs with credit cards today. I have to admit to that credit cards are not for everyone. If you have trouble with controling your spending and staying in a budget, this probably isn’t for you. However, [...]
