Archive for November, 2006
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Grab a Grass Skirt, I’m Going on a Trip to Hawaii
This weekend I’ll be going on my first vacation in about a year. Last year, this blog didn’t exist, so I didn’t have to think about how I’m going to keep things fresh while I’m gone. I’ve decided that I’ll be recycling some of my favorite posts from the early days of Lazy Man and [...]
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Post-Holiday Savings
As I was doing the weekly grocery shopping, I happened across the candy aisle. There seems to be some decent savings to be had just 5 days after Halloween. I could have picked up some really good chocolates for 30-50% off, if I wasn’t trying to be more healthy. Anytime a holiday is over, is [...]
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Consumer Reports Online – A Good Value?
As some of you know, my fiancee and I have been having some trouble creating our wedding registry. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me earlier, but shouldn’t we make sure that everything we’re getting on the list is of quality? So should we pay the $26 for an annual subscription? I could [...]
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Is a 401k Plan Really a Great Deal?
A disclosure before I start… I have maxed out my 401k plan whenever given the opportunity to do so. Recently, I put 75% of my paycheck towards it because I knew I was going to a new job that might not have a 401k plan. The other day I realized that if I continued this [...]
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Should I Think about Retiring Early?
I was reading an article at Adventures in Money Making where a couple explains how they retired on $2000 CDN – yes it’s not even US dollars. And their retirement sounds like good – not like they are skimping. Amazingly that dollar amount (around $1,760 US) is just a little over my goal for Alternative [...]
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I Can’t Stop Punching Myself
Anyone who has an older sibling likely has some familiarity with a “game” called Stop Punching Yourself. At the time, I didn’t see much fun in it. Many years have passed and it seems like I’m still playing it. How so? Allow me to explain. It’s starting to get difficult for me to find good [...]
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Free Morningstar Premium Stock Research Today
A representative from Morningstar.com contacted me about a special that they are having today. You can access all their premium stock research for free. If you were thinking about making a stock trade soon it may be worth checking it out. Unfortunately, there’s registration required. Now only if I had built that web spider, I [...]
