Archive for 2007
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Erin Burnett: Why I Would Not Impress CNBC’s Anchor
For a variety of non-financial reasons, I like to read Men’s Health from cover to cover each month. I know it’s not as entertaining as Maxim Magazine for a lot of people, but I still like it. Though it has a ton of advertising and is one of the few magazines where [...]
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Twelve Posts of Review – May 2007
[In this series, I'm reviewing some of my better posts of 2007. If you started reading this blog in the middle of the year, this is a good time to catch up.]
To begin the month of May, I compared Compound Interest and the NFL. I brought up how the Patriots traded the [...] -
Weekend Personal Finance Links
I’m living in a world of wonder where the Patriots are 16-0. The Lisa Olsen incident seems so far away. Last night, a person introduced himself to me (I was wearing my Patriots shirt) as Adam Vinatieri’s cousin. More than 12 hours later, I still don’t know how I was supposed [...]
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Playing for Perfect Personal Finance
Like many football fans who grew up around Boston, I am a huge New England Patriots fan. Unless you’ve been living on Mars, you probably know that this Saturday night the Patriots are trying to become the first football team to finish the regular season with a perfect 16-0 record.
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Twelve Posts of Review – April 2007
[In this series, I'm reviewing some of my better posts of 2007. If you started reading this blog in the middle of the year, this is a good time to catch up.]
In April, I wrote how -
Our Best and Worst Wedding Registry Experiences (Hint: Avoid Sears)
This past year Energi Gal and I finally tied the knot. As part of the process we decided to register at a number of places. We picked three stores:
Macy’s – Macy’s has a strong national presence, which is great when you live in the San Francisco and your guests are from Boston. [...] -
A Look Back at 2007 Goals
You know how to take the [rental car] reservation, you just don’t know how to hold the reservation and that’s really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them. – Jerry Seinfeld
Goals are a little bit like rental car reservations. Making goals is extremely easy. It’s [...] -
The Amazon that Stole Christmas
For those who celebrate Christmas, this is a special time of year. It’s been a slightly disappointing Christmas for me. I ordered a few of my wife’s gifts from Amazon.com. Despite having the order in by December 12th, Amazon had a mix-up and didn’t send the gifts on time. One [...]
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Twelve Posts of Review – March 2007
[In this series, I'm reviewing some of my better posts of 2007. If you started reading this blog in the middle of the year, this is a good time to catch up.]
To begin the month of March, I made some large purchases. It made me think that I should amortize my possessions. [...] -
The Ultimate Last Minute Gift
For those of you are celebrating a holiday tomorrow, you might be finding yourself rushing around for gifts today. The malls and stores are going to be crowded. It’s too late for the postal service to deliver things bought online now. So what is the solution?
I would like to recommend Amazon [...]
