Archive for September, 2007
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Save Money on Hobbies
[Each Monday for the next couple months, I'm going through many of the ways to save money. Read the whole Save Money series. Last week we looked at how to save money on cars.] Americans spend a lot of money on hobbies. When I went to the Hearst Castle, the tour guide said that William [...]
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Top Ten Referring Sites for August
I’d like to give a little thanks to the following sites for sending me traffic last August: 1. The Simple Dollar 2. The Digerati Life 3. My Money Blog 4. Generation X Finance 5. Money, Matter, and More Musings 6. Mighty Bargain Hunter 7. Five Cent Nickel 8. Blueprint for Financial Prosperity 9. Free Money [...]
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Weekend Personal Finance Review
Rather than tell a boring off-topic story, I’ll just get to the links this week. The Digerati Life wants to retire early and live on one income. I want to too. More on that in the upcoming weeks. Sun is Considering a 401k rollover. Generation X Finance gives a few reasons why you should pay [...]
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Stopping My Prosper Contributions
For a large part of this year, I have been regularly adding money to my Prosper account. I’ve enjoyed lending money to other people and I think I’ve done fairly well making money. I stress the “think” because it can be difficult to quantify exactly. On average, I seem to be making around 7% there. [...]
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What I Learned from the 2001 New England Patriots
With the start of the NFL football season this week, I’m focusing on values, financial and otherwise that I’ve learned from football. I’ve long been a fan of the New England Patriots, even when they were embarrassing. I watched every game of their 1-15 season in 1990. They were equally embarrassing off the field with [...]
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Lessons from the NFL
The National Football League kicks off another season this week. In honor of my favorite sport, I thought I’d bring you some tips from the football world. Some of these are only tangentally financially related, but I found a lesson in all of them. How to Deal with Adversity This summer professional sports in America [...]
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Vacation Review: Hearst Castle Edition
I mentioned on Saturday that I was going away on a mini-moon to the Hearst Castle. I’m back and I thought I’d share the details on how we spent money and how we saved money. If you are curious for a quick preview, we did more spending that saving – but you expect that on [...]
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Save Money on Cars
[Each Monday for the next couple months, I'm going through many of the ways to save money. Read the whole Save Money series. Last week we looked at how to save money on movies, music, television, and books.] This Monday, I’m focusing on covering some ways to save money on cars – or just about [...]
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Weekly Personal Finance Review – Away on a Mini-Moon Edition
This weekend, me and Energi Gal, are off on a little vacation near the Hearst Castle. Since we got married earlier this summer, we haven’t had a chance to get away and relax. The honeymoon is scheduled for November, but that’s too far away. So she came up with the idea of this trip as [...]
