Archive for January, 2008
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Call for Articles on Peer-to-Peer Lending
The Carnival of Peer-to-Peer Lending is going to be hosted at Brip Blap in the next few days. The deadline for getting in submissions for that is today. If you are a blogger and write about peer-to-peer lending I encourage you to submit an article today.
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Saving Money at Fuddruckers: What’s Too Frugal?
This past weekend my wife and I organized a bit of a date night. We saw No Country For Old Men. (Quick thought on it: Weird ending, without spoiling anything, it seemed to “yada yada” over what should have been the best part of the movie.) We also went to dinner to Fuddruckers. Fuddruckers is [...]
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Weekend Links – Tax Questions Answered Edition
HR Block sent me a link to a promotion that they are running. Specifically they are allowing you to ask a tax advisor questions for free through Jan 31st. I’m going to test them with a question that has puzzled few other tax advisors I’ve talked to in the past. It’s a very specific question [...]
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Netflix vs Blockbuster
The continuing television writers’ strike has greatly reduced the value of our cable television subscription. Yet there’s still just enough need for us to continue the subscription. The last month we’ve turned to renting movies via a DVD Play kiosk at our local Safeway. We love this option since it’s only a $1.50 for a [...]
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Even Scarlett Johannson Couldn’t Keep Me Interested
A couple of months ago, my wife and I were taking a trip. On the flight back home, my wife started reading The Nanny Diaries. For the next 5 hours, I was subjected to comments like, “Oh my, that’s so true… listen to this…” followed by snippet from the book. For those not familiar with [...]
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Weekend Links – I’m Nominated For an Award Edition
Late last night, I found out that I had been nominated for a blogging award. If I were to pick an award to be nominated for, I would have definitely picked Performancing’s award for Best Business/Money Blog. Fortunately, that’s just the award I have been nominated for. Would you take 20 seconds out of your [...]
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Carnival of Peer-To-Peer Lending #1
Welcome to the first ever edition of the Carnival of Peer-to-Peer Lending. For those unfamiliar with what this is allow me to explain it. The articles you see below are a collection of articles written by bloggers about the topic of peer-to-peer lending. If you are not interested in peer-to-peer lending, these articles below may [...]
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My 2008 Goals
In case you missed it, I wrote about my 2007 goals and how I did tackling them. Without a job that pays me an hourly wage my goals for 2008 are quite complex. It would be unfair of me to set net worth goals as if I were still making a 6 figure salary. On [...]
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Get 5% Cash Back From Lending Club
This news may be a little old to some, but it looks like Lending Club is trying to bring in more lenders. If you lend $5000 or more before the Super Bowl, they’ll deposit 5% in your account for you. (Okay it’s not really before the Super Bowl, you’ve got the whole day of Feb [...]
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Alternative Income Streams – January 2008
Happy New Year everyone! With the start of a new month, it’s time to review my alternative income progress. Last month, I was excited about a new income stream. I found a friend who I could help (with minimal effort) and collect a nice fee. It pushed my alternative income over the $1800 mark last [...]
