Archive for June, 2008
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Budget Fourth of July Activities
Fourth of July is the ultimate holiday weekend. Summer time, parades, fireworks. What more could a person ask for? Having fun on Fourth of July is an American tradition! The Fourth of July weekend can quickly get expensive… especially if you are hosting a BBQ. All the food and beer can add up quickly. Fourth [...]
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I Can Ride My Bike With No Handlebars (and weekend links)
Like almost all of my weekend posts, I try to highlight something that’s not necessarily related to personal finance. Maybe it’s a small detail of something that’s going on my life. Earlier this week, I was driving to the store to do some shopping and I heard an unusual song. It caught my attention because [...]
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Amazon Friday Sale – Unicycle Edition
For some of you, I’m coming out with this a little late in the day. I apologize. If it’s still Friday, you’ve got a chance to take advantage of the following deals: This week’s highlight for wacky pick is: Unicycle – The savings of $10 isn’t that breath-taking, but I have to wonder how many [...]
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State of the Economy
Most days, I try to avoid watching CNBC. I’m weird in that I often find it entertaining. I avoid it because I often get the feeling that I’ll be able to time the stock market. Yesterday, I couldn’t resist temptation and I flipped on CNBC for a few minutes. The Price of Oil The price [...]
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Is Now the Time to Take Advantage of the Housing Crisis?
The following is a guest post from Rich Credit Debt Loan. The site focuses on mostly on topics of wealth building, a pretty rare trait amongst personal finance blogs. I encourage you to sign up for his RSS feed. Right now, the news is filled with images of foreclosed properties, falling home values and pretty [...]
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Buying and Selling a Computer
Buying a Computer It’s been awhile since I bought a new desktop computer. Liv has been around for a few years. To really begin the story of Liv, I should start with my laptop, Sarah Michelle. Most of the time Sarah Michelle runs fine – after all she’s just a couple of years old. However, [...]
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Are Your Resources Swallowed Up By Parkinson’s Law?
Every time I’ve heard about Parkinson’s it’s been in the context of the debilitating medical condition that my grandmother died of. Recently I’ve read about a different kind of Parkinson’s – Parkinson’s Law. Even if you don’t recognize the name, I’m betting that you’ve come across the phenomenon. Wikipedia’s definition is very brief, Parkinson’s Law [...]
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A Small Tribute to George Carlin…
For those of you who have missed the news, famous comedian George Carlin died last night. I’m still in shock. I suppose I shouldn’t be, but he seemed to be the type the guy who live to be 120, giving every disease an obscene gesture that’s not appropriate for mention on this site. I’ve spent [...]
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Lending Club Update
While I was asleep at the wheel on Friday, Lending Club came through with an update on their quiet period. When we last left them, I declared Lending Club is Dead. I admit that I was going for a sensational headline, but I still maintain that I wasn’t irrational. When a start-up company says that [...]
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Links: Is Waldo and Harry Potter The Same Person?
Ever notice that Where’s Waldo and Harry Potter had striking similarities? Both characters were created by British authors, (Waldo is actually the US version of the original Wally). Both were featured in children’s books, but had their audience to adults expand to a point where they had sold billions of copies and lead to spin-offs [...]
