Archive for June, 2008
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Amazon Friday Sale – Cruzin Cooler Scooter Edition
On some Friday, I look at Amazon’s Friday Sale and see what kind of products catch my eye. A few items caught my eye this week, but one stood head and shoulders above the rest: Cruzin’ Cooler Scooter – This is the coolest product I’ve seen in a long time… I might have to dip [...]
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Best Credit Card for Foreign Travel? (Ask the Readers)
Last week, I mentioned how my wife and I are going on ambitious trip to Phuket (and Australia). It’s been a little while since I went outside the US. Last year, we went to Aruba, but I’m so familiar with saving money in Aruba, that I didn’t feel the need to conserve every last cent. [...]
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Should You Have an Emergency Charity Fund?
It’s no secret that one of my favorite blogs is Get Rich Slowly. Yesterday there was an article about how to coping with financial disaster. (My short answer see #14 of 16 Thoughts on Oprah’s Stanford Commencement Speech… Grieve properly, attend to the situation at hand, and get back to what was important before the [...]
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Thursday Blogger Shout-outs
I’m going to try something a little new and interesting this week. I thought I’d give a shout out to some bloggers and their articles that I find noteworthy. There are a lot of great personal finance articles, but this takes it a step beyond to the level of garnering a small amount of fame. [...]
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Net Worth Update – June 2008
It’s the middle of the month, so it’s a time to take a look at my net worth. Due to the stock market slump it slumped a little bit. It’s specifically down about $3,000 from around $220,500 to $217,380. The first half this year has been disappointing to me, because I really thought I’d be [...]
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Saving Money on Groceries: Picking the Right Store
In most places in the United States, there’s at least one grocery store that can supply most of your grocery needs at a good price. In New England, I used to shop at Stop & Shop or Shaw’s. In California, I prefer Safeway. On a rare visit to Florida, there’s a Publix. For the most [...]
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Oprah’s Stanford Commencement Speech
Yesterday I had the unique opportunity to celebrate a friend get her doctorate degree from Stanford University. It was the result of many years of hard work. Though it was her day in the sun, I found myself looking more towards Oprah’s commencement speech. After all, there was little question how the day would go [...]
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Celtics and Oprah (and some weekend links)
This is an interesting weekend for me. I’m very excited about two events tomorrow. In the morning, I get to watch one of my wife’s friends get her doctorate from Stanford… followed by a graduation speech from Oprah. It’s kind of sad that I’m not really interested in her for any reason other than she’s [...]
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Angie’s List: Any Good?
Longtime readers know that while I live near San Francisco, my wife and I own rental properties in Boston. We didn’t set out to buy them as an income stream. She owned her place before she met me. I bought my place soon after we started dating. While neither one of us intended to move [...]
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Aww Phuket, I’m Outta Here
There comes a time, where you’ve just had enough. I think my wife and I have reached that point. So we decided to take some time off and say Phuket… …… Phuket Beach in Thailand that is. We are going vacation this September. If you read my posts a few weeks ago about military travel [...]
