Archive for July, 2008
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Utah State Employees Getting a Four Day Work-Week
The state of Utah recently decided that it could save money by letting it’s employees work four day work weeks. Employees will work 10 hours a day and receive the same pay as usual. My mother, a nurse, actually had this set-up for a long time. She quite enjoys it and finds that she can [...]
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Reflections on Red Sox – Yankees (and some weekend links)
This weekend the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are getting together for another of their classic matches. (Having lived 8 miles west of Boston for 95% of my life, I fall heavily in that Red Sox fan club.) Though the Tampa Bay Devils (they choose to drop the Devil name, I choose [...]
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Happy Fourth of July (and some thoughts on censorship)
It’s the Fourth of July, time to celebrate our Independence with burgers and tasty beverages. In case you missed it, I wrote an article for Prosper’s Blog about frugal Fourth of July activities. I was listening to the radio yesterday and the 3 Days Grace song Never Too Late came on. It’s a pretty popular [...]
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What Example are You Setting with Baby’s First Bunny Bank?
My wife and I got invited to a Christening the other day. In fact the Dad might even be reading this post. (If you are reading, G, we aren’t likely to make the 3,000 mile trek. We will be doing Relay For Life). Anyway, we wanted to send a gift for the new baby. In [...]
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I Was Interviewed at Shark Investor
Shark Investor was kind enough to interview me for their investor profile series. He asked three great questions that made me think a lot more than I have in some time. In return he got some lengthy answers back from me. At the end of the interview I was thinking that I should have written [...]
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Money Magazine July 2008 Highlights
When I was going through my mail last week, I noticed something interesting. It seemed like I got a flier that was thicker than usual. Wait, it was this month’s Money Magazine. It feels like the slimmest edition of Money Magazine I’ve seen… yet, I happen to have the July 2007 copy handy and they [...]
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Alternative Income Streams – July 2008
The calendar flips and it’s time to reflect on my alternative income from last month. Executive summary: Not as good as last month, but more sustainable. This was the first time in a couple of months that I didn’t have $500 from Revolution Media Exchange referrals to factor in. I knew this was going to [...]
