Archive for August, 2008
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A Brief Net Worth Update
Last month, I decided there probably isn’t a whole lot of value in sharing my net worth ups and downs with you. If you want to put yourself in my shoes, here’s a basic synopsis of my account holdings. I have a little over $200,000 in net worth. About half of that [...]
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The Price of Injustice?
I’m not usually one to write with such emotion as I do now. When I do, it’s universally about core personal finance beliefs – that’s not exactly the case now. I’d like to take a little space and a little of your attention to address a topic a little outside the box.
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Ten Things I Think I Think (and Some Links)
With apologies to Peter King, I’m going to borrow his shtick for this round-up.
I think watching fewer than ten seconds of Usain Bolt was every bit as amazing as anything that I’ve seen in the Olympics thus far. That includes two of Phelps medals by the narrowest of margins. To see him slow [...]
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FoodSaver Revisited
Another look to see if FoodSaver saves you money
I was reading this months Costco Connection and found a piece about preserving food. It probably shouldn’t surprise anyone that Costco would want to promote it’s products for sealing and saving food. With this kind of natural bias, I thought that I’d take everything I [...] -
Confession: I Clipped a Coupon (and I Liked It)
Clipping coupons may pay off after all
One of the universal tenants of Lazy Man and Money is, well, laziness. I try to find ways that I can maximize my dollar without sacrificing quality – or at least finding a good balance in value for my dollar. One of the things that I’ve been [...] -
How to Start Getting Wealthy Right Now
So many of us set goals like trying to become a millionaire by the age of thirty or forty. (Confession: Once upon a time, I thought that 27 was reasonable with the way the stock market was going). Some of us set a goal of being wealthy enough to take that dream vacation [...]
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Heroes, Knuckleballs, and Zink
I’ve mentioned in the past being a rather large Red Sox fan. Yesterday, some interesting news came out from Red Sox Nation. Tim Wakefield, the Red Sox player with the longest tenure, is injured and won’t be able to pitch as scheduled tomorrow. For those who might not be familiar with Wakefield, [...]
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Should You Put a Price on Your Health?
A few readers responded to my recent post Is Eating Organic Food Worth the Money? by saying that you can’t put a price on your health. I’ve seen a similar argument come up time and time again in my MonaVie article (For those who don’t know, MonaVie is a juice that people have suggested [...]
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Weekend Links – Preparing for Australia/Thailand Edition
My wife and I will be heading to Australia and Thailand in less than a month. Instead of looking forward to the vacation is excitement, I’ve found myself looking forward with worry. A flight across the United States is almost more than I can stand. I’m not sure how I’ll do on [...]
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Amazon Friday Sale: Overload of Awesomeness Edition
I usually only find a couple of interesting/humorous things on Amazon’s Friday Sale to point out. Amazon just took an hour out of my day, by putting a number of products of interest up for me to write about. I hope they saved some for next week.
Bug Zapper Tennis Racket – It’s a [...]
