Archive for November, 2008
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Black Friday: Why Does It Exist?
Has everyone gotten back from the Black Friday sales? I got back from my Black Friday foray a little earlier today. I would have written before now, but I had a little left-over chicken (we opted for chicken rather turkey this year – it’s just a better size for two) and dozed back to sleep. [...]
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Save Money On Skiing
[The following is a guest post by Ski Snowboarder. He often writes about skiing safety, skiing gear (including a winter sports store), skiing tips and snowboarding tips. If you like what you read, I suggest you subscribe to his RSS Feed.] Skiing, too often, is consider a “rich person’s sport,” a sport like tennis that [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I just want to take a minute and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you are having a fine dinner and watching lots of football. I’m thankful for too many things to even begin to enumerate here. I will say that I’m thankful there are people in this world like Je’Rod Cherry who auctioned [...]
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Save Money and the Environment at the Same Time?
As I write this, it’s Friday night and since I tend not to have a life, I just finished watching Nightline. One of the more interesting segments was about how a group of moms limit their waste to one canof garbage a year. Specifically they had the moms from Enviromom on the show. They admitted [...]
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Post Weekend Links: Free Dr. Pepper, Jack’s Back, Heat, and the new King of the Cassel
Too many things on my mind right now. Time to get them out: Free Dr. Pepper – I didn’t get it out to you in time, but Dr. Pepper got surprised when they promised to give away free Pepper if Guns and Roses came out with an album in 2008. Against all odds GnR appears [...]
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Oils Well That Ends Well
I’ve been really surprised that the Dow Jones industrial average continues to drop. The last time it dropped to 8,200 I thought it would be the last chance at those prices. As I write this, the mark is at 7,500 and some indications seem to say that it could go even lower. Despite that, we’ve [...]
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Piqqem: Crowdsourcing Stock Picks
Last week, I was contacted by Piqqem. Then wanted to tell me about their service and get my thoughts. I have to admit that I didn’t find the Piqqem site that interesting. I love the idea of crowdsourcing, but it seems to me that the stock market is already and efficient system. By buying a [...]
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Matt Furey: 101 Ways To Magnetize Money
Publishers send me books all the time. When I decide to read a book, I earn my Lazy Man moniker by choosing the thinnest book in my pile. Today that book is Matt Furey’s 101 Ways To Magnetize Money a book that you may be able to through in about 60-90 minutes. The first few [...]
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Ask The Readers: Evaluating a Gym Membership
A few years back, I had a gym membership. I always wanted a place where I can go and lift some weights do a little treadmiling… you know the stuff that I don’t nearly write often enough over at Lazy Man and Health. When my wife and I moved into my current apartment complex I [...]
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Weekend Personal Finance Links (sore muscle edition)
My wife persuaded me to go her gym’s Body Pump class yesterday. Not only was my ego hurt by the women doing heavier weights more times than me, but even my finger muscles hurt. That being the case, I’m going to cut right to the chase and get you the links. From The Money Writers: [...]
