Archive for August, 2009
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Chase is Chasing My Business Away
Earlier this weekend, my wife was saying that she’s not so much fun any more. I think she was alluding to the fact that she’s in her early 30s now and can’t party like she could a decade ago. I said, “It could be worse, you could be a curmudgeony, old man of 33 like [...]
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Personal Finance Links (“Big Sign” Edition)
Whenever I’m driving, I hand my wife navigating duty. I’m directionally challenged and I know it. Well, she’ll make a comment that there’s a “big sign” coming up for me to follow and I look for the physically large sign. It took me a long time to catch on that I need to interpet that [...]
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MonaVie is Trying to Sue Me…
… and I couldn’t be happier about it. For those who don’t know, MonaVie is a juice, that retails for $1.70 an ounce (yes ounce). Being the consumer advocate that I am, I wrote that I think MonaVie is a scam since it’s around $1500-$2000 a year per person and has no proven health benefits. [...]
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MonaVie is Trying to Sue Me…
… and I couldn’t be happier about it. For those who don’t know, MonaVie is a juice, that retails for $1.70 an ounce (yes ounce). Being the consumer advocate that I am, I wrote that I think MonaVie is a scam since it’s around $1500-$2000 a year per person and has no proven health benefits. [...]
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Free Budget Spreadsheets: Over 60 to Choose From
One of the most popular ways to budget is using a piece of software that is probably already on your computer: a spreadsheet. While it’s not a budget, that’s what I use to keep track of net worth and my online income. It may seem like a low-tech solution compared to many of the personal [...]
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Budgeting with the Envelope System
One of the popular ways to stick to a budget is by divvying out cash amongst labeled envelopes. The labels correspond to your necessary expenses, savings goals, play money, etc. There are a few advantages to the Envelope System: Those who do better with the physical representation of money can visually see where the money [...]
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Welcome to Budget Planning Week
I threatened to do a whole week on budgeting at the end of last week. I was joking at the time as I imagine it to be very dry and boring. However, the more that I think about it, the more it seems like an interesting challenge. Is it at all possible to make budgeting [...]
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Personal Finance Links (Robot Chicken Edition)
Last night my wife and I watched Robot Chicken season 1 via our Netflix account. For those not familiar Robot Chicken is a show on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. We had added it because it seems like every time we look up an actor or actress on IMDB, he/she has done a voice on [...]
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Random Thoughts From the Clouds
There’s not a lot of personal finance content in this post… which makes it somewhat suitable for a Friday afternoon (or evening if you are on the East coast). It’s simply some thoughts I had while flying back from vacation that I felt like sharing. I’ll return with more personal finance articles next week with [...]
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7 Frugal Vacation Ideas in Newport, Rhode Island
I was really racking my brain for an article idea for today when it came to me. Do what you always do: write about what’s impacting your life. My wife and I got married in Newport, Rhode Island a little over two years ago now and we made a point to set aside a few [...]
