Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Since I’ve been running around for my family every weekend, I haven’t been buying groceries or dining at home. I generally keep my fridge empty because empty doesn’t rot and need a cleanup. I was inspired to actually shop for food on Monday, likely because I am completely out of everything on the pantry shelves. [...]
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I can’t believe this article.
I have friends who work for AOL. I’ve been a customer of AOL. I’ve personally never had a crappy time with them trying to cancel, etc. However, this is just insane.
BTW, Buckethead of The Ministry of Minor Perfidy has a running joke there about zombies, so if you don’t think zombies [...]
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LPKitten has an updated post. Please give her a visit and some encouraging words.
I know what it’s like to take a gamble on a job and come out with a losing hand. It’s terrible. I was underpaid that year because I was under-employed and ended up owing $5K in back taxes. It was an awful [...]
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Gentle Readers, I would like to have a ‘Best of’ section, but I’m not sure what to put there. Are there any particular posts from my blog that have called out to you? Anything that you’ve gone back to re-read at a later date?
Posting will remain light as I jet off this week for a [...]
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Make Love Not Debt has a mystery for you. I love mysteries, but I am afraid I am not sure what this is. I suppose this is some sort of joint investment account of some sort which allows Her’s Grandmother to receive an income, but if so, why does Her pay the taxes, or do [...]
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Flexo, the carnival founder has it available now. The colors on table are looking spiffy and he’s asked carnival submitters to review their past submissions for their favorites to highlight. Yours truly is again a participant and I’ve featured my insurance buying post and The Lenscrafters Mall Conspiracy.
Posts that caught my eye:
Jane Dough, my Boston [...]
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Lately with the skyrocketing prices of homes in urban meccas, the thing to do has been to calculate whether or not it’s worth it to buy vs. rent. When you do that calculation, you’re figuring out opportunity costs of buying vs. renting. An easier example of this has been the price of gas. The [...]
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I lost my ATM card for a little while this week. I didn’t freak out because I’m sure I had misplaced it in one of my jackets or pants. Sometimes I slip it out of my wallet when I go to the cafeteria for lunch and forget to return it to my wallet right away.
I [...]
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A collection of articles:
Kiplinger’s: Where it starts
FMF discusses it here and throughout the week.
Friends finding your PF Blog
The original conversation at It’s Just Money. (Hello LAMoneyGuy!)
You can read my comments on some of these posts. I don’t have much else to say about it right now, just be honest with your friends. And if you [...]
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Frank, the Financially Savvy Atheist has a rockin’ spreadsheet for a payment amortization schedule. He walks you through the formulas you need to set up and it’s actually pretty useful if you are a spreadsheet jockey at work. It’s definitely intermediate to expert level skill.
It’s been quite fun to noodle around with it. Of course, [...]
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