Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
I made some sidebar changes tonight. I’m sorry. I see that my blog looks like crap in MS IE. Please try Firefox instead. It’s way more pleasing.
EDIT: Thanks to NCN! I’ve now fixed things. I moved my Meebo Chat Window to the left sidebar. I will try to log into it in the evenings so [...]
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Welcome readers of Frugal Duchess and Get Rich Slowly!
Please leave a comment and say hello. The only rules for comments are these, please leave a name so I don’t have Anonymous arguing with Anonymous, and be polite. If you wouldn’t say it to someone in person, don’t say it in a comment.
Glad to have you!
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Jim at Blueprint for Prosperity has a local charitable event in the Hampton Roads/Norfolk, VA area. One of his friends runs a charity event for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. It’s the 2007 Winter Ghent Bar Tour that’s raised $13K in years past. (The 2006 Summer Tour raised almost $7K.) Read the personal story behind the tour.
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I have a houseguest on Thursday night. I have to buy new bedsheets for my pull-out couch. This is the first person ever to stay with me when I moved into my own place. In fact, I think that was also a Thursday night. I’ll have to remind her of that.
When she first came to [...]
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A Prairie Home Companion is now on WAMU on Saturday nights. This past weekend was live from the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia with Terry Gross of Fresh Air as a special guest. I loved it. He reminded me of so much of growing up in and around Philly. I remember going to the bodega down [...]
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Kassy at Sparing Change asks, “When should I buy a house?”
Simple answer, “When you are ready for the responsibility.”
People can say they want a home and say the have the money. But if you’re not mentally ready to stay in a place for 5 years, or deal with the maintenance, then perhaps it’s not time [...]
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Pay your fair share by paying an annual fee? NO WAY.
I admit, I carry a balance, but I don’t like this line of argument at all. Why should someone pay an annual fee because some other dum-dum can’t pay their bills ontime?
Sorry, but that’s crap.
Credit card companies make money EVERYWHERE. They make it in annual [...]
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Five Cent Nickel has it available now!
Trust me, I was IMing with him last night and he didn’t finish it till pretty late. He’s pulled out his ‘Editor’s Choice’ top picks at the top. Expect much the same from me when I host Carnival #91 in March.
These are the ones that caught my eye.
Jim at [...]
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Generally I avoid posting on weekends, but I wasn’t sure how long this WaPo article was going to last.
Jack Kent Cooke’s daughter is suing her trust fund.
Jack Kent Cooke, for those who don’t know, was the late, some would say great, owner of the Washington Redskins. (Whom I only ever cheer for when they play [...]
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Welcome LiveJournal readers! I know many of you are coming through on JD’s Get Rich Slowly feed.
This blog also had a feed, but I never switched LJ over to the new one. If I did, would you subscribe via LJ?
Thanks for stopping by!
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