Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
“Is Style Only for the Upper Class?” at The NYTimes.com
Q. While I always look at the section with interest, I sometimes can’t shake the feeling that Style is defined by any two of a writer’s friends with too much money and time on their hands. The “A Night Out With…” pieces, for instance, often suggest [...]
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I don’t care what the mortgage banker tells you when you’re signing the loan. Your payment is never fixed. Even if you fix the rate, the payment is going to fluctuate. Perhaps I suffer from a changing payment all the time because I keep my escrow balance as low as possible and I live in [...]
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Kirby & Kira both write about their micro-level spending. I know I have a problem with buying things with cash. But lately I’ve been doing the John D. Rockefeller thing and writing down all cash outlays into a little notebook. Doing so means that I spend less. I am so frickin’ lazy that I will [...]
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It’s time to admit it. I’m a math nerd. I was in AP Calc in high school. But my final grade was a D, does that count? I suppose being on the Physics Team means there’s not talking my way out of the math geek label.
Lately I’ve been obsessed with Moneyball, by Michael Lewis. I’m [...]
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Hustler Money Blog has the latest Festival of Frugality available now.
The only one that really caught my eye today at first glance is from John at Queercents. Y’all know my greatest budget weakness is dining out. He points us at a really simple calculator so you can figure out the real, total cost of packing [...]
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Occaisionally I read really geeky sites like Slashdot, Boing Boing, and Kuro5hin. Recently I found a Slashdotted (you’ve arrived when you’ve become a *verb*) article about the rising price of corn and biofuel production. It’s kind of alarming.
I’m very interested in Terror-Free Oil and greater oil independence for our country. NPR had a story on [...]
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First, read this excerpt from the front page of Zecco on Monday night, 2/12, 10pm EST.
Ok this totally bothers me. They put this little tidbit on the home page of their website, generating buzz about a stock by what their users are trading via their website. I find that really sketchy. I am not actively [...]
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2Million has it the newest Carnival of Personal Finance available now.
I must say that I love the new hosts of carnivals and festivals. Participating is so important because I can’t visit everything and I count on hosts to spotlight what’s worthwhile reading. Plus if you are a new blogger and you never host one, then [...]
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I’m not really worried because of my heating bill. That’s all paid for by the HOA at my condo. I do turn down the heat to 50 when I leave the house and crank it up to 70 when I get home. (Usually around 10pm. It still feels really cold and I’m wearing three layers, [...]
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I just submitted for the upcoming Festival of Frugality, but I see they need more hosts.
Since I’m hosting the CoPF in early March, I probably won’t host till April.
I don’t always participate, but I’m feeling the need to tighten the belt right now so I expect I’ll be writing more about being frugal soon. (Even [...]
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