Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Jim at Blueprint has an article about mortgage payments never being fixed. Funny that. He sounds like me!
The commenters on the previous article has some good insights about not having an escrow account at all. But I want to put a different question out there for readers.
Do you have an escrow account upon which your [...]
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Normally I leave my outgoing mail next to the front door so I don’t forget to take it on my way out. Last month, I had two checks ready to pay off a credit card and my HOA fee. Unfortunately, it seems that I never mailed them. I had to pay a late fee for [...]
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Did you know that you can withdraw money from your 401k to cover the funeral expense of your parents, spouse, children, dependents?
I was watching the PBS Frontline episode on retirement, goofing off and decided to look up 401k on Wikipedia. Per the documentary, did you know the 401k clause was written for executives of Kodak [...]
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I forgot one night and had a beer. (That was because we were out to listen to a friend recount a tale of woe. I completely forgot and said, “Oh, just bring me one of those.”)
I haven’t had a french fry since Lent (and only some when I got fish and chips since New Year’s.)
I [...]
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Then Gentle Reader, take my advice and go elsewhere. This blog is for entertainment purposes only.
I pulled the plug on the entry. nyah nyah.
And if you want to have a dialogue, leave a real email address that doesn’t bounce.
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Sometimes I like to get fancy spreads for bread at the grocery store. I especially like the bruschetta toppings at Harris Teeter and various hummus spreads.
In particular, I’ve been trying to add more fresh vegetables to my diet. I hate salad, so I find a tomato-based bruschetta topping to be a perfect way to add [...]
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I admit it. I played the lottery last night. Seven bucks in two different office pools. I know it’s a bad idea. But it was fun to participate with the other folks from work.
I read a post at My New Choice where he talks about getting to know his co-workers and their thoughts about money [...]
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I don’t usually buy groceries at Target. I figured they’re more expensive than the regular grocery store, but I never actually did a price comparison. I was pleasantly surprised last week to find out my assertion is not true. Target beats the regular supermarket for a lot of goods.
I went to buy some windshield wiper [...]
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He’s going to be on Jean Chatzky’s show on XM radio station ‘Oprah & Friends’. Times are 6 AM, Noon, 6 PM ET.
If you have it, please listen and leave a comment. I don’t have XM and will have to find someone who has it. (The only radio I pay for is WAMU!)
Thanks!
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Yesterday I posted the Carnival of Personal Finance, but if I had my way, I would have posted this instead. These were articles I really enjoyed last week from many carnival regulars. I also made a special effort to seek out some new blogs I’d never read before.
But I didn’t have time to read everything [...]
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