Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
The Washington Post has a free stuff resource guide that was published last Thursday. I don’t know if you need a log in. You might. Try Bugmenot.com if you do.
It’s focused mostly on DC area stuff, but there is plenty in there for people who live all over the US.
With that, let me plug my [...]
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I’m not a Virginia Tech grad, but several of my knitting friends are. They speak very fondly of their years in Blacksburg. In honor of the victims and their families, this will be my only post today and I will digress into a memory of another springtime college shooting.
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UGH. I wonder where my level of commitment is to debt repayment? I think I must be making a mistake by socking away as much as I can in my 401k plan. I decided to change my 401k contribution to 17% instead. Hopefully that means that I will be able to move the 3% difference [...]
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I am liking and yet hating Turbo Tax right now.
I love it because I got a crazy federal refund in 4-digits that I wasn’t expecting. I am also getting a refund for VA state taxes. However, I hate Turbo Tax because now I have to print out the forms and white out the $30 telephone [...]
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There were a plethora of NPR stories this week on personal finance topics.
Banks trying to stem mortgage foreclosures, plus legislative discussions for action.
Financial counseling so you don’t end up with a mortgage foreclosure. This just reinforces my thought that everyone who wants to buy a house needs to learn about mortgage products before they look [...]
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This guy says there really is watered down gas. It’s the additives and ‘aromatics’ they gas companies put in.
Question from chat room: Is watered down gas harmful to the car engines?
Joe Stronsick: Yes! Cars these days are not able to burn the aromatic properties as efficiently as they should. All cars require a fuel-injection clean [...]
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Meh. That’s why I have blog. To pompously write about anything I damned well feel like. But I’m learning to say very little at work till it’s like pulling teeth.
Read this article at Kiplinger’s about learning the value of saying less at work.
I used to think it was my job to help my superiors make [...]
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I think this single question is the “To Be or Not To Be” dilemma of frugality.
Recently a friend gave me a strip-cut shredder to replace a broken cross-cut one my dad gave me to try and fix. I am really bad with shredders. I was Fawn Hall at one company and had to shred entire [...]
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Millionster is back online!
It’s an occassional read for me. It’s pretty funny at times. It’s a group blog and I’m glad they are back! Blogging is a labor of love and it is really tough to be down for two weeks. My heart goes out to them and their troubles.
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Yes indeedy. I did it.
I am cheesed off with Wachovia for charging me to download from within Quicken, but not so cheesed off as to kill that account. I really do feel more comfortable with a brick and mortar bank locally. So this means my Philadelphia based checking bank is going the way of the [...]
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