Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
To make a person go on an alcoholic bender!
I was waffling about stepping out tonight. An acquaintance of mine tends bar in Silver Spring, which is very far from my office. But since I have to work an emergency patch upgrade tomorrow night, I feel that it will be best to do it with a [...]
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This is an advisory. It’s going to be ugly.
I added my dental bill to September’s net worth, which is why it’s down. However, this month, I had a major maintenance bill for my car, so even though I paid $800 down on the dental bill, I didn’t have enough in reserve to cover the car [...]
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As we head into the holiday season and enjoy today’s holiday of gluttony, I just wanted to take a moment and reflect on the abundance in my life.
During my regular knitting gathering this week, we were talking about S.A.B.L.E., Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. For those of you who don’t knit, ’stash’ is your yarn [...]
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I would like to thank all the readers who commented on Megan’s quandry.
Yes, she really does need $15K worth of work. Her dental work is very similar to mine and the price itself is not very negotiable, but many of you advocated a second opinion and finding a dentist to do the work paying as [...]
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NPR had a charming story of a couple who got to stay at the Palmer House for the price it cost back in 1947! They were married 60 years ago and celebrated their honeymoon there. For their anniversary, they paid ten dollars verifiable with a receipt Mariam Orenstein had saved in a scrapbook!
Many years ago, [...]
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One of my readers (Megan, not her real name, but one she chose) is having major work done on her teeth. She is asking your advice.
It’s going to cost an estimated $15K total because she, like me, is having dental implants done. Now her dentist seemed like a swell guy, until it was time to [...]
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Alrighty. I am dragging this post out of my draft archives. I wrote it a really long time ago. But since Plonkee tagged me to write about if I was debt free.
You have to understand though that this is just some homesickness on my part more than it is about debt.
If you asked me what [...]
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Nick of Punny Money was our fabulous host (boys can be fabulous too!) on the Red Line Metro. Cleverdude was also in attendence as well as Mrs. Micah and one of my friends who had a question to ask, but never got around to it. He was too busy telling me dead baby jokes of [...]
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Ah. Fine Media Temple. It’s lovely. Sort of. The Grid Server hosting my database for WP was down. Not sure why, but after 36 hours or so of downness, it is upness again.
I am not sure how I feel about MT. The reviews about GS are a mixed bag on the internet. So if you [...]
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Sorry I am posting this a day late. I got sucked into work and forgot.
My company default enrolls new employees into the 401k plan. They sign them up to 2% so they get 1% matched, however, with the new year, the default enrollment will be 3% with a 1.5% match.
The main reason for doing this [...]
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