Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
After reading that miserable article, I was IM’ing with a friend of mine at Complex Diagrams. (He’s a UI designer I know.) It struck me that what I really wanted to write was an article about the skills that have served me most in life, not just school, but the actual office.
1. Being able to [...]
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Man, sometimes I just don’t get what passes for a good online article. Yahoo’s HotJobs site has an article about hot jobs that pay 6-figures. I think this article stinks, but after explaining why, I’ll tell you what I think is a fast track for a 6-figure job in almost any line of work.
I don’t [...]
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My friend, Dean, has a website on how to fix your own credit. It’s pretty detailed because it’s what he did himself, for free, to fix his own credit. No joke, it’s the real thing. It’s not flashy and he’s not out to make tons of money by having the site. He has a real [...]
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I gave my mother the red lace shawl for Christmas. I can always make another and I was really proud of it. It’s perfect in color for her to wear with her mink coat. (Yes, my mom bought one. It’s a black mink swing coat since she really doesn’t need a full-length one.)
I made another [...]
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Happy holidays! I hope 2008 has been a wonderful year for everyone.
Posting will be light over the next few days but in the meantime, please enjoy some posts:
2008 Bathroom Renovation
2008 Goals
Using Up Flexible Spending Funds (oldie but goodie)
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From December 2007 till March 2009, my friends will have had 12 babies. Or is it 13? I can’t remember. Most of them are first children with a few 2nds and 3rds. Last week was the week of baby photo Christmas cards. I was inundated with them once I picked up my mail. (I was [...]
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Sometimes, you get what you wish for, and sometimes it’s not good.
Lately I’ve made myself so valuable to a project that I’m sacrificing my vacation to get some tasks done on my project. It sucks and I’ve had to get several people on board so I can carry vacation over into 2009. (It’s usually use-or-lose [...]
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Fortunately, not me. But Shana Madoff, whose uncle has robbed her of her wealth. Her husband’s character is being called into question and it’s a royal mess. Was she complicit as a compliance officer in said hedge fund? I don’t know.
But sadly, it’s not the only case I’ve ever heard of one family member cheating [...]
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Gosh. I hadn’t given much thought to my goals for 2009 till I saw NCN’s blog about his goal planning.
As it is, I really want to make huge strides in my credit card debt. Ostensibly, I started this blog to help me get control of my finances. I seem to have done decently well on [...]
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I met a woman over the weekend who is temping. Because of her circumstances, she’s making a lot of cookies for Christmas. I think we counted her tally was almost 10 dozen.
As a kid in junior high and high school, I’d bake at least 5 dozen with my family for gifts.
These days, I don’t bother [...]
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