January 2008

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January 23, 2008

Did you reach this pageby clicking on a link on a page from Funny about Money? If you could see that link, then you were reading a page ripped off by a scraper. If the link was invisible, likely you were on a genuine FaM page and accidentally clicked on a white-on-white link. Funny got [...]

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Financial goals, urban angst

January 14, 2008

Yesterday afternoon when I got home from work and climbed out of the car, I smelled burning rubber in the garage. Thinking something was wrong with the van–did I drive across two rain-soaked freeways with the handbrake on? is that fan belt flaring up again?–I looked the vehicle over but could find nothing wrong. Then [...]

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Funny’s ten money principles

January 11, 2008

A major cause of stress in Western societies is money: getting it, spending it, keeping it. Studies have shown that people in Bhutan, Brunei, and Malaysia, hardly centers of conspicuous consumption, rate as happier than people in “developed” countries like, oh, say, the United States. One way get our angst under control is to get [...]

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Frugal Crafts Friday: How to make upscale casual jewelry

January 11, 2008

Do you get the Sundance catalogue? Ever covet the cool, hand-crafty necklaces and earrings? Or, if you’re a guy, ever want to buy one of the things for your lady friend? Maybe you were given pause by the prices. Here in this month’s catalogue, for example, is a strand of lapis heishi beads with a [...]

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How to bamboozle a buyer

January 10, 2008

From The Atlantic Monthly comes a précis of a recent study [1] published by Cornell University’s Johnson School reporting that consumers tend to see a precise price, such as $355,756, as a better bargain than one that ends in zero, such as $355,000. When asked which was lower, subjects consistently responded that the precise figure [...]

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Five good things you can do for your finances this week

January 9, 2008

1. Make one day this week a no-purchase day. For a whole day, refrain from buying one thing, not even gas for your car. 2. Hold the Starbucks! Brew your own coffee before you leave the house. Want a sweet roll for breakfast? Buy a few at a bakery, bring them home, and enjoy one [...]

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