June 2009

Education: We are what we sow

June 30, 2009

Uhm…I guess I’ll have to rescind my ire at the remark by one of our state legislators that teachers are feeding at the public trough. Now, bear in mind that the Goldwater Institute is a conservative think tank, and as we all know, it’s pretty easy to slant a survey. But…hevvin help us, take a [...]

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Get (re)organized: A better way to store current paperwork

June 30, 2009

The other day it occurred to me that I was constantly digging through my file drawers to pull out the same folders full of material I’m wrestling with on a regular basis. The stuff falls into two major categories: the Layoff/Retirement hassle (phone numbers; the 403(b) rollover; COBRA; RASL; back vacation pay; relevant official policies; [...]

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w00t! More good stuff!

June 30, 2009

Yay! Funny is back on MSN Smart Spending with the piece on the charms of older houses. Thanks, Karen! If you haven’t come upon Smart Spending yet, you should check it out. It’s a rich compendium of tips, leads, articles, and opinion about personal finance and frugality. Some of the articles are guest posts by [...]

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Good for another two weeks

June 30, 2009

Out at the Great Desert University, our business manager says our July 2 paychecks have already been processed, and so they should be issued on Thursday, come what may. So that shoos the wolf away from the door for another two weeks. What will happen over the next fortnight remains to be seen. BizMan says [...]

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Borrowing Trouble: Planning for a government shutdown

June 29, 2009

I know it’s borrowing trouble and there’s no point in thinking about this, but being a little funny about  money I can’t help laying out some plans in the face of the possible shutdown of my employer, the Arizona state government. It will happen this week if our craven legislature can’t quit playing political games [...]

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Economy Is Politics: Arizona’s politico-economic disaster

June 28, 2009

Bet you thought I was exaggerating when I described the shenanigans going on down at the state house. Truth to tell, though, that post was barely the half of it: a lazy job of reporting, indeed. To date, budget shortfalls have gutted higher education in Arizona, trashed K-12 education, closed down state parks, and shut [...]

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