June 2009

Identity Theft: Three ways to fight it

June 28, 2009

A few years ago, SDXB and I learned separately that each of our credit reports said we had lived at an address neither of us had ever heard of, in Tempe, Arizona. Although neither of us was harmed financially, it indicated a type of identity theft known as “application fraud” or “true name fraud.” It [...]

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Microbudgeting: A new refinement

June 27, 2009

Expense after crazy expense keeps pouring in. I’m having a heck of a time staying on budget, not good during the summer when power and water costs run very high. My microbudgeting scheme, whereby I break a month’s budget into four roughly week-long periods, is feeling the strain. The ticket for blowing through a photo-speed [...]

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Legislators in moronic game of chicken

June 26, 2009

Every year, Arizona’s political leadership engages in a frenzy of grandstanding around the state budget. And every year we’re told to be scared, be very scared, because if the budget isn’t passed by the end of the fiscal year, the state government will shut down. And every year, up until this one, it’s been so [...]

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The final annual review

June 26, 2009

Earlier today I was reminded that I neglected to follow up on the remark, made several days ago, that the Dean had her amanuensis summon me into The Presence. To my astonishment, what She wanted to do was carry out one…last…annual review. Why, I could not imagine: it’s pretty obvious that at my age I’m [...]

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Real Estate: Resale market looking better

June 26, 2009

Comes a newsletter from the predominant Realtor in our neighborhood, the ineffable Sandy Goodheart. She reports that she just unloaded a house in the neighborhood for a mere $325,000, not bad under the circumstances. Then she adds, The real estate market has improved dramatically since the first of the year. In January of this year, [...]

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Moments of Fame

June 26, 2009

This week Funny made Editor’s Choice with “Work Is a Place” at the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights,  which appears at Momma’s Blog. Thanks, Momma! This carnival, which encourages bloggers to send in their best writing, no matter what the vintage, features a number of excellent posts. Here are a few that I especially enjoyed: • [...]

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