July 2009

Moments of Fame

July 25, 2009

The Wall Street Journal’s “Popular Personal Finance Stories,” part of the paper’s hefty online presence, picked up the interview with Cary Lockwood, the first of what I hope will be a series about entrepreneurs who come up with interesting ways to escape wage slavery. Cary said the result was a huge spike in hits at [...]

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How We Get in Trouble: Sensitivity and nonmonthly expenses

July 25, 2009

This is a guest post by L. Burke Files, president of Financial Examinations & Evaluations, Inc. I have seen hundreds of people in financial distress. Often the nonevent problems (as opposed to events such as medical, job, relationship issues) arise from two matters that are more devastating than problems that come up because of a [...]

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Five frugal things you can do for yourself today

July 24, 2009

1. Eat in, not out. Download “101 Simple Salads for the Season” from the New York Times for an amazing list of easy, tasty, and good-for-you summer meals. This not only keeps you out of restaurants, it also gives you a whole cookbook-full of nifty recipes, for free! 2. Declutter a bookshelf or a closet [...]

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Mr. President! Mr. President!

July 23, 2009

Listening to an American president who can speak intelligibly: what a thrill! As soon as President Obama began to speak to the nation on the evening of July 22, he had my attention. How I would have liked to have been among the White House press corps: Mr. President! Mr. President! So many questions. I [...]

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Holy water bill, Batman!

July 22, 2009

This story is getting strange. Last week, as I reported earlier, I got two water bills from the city’s water department: one for $130, about a normal bill for this time of year, and then another marked “corrected bill,” for $87. The larger bill was completely unitemized: number of gallons consumed: 0; units billed, 0. [...]

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Speaking of moments of fame…

July 21, 2009

Have you noticed the nifty new Best of Money Carnival, organized by Free Money Finance? I came across it when WiseBread posted the eighth edition. The idea is to create a truly competitive, selective showcase for the best PF posts around. The host picks a Winner of ten posts that make the week’s carnival. The [...]

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