July 2009

Moments of Fame

July 21, 2009

Funny’s rumination on what a master’s degree is “worth”—financially and otherwise—appeared on MSN Smart Spending this week. Many thanks to Karen again! Bible Money Matters hosts the Carnival of Money Stories this week, kindly including “Money Happens.” Here are a few of the many posts here I enjoyed: • Guest post author Amanda Grossman reflects [...]

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Life, the universe, and all that money

July 21, 2009

This morning Cassie the Corgi and I awoke to a cityscape imbued with a strange yellow light. You couldn’t call it “golden.” Jaundiced fit better. Off in the distance occasional rolls of thunder rumbled across the sky, sounding for all the world like well-aimed bowling balls shooting up a wooden alley. To the south and [...]

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High-pressure car salesmen find new jobs

July 20, 2009

Here in town, a chain of nurseries regularly advertises hot sales of trees, especially in the summer (heh heh…get it?). Because there are quite a few outlets, you can always find one relatively close to where you live, and they have a large selection. M’hijito and I are finally ready to landscape the long-neglected yard [...]

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Unholy water bill

July 19, 2009

Thought this was gunna happen. Yesterday the City’s water department sent me a second bill for this month, bringing the total hit to $214. Cute. Earlier this month I learned that someone had turned off the water service to my house and restarted it in their name. The CSR at the water dept thought I [...]

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Can your employer top this?

July 18, 2009

Comes the following from my sidekick, in the e-mail: After the furlough and the new deductions they’re taking…I’m netting about $200/week. I’m going to do the bare minimum. It’s just not worth it. I’m going to have to find another job soon. I can’t live on this. Think of that. This talented young woman, who [...]

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Moments of Fame

July 17, 2009

I’ve Got a Little Space to Fill hosts this week’s Make It from Scratch Carnival. She kindly includes Funny’s imprompu shrimp curry dish among many wonderful posts. Check out the great kid foto with Liss’s No-Mixer Honey Passionfruit Slab Cake—and the photo at the carnival below the link to Frills in the Hills’s site. And [...]

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