April 2010

Government Long-term Care Coverage: Better than nothing?

April 14, 2010

We’re being told that one of the future benefits of the new health-care plan (assuming it survives the Republican onslaught and general hysteria) will be an opportunity to buy long-term care insurance at an affordable price. That’s a much-needed program. But one has to wonder: apparently the average benefit will be about $50 to $75 [...]

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w00t! New hairstylist found!

April 13, 2010

So here’s what $75 buys you at th’fancy hair salon: Not bad, given the model’s overall decrepitude and the truly awful haircut the artist was presented with. Even though Art the Barber had pretty much shaved my head around the sides and back (except for the wad he left in back), I walked out of [...]

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Moments of Fame

April 13, 2010

Austin at Foreigner’s Finances hosts this week’s Carnival of Money Stories, where Funny’s post on the hidden costs of illness or injury appears. Even if you’re not into browsing bloglink roundups, you might want to visit this lovely carnival post for the beautiful photos of Japan Austin has included—he’s teaching English there, providing him plenty [...]

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Bye-bye, Bag Lady Syndrome

April 13, 2010

So I’m sitting in my counting-house entering Friday’s paycheck in an Excel account, when suddenly—ever so belatedly—it registers with me: One of these diddly little semimonthly community college paychecks is almost as much as my entire month’s nondiscretionary budget. Yeah. I could cover all of the monthly recurring can’t-get-out-of-it bills with a single net paycheck. [...]

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Why I have a dog…

April 12, 2010

Dog to Human: arf arf arf arf arf arf arf arf ARF ARF ARF!!!! Human to Dog: uh huh. WhatEVER. [Human continues cruising the Web, without looking up.] Dog to Human: ARF ARF arf arf arf arf arf arf arf arf ARF ARF ARF!!!! Human to Dog: Okay, okay, it’s just the fire hydrant dudes. [...]

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How Middle-Class Are You?

April 12, 2010

This is a guest post from Crystal of Budgeting in the Fun Stuff: A Personal Financial Blog about the Next Financial Step. It’s an open fiscal diary and a personal finance blog rolled into one that is looking to get as many people involved as possible. This article at Yahoo Finance, How to Gauge Your [...]

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