August 2010

Wake up from that dream!

August 18, 2010

So a couple of readers pointed out that something was wrong with the math that suggested I just might manage an apartment in San Francisco for myself, if and when M’hijito makes his escape from Phoenix. Dead right: the problem was that the figure I was using for the 4% and 5% drawdowns, which I [...]

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California Dreamin’

August 17, 2010

LOL! Check out the comments, below, especially from Deflating Dreams. English-major math strikes again! Gotta race to meetings just now, but will be back with an update. Could I afford to live in San Francisco? Offhand, you’d think the answer would be no way, eh? Well. M’hijito is angling to get himself into a master’s [...]

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Financial Samurai launches special Yakezie blog

August 16, 2010

’Tis the season for blog launches! Over at Financial Samurai, Sam himself announces the birth of another new site, Yakezie.com. It features a scholarship sponsored by Yakezie, a series of posts by people with unusual lifestyles, and much promise for even more. Check it out.

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Funny Launches a New Blog!

August 16, 2010

Funny launches The Half-Off Diet™, with The Half-Off Challenge™, a competition to lose weight by cutting portion size 50 percent.

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Social Security’s Bizarre Rules

August 15, 2010

Well, I got screwed royally by Social Security. Five ways from Sunday! In the first place, on Friday I checked and learned it really is true that when you’re taking so-called “early” Social Security, if you go even a dollar over the $14,160 allowance for earned income, they take away an entire month’s check. Not [...]

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Yard Sale FAIL!

August 14, 2010

We thought we’d make a few bucks for groceries. Empty out the closets, haul the most egregious dust-catchers out to the driveway, and watch the junk fly out the door and the dollars fly into our pockets. So KJG made the long trip in from the White Tanks with a carful of valuable, priceless discards. [...]

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