September 2010

Want to buy that car? Don’t test-drive it!

September 30, 2010

Our friend Cary Lockwood, the automotive guru and local radio show personality, was chatting over the phone the other day when I happened to mention that I might soon be in the market for a new (or less old) car. He made a startling—and IMHO startlingly brilliant—suggestion: once you’ve narrowed choices down to two or [...]

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Maybe I’m too extreme about this…?

September 29, 2010

It’s not really the money. It’s the principle of the thing. Yesterday I drove down to the dentist’s office to get a cleaning and also to discuss building a new night guard, mine having been rendered questionably useful by a couple of recent crowns. Dr. D’s practice is housed on the sixth floor of a [...]

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The Winter Garden Is In!

September 28, 2010

Hurrah! At last I managed to break free enough time to dig some compost and manure into the soil and plant the winter garden next to the pool. Nothing much to photograph…besides, iPhoto has decided it won’t read my pictures or download from my camera, so that’s moot anyway. Right now the garden is mostly [...]

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Moments of Fame

September 28, 2010

Funny was featured in three carnivals this week, for which we dearly thank the proprietors: Carnival of Money Stories Miss Thrifty Wages of Sin: Update Carnival of Personal Finance Well Heeled Blog Gold Bugs, Burglars, and a Way to Pay off Your Credit Cards Festival of Frugality Money Beagle Managing a Variable Income: A Bouquet [...]

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Higher Ed in Arizona: Soon to get even BETTER!

September 27, 2010

Having closed academic programs and laid off several thousand employees, shucked off almost all graduate student support, and inflicted six months’ of furloughing on faculty and  staff, the powers that be in Arizona higher education have decided it’s time to “improve” the universities. Their idea of improvement? Privatize entire colleges. Bloat enrollments still further. Eliminate [...]

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Round-up Time

September 26, 2010

What with most of my time absorbed by teaching, I’ve been remiss in reporting on the various goings-on in the PF blogosphere. Here are a few items of interest… Simple Life in France and her DH, still waiting for le gouvernement to approve him to go back to teaching after his convalescence from injuries suffered [...]

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