September 2010

Weird Frugalities

September 25, 2010

You have got to run over to Budgeting in the Fun Stuff’s very entertaining post, Going Too Far to Save Money! She’s found the perfect Hallowe’en frugal tip. It’s very strange and very funny. While you’re there, leave a record of your own weird frugal habit. It reminded me of SDXB, the most accomplished cheapskate [...]

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Gold Bugs, Burglars, and a Way to Pay off Your Credit Cards…

September 24, 2010

This morning while we were out estate-saling, La Maya reported on a recent burglary in which the thieves made off with the neighbors’ jewelry, and only their jewelry. Other valuables, including an iPhone left sitting on a nightstand, Mac and PC laptops, and a large-screen TV were untouched. But a lifetime’s collection of jewelry was [...]

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Managing a Variable Income: A bouquet of bank accounts

September 23, 2010

Readers have suggested that one reason underlying my occasional fits of panic over money, which usually occur when something interrupts cash flow that I had planned on and depend on to pay bills, is my habit of allocating funds to various categories. Possibly, they imply, the sea would be calmer if all income poured into [...]

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Books

September 21, 2010

This morning a student sent over his latest paper, a response to an assignment in which I asked classmates to write a narrative describing their response to a tour of the campus library. This library, in addition to functioning as a busy learning center full of constant activity, houses a Southwestern art collection donated by [...]

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Wages of Sin: Update

September 20, 2010

So after class this noon I schlepped over to the Social Security Administration offices with several missions in mind: First to find out what they’re going to do to me for the crime of earning yet another $2,400 over the poverty-level earned income limitation; second, to ask where to mail the Form SS-31 to ensure [...]

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An artist is born

September 19, 2010

Among her many talents, my friend La Maya is developing as a fine artist. For the past several years, she’s studied with several graduates of leading art schools, and she still works with a mentor. Some of her work is beginning to look very nice! Her friends have been urging her to display through a [...]

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