January 2011

Dateline Arizona: Various News of the Day

January 13, 2011

Amid all the sorrow in Tucson, where a nine-year-old child was buried today, miracles are happening. Gabrielle Giffords is opening her eyes of her own accord, apparently recognizing those around her, responding to directions by moving her arms and legs, and even sitting up and dangling her feet off the side of her hospital bed. [...]

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More Days of Our Lives

January 12, 2011

Busy past few days! Haven’t had time to write much, so much has been going on. The minute I sat down to the computer this morning, Gerardo showed up. His “8:00 a.m.” usually means “10:00 a.m.,” so I’d imagined plenty of time to get a few things done before I started to prune the roses, [...]

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Ten Ways to Deal with Bag Lady Syndrome

January 11, 2011

A comment from reader KML on my recent “bag lady syndrome” piece moved me to think more about this subject. I was going to enter a response as a comment to that post, but by the time I finished typing realized the result was itself a post. And so, more on women’s fear of a [...]

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Moments of Fame

January 11, 2011

This week the Carnival of Personal Finance appeared at Walletblog, whose proprietor kindly included Funny’s reflection on the sources of Bag Lady Syndrome. As usual, this is a large and wide-ranging carnival. Be sure to check it out! Here are a few that I found interesting… Ben at Money Smart Life: Payroll Tax Cut 2011 [...]

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Sarah Gets Her Bull’s-Eye

January 8, 2011

Sarah Palin has taken down her bull’s-eye map, the one that targeted Gabrielle Gifford, the U.S. Congresswoman just shot outside a Tucson Safeway by some nutcase—or, we’re told on the fly, maybe two or even three nutcases. Lest we forget, let’s take one last look at the disappearing map of Ms. Palin’s target: Just now [...]

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Love Drop Gets Even Better

January 7, 2011

Not long ago I mentioned that J. Money of Budgets are Sexy has banded together with some other bloggers to create a charitable enterprise whose purpose is to “drop” a gift on a worthy person or family once a month. The idea is to donate a small amount—as little as a dollar a month—on the [...]

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