April 2011

Pots, Pans, and BKF to the Rescue

April 15, 2011

Lenten thanks, Day 35: What could be better than an old friend who doesn’t forget you even after she leaves town? Thanks, Your Godship, for reminding her to call and come over while she’s visiting here. While all that conversation was going on, a few days ago, at Frugal Scholar’s place and waypoints, about fancy [...]

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The Joy of Ethnic Markets

April 14, 2011

Lenten thanks, Day 34 Great idea, God, to make us all different. Thanks for all the differences that human beings come in. Wellllll…except maybe for Them Republicans. Mwa ha ha! Calm down, little heffalumps: it’s a joke! Even God has a sense of humor. Oh, what the heck: maybe especially God has a sense of [...]

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Are You Cutting Gas Use? CAN You?

April 13, 2011

Crude oil is selling at over $106 a barrel this morning. Yesterday one of my students reported that gasoline has reached $4.50 a gallon in L.A.; at least one station was charging $4.75. Paradoxically, the Times observes that people don’t seem to be cutting back on driving this time around. That writer speculates it’s because [...]

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Funny Wins a Prize!

April 13, 2011

Lenten thanks, Day 33 Thank goodness there’ll be a break of almost a month between the end of spring semester and the start of summer session! Hey! Donna Freedman e-mailed to say Funny won Surviving and Thriving’s giveaway of Personal Finance: The Missing Manual! w00t! That’s one of the few PF books I’d actually like [...]

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Taking Care of Your Health Pays

April 12, 2011

Lenten thanks, Day 32 Sure is nice to have the house clean…at last! Staying healthy pays in the obvious way—lower healthcare premiums and fewer sick days—and it returns cash in less self-evident ways, too. It’s not just that you save you, your employer, and your health insurer money on doctor bills and absences. When you’re [...]

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Long Days, Long Nights

April 11, 2011

Lenten thanks, Day  30 Thank God I don’t live in Iowa! Lenten thanks, Day 31 Today is my mother’s birthday. She would be 100 years old today. I’m glad I had some time in my life with her, and thankful that most Americans no longer buy the products of the people who murdered her. But [...]

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