May 2011

Grab It and Run!

May 31, 2011

While driving around this morning, I happened to hear an NPR report on The Burning House, a site whose proprietor poses the seemingly simple question, “If the house were burning down and you had to get out right now, what would you take with you?” Good question: if you have to grab and run, what [...]

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Cookie Jar$

May 30, 2011

Sometimes I wonder just how smart it is to self-escrow funds to cover various large bills, such as homeowner’s insurance, property tax, and car insurance, and to sequester funds for emergencies. It could be that getting carried away with this strategy gives you too many cookie jars cluttering the financial countertop and two little in [...]

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The Value of a Dollar

May 28, 2011

On Thursday Frugal Scholar expressed awe at the extent to which consumer prices have soared over a typical Boomer’s lifetime. And how! I can remember when you could buy a week’s worth of groceries for ten dollars. She reproduces part of a Faux News squib showing how prices have (apparently) risen over the past thirty [...]

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Lady Cruella, Ph.D.

May 27, 2011

Real life in the American college classroom: fearfully fearsome We have witness what some would call the most fearsomeness creature of all time do horrible things to the environment, and in the last century we have also witnessed conservation at it’s best from that creature, man. —Real, unedited copy from a real, unedited student Contemplating [...]

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Summer Boozie Pops

May 26, 2011

Remember the time I accidentally made the boozicle by putting a half-consumed glass of bourbon and water into the freezer and then forgetting about it? Well, wouldn’tcha know it…some people do this kind of thing on purpose. One such person is my former student, Jennifer Wood. With summer y-cumin’ in, Jennifer contributes this great set [...]

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Moments of Fame

May 25, 2011

Tom returned from his vacation trip just in time to post this week’s Canadian Finance Carnival, where he kindly includes Funny’s grump about gasoline and navel-gazing about buying a new car. It’s hardly worth visiting a blog carnival unless you enjoy reading blogs; this week the Canadians highlight quite a few posts that make the [...]

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