July 2011

Busy Weekend

July 30, 2011

A minute to 9:00 p.m. and rain is pouring down. Lightning is lightninging and thunder is thundering. The back porch is already starting to flood. Weather has been hot and humid, not cooling much below 90 degrees at night because we haven’t had any real rain. But the teasing clouds have given us the occasional [...]

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Dog Days of Summer

July 29, 2011

Now before this goes any further, let’s get to the important stuff: A bright star just rose in the otherwise hot and muggy summer. Jacob over at My Personal Finance Journey has announced the final results of his first Tour de Personal Finance blog competition. And who should the winner be but (who else??) our [...]

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Still Pouring Out There…

July 27, 2011

Geez. It never rains but it pours. So they say. Paycheck for these past two weeks posted (but not received by my bank until tomorrow): $200 less than expected. Bill for car repair posted on American Express: $786.58. I don’t have that much left in emergency savings, so about $90 of it will have to [...]

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Making $7,390 stretch for a year…and living decently

July 26, 2011

Okay, so just now $7,390 is left of the $28,000 of layoff savings that I entered unemployment with 18 months ago. This little stash, which I found sitting in my various bank accounts as my fine former job wound to a close, has been supporting me, along with Social Security and the irregular pittance I [...]

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The Weirdness That Is Adsense

July 25, 2011

I enjoy exploring the mazes of Google Adsense’s labyrinthine reports and policies. Adsense has been phasing in a new reporting system, which provides a lot more information than the older system did—or at least, it provides it more accessibly. It’s full of curiosities. Every now and again, you’ll see things in it that are truly [...]

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