Life goes on in other parts of the world, even though the economy and 110-degree heat under cloudy skies have pretty much brought a stop to existence in these parts. Here and there, some interesting posts:
Evan, over at My Journey to Millions, celebrates his second blogiversary by celebrating the impending birth of his son with a lovely letter to the young fellow. Ah, to be in the fresh morning of life again…
Mrs. Accountability is still struggling with the aftermath of a computer meltdown, with data she thought had been backed up NOT, after all… Nightmarish. She just learned that when you order up a copy of your income tax returns, the IRS sends you a report that does not duplicate, by a long shot, all the data you enter in a 1040 and related forms. It costs $57 to get the real thing.
J.D. Roth has launched an interesting project: he’s going to relaunch an existing but dormant blog, Animal Intelligence, and at Get Rich Slowly he’s going to track and report upon the steps and progress he makes toward turning that site into a money-maker. He plans to donate the AI proceeds to charity. For sure, that’ll keep me coming around GRS, and I’ll also want to keep an eye on the critter blog.
Frugal Scholar figured out that some purchases made in thrift shops can be traded in at Buffalo Exchange. That’s kind of a neat insight…if you were clever enough about it, you could pick up treasures at Goodwill that don’t fit and schlep them to B.E. for credit toward purchases that do fit.
Dividend Monk now has his entire eight-part series on growing wealth online.
Speaking of prefab houses, as we were the other day, check out Little House in the Valley’s recent discovery! These houses are too kewl to be believed—though a bit on the pricey side, considering that you have to buy the lot and pay for services and contractors.
At Punch Debt in the Face, Ninja is about to say goodbye to bachelorhood! In celebration he’s posted a beautiful paean to Girl Ninja. Be sure to read some of the other posts near this one, also inspired by this great life change.
In the singleton department, Single Guy Money discusses the value of renter’s insurance and provides some tips to things to look for.
Money Beagle reports that his beloved former dwelling has been repossessed by the person who bought it. An anonymous commenter at this post makes some scary speculation about deflation. Conveniently, over at WiseBread, Phil holds forth on the subject with “All about Deflation.”
Welp, time to go on about some Saturday activities. More later…
Thanks for including me in your link round-up!
Thanks for including me in your roundup today. Just to clarify, I ordered the free “transcript” of our income tax returns which apparently is good enough for some uses. Perhaps if one’s return was less complex than ours (married, joint and several schedule C’s) or if one didn’t want to recreate the data within a tax software program it would be good enough. I will always make plenty of backup copies from now on, AND print out a copy. Sheesh! I do have a shoebox filled with backup documentation, so I could muddle through a recreation, but I don’t want to guess. Thanks again!
Thanks for including me! I hope that you had a great weekend.
Thank you for including my post, but I thought we talked about you slowing down a bit! We have to keep you going for years to come.
@ Evan: LOL! There aren’t that many years left. Might as well be doing something in them. 😉