Lordie! This woman can write!

You should ramble on over to Surviving and Thriving, where Donna Friedman has written another of her amazing posts. Every now and again, she gets on a roll that won’t quit. This is one of the best posts I’ve read in any blog, anywhere.

In passing that along to you, it occurs to me that I haven’t done a link-love round-up in a long time, mostly because the darned things are time-consuming and time has been in short supply the past few weeks. So…

Out and About in the Blogosphere

Evan, my fave conservative PF blogger, stirred up 24 people enough to respond to his rumination on the question of whether money buys happiness.

No doubt you’ve been hearing all the clichés about the Millennial Generation and how 20-somethings are delaying adulthood and all that. Whether you buy into this particular brand of sociobabble or not, you have to be amazed at Revanche, whose figures at A Gai Shan Life reveal that, while yet to break the big Three-O, she has accumulated an enviable pile of savings and supports her parents, in spite of a spate of unemployment and a move to a new city.

Dr. Dean at Millionaire Nurse is given to writing thoughtful posts. This week my attention is drawn by a discussion of the economics of divorce, particularly in the context of the present recession.

Hang onto your hat! Financial Samurai has got up to some mischief with “Don’t Have Children If You Can’t Take Care of Yourself.” Heh heh heh heh! You’re gonna love this! Reminds me of SDXB‘s plan to make prospective parents buy licenses for child-bearing.

Has your credit-card company stroked your ego by promoting you from your day job as a burger-flipper to a “professional”? Before you accept the lender’s flattering offer of a shiny new “professional” card, better take a look at Karen Datko’s eye-opener at MSN Smart Spending. These outfits always find a way around whatever consumer protection laws Congress can dream up.

Little House in the Valley has a nice post full of wit and wisdom on thinking about your future retirement. Wait! What? You mean I can’t move in with my son and his future wife, who of course will be thrilled to take care of a cranky old bat?

Frugal Scholar posted a neat idea for a new budget category. It’s an interesting strategy for promoting social responsibility in our own small way. If we all did it, we could change the commercial landscape in our towns and cities.

At Out of Debt Again, Mrs. Accountability offers a number of good suggestions for ways to save on your electric bill.

It’s still not too late for a short warm-weather vacation. Eliminate the Muda has a nice article on ways to travel economically and well.

Bucksome Boomer has an interesting rumination about the relationship of affluence or poverty to life skills. Readers chime in with reflections that development of certain life skills is also influenced by geographical region and ethnicity.

OMG! Don’t miss this attention-getting post at Get Rich Slowly! JD relates what happened when a Canadian newspaper reporter offered a number of panhandlers free money in the form of prepaid Mastercard and Visa gift cards. Weirdly, it confirms and de-confirms one’s suspicions.

Simply Forties has really been on a roll this week. I don’t know which of three delightful posts to share with you, so I’m sharing all three: Drinkers Live Longer (yeah! pass the wine, please), a tempting round-up of wonderful reading selections illustrated by a very cool painting, and (gasp! swoon!) a recipe for cherry soup.

If you’re at the point of making the leap from hobby blogging to problogging, check out Budgeting in the Fun Stuff’s comparison of Blogger and WordPress. IMHO, she’s right on about this: if you’re just starting up, even if you don’t think you’ll monetize your site, go with WordPress from the outset.

Over at Bargaineering, Jim has been running a series of “What Is a…” posts, in which he defines and explains, in plain English, various arcane financial terms. One of my favorites is What Is a Ten-Bagger? 😀

Welp, I’ve got to get off the Internet now and clean up the house. This should be enough to keep you busy for a few minutes. Enjoy!