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March 2009

Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer showdown tonight! You Ready?

March 12, 2009

…To play the drinking game that goes along with it? Yup – my boy over at Pimp Your Finances come up with a list of words to watch for, and if all things go as planned I suggest not driving/doing anything afterwards as it’s gonna be crazy ;) Some of these words include “In Cramer [...]

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Wow, Wal-Mart is almost as Big as my Johnson!

March 12, 2009

Too much? Sorry, feeling a bit feisty today ;) You know how us guys are. Seriously though, Wal-Mart is HUGE!!!! I just got this email forwarded over to me by my father who LOVES sending over this sorta stuff (do you find that yours does the same?) and I thought it was pretty interesting if [...]

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I’m thinking of making & selling t-shirts…would be fun, no?

March 11, 2009

Last night I had my last screen-printing class and I’m afraid I’m really gonna miss it. When you’re surrounded by creative people like that, you REALLY get into it! Esp. if you’re not a perfectionist ;) There’s a process you have to follow in order to get your images to come out exactly the way [...]

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Mvelopes: I don’t sign up to financial companies who spam me.

March 10, 2009

HAH! You think by spamming me I’ll sign up to your financial doodad?! Come on now – i’m gullible, but I’m not *that* crazy. If your company (cough cough Mvelopes) wants me to sign up to your “free trial”, how about you spend the time and find a better way to market it to me? [...]

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New favorite book: "The Richest Man in Babylon"

March 9, 2009

Yup, The Richest Man in Babylon now steals the trophy away from The Millionaire Next Door! haha…although I’d highly recommend both books as they really give you a wonderful perspective on life :) What I liked most about The Richest Man in Babylon though, is that the whole thing is based on fables! Every chapter [...]

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"Tent City" is back in CA. Freaky pics of a worsening economy.

March 9, 2009

Tent City is back :( This is one of the saddest things i’ve come across lately…you’ll have to click through to the slideshow (via MSNBC.com) to get a better feeling of this whole thing, but it’s freakin’ crazy. Can you imagine if your sister or parents or even friends were LIVING this way? My heart [...]

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3 Tips to Putting BLING on That Finger of Hers.

March 6, 2009

There comes a time in all boy’s lives when we have to own up and get an Engagement Ring. The time when love populates the air and all in the world is right. It’s been some time since i made this adventurous trek myself (2+ years), but the memories are still vivid as the day [...]

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Best of The Week in Personal Finance.

March 6, 2009

Best Links of The Week: Are Skinny People Richer? VERY awesome post by my good friend over at Dual Income No Kids. I won’t give it away, but you can probably guess what the answer is ;) Do Not Hide An Engagement Ring In a Frosty and Then Hold an Eating Contest. Good Debt vs. [...]

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Would You Rather…Be UGLY and rich, or HOT w/ less?

March 5, 2009

It’s been 57 days since my last “would you rather”, and I have missed ‘em dearly. So not only do we bring ‘em back today, but we reach into the classics and pull out a favorite! We go all the way back to ancient times when Old Babylon was ruled all of the lands…or not, [...]

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Net Worth: February – Lots o’ Cash and Lots o’ Losses.

March 4, 2009

The roller coaster’s back on the up and up w/ +$7k this month!, Yup, that’s what happens when you get mad tax returns and then you find out your other half had a bit more money than you originally thought ;) I knew she was frugal, but good Lord! After brief convo’s last month I [...]

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