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April 2009

"99% of my cash is spent on food and coffee"

April 30, 2009

Had an interesting chat w/ my brother yesterday over IM (the same one who likens debt to kissing your sister), and thought I’d copy & paste it here for ya. Figured it would be much more interesting to read via IM style than paraphrasing and trying to slip in silly banter all over the place. [...]

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How Were Your Finances Looking 2 Years Ago?

April 29, 2009

I flipped through an Inc. Magazine from Feb, 2007 the other day and BOY were things different! The cover headline read “How Philip Rosedale Created Second Life. The Coolest New Marketplace in the World” Second what? Are they still around anymore? Oh man, this thing was filled w/ memories of the past. There was even [...]

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Whatcha Know About Kids Allowances These Days?

April 28, 2009

I don’t have kids yet, but for some reason I’ve been thinking about them lately. At the moment I’m only practicing having them (aww yeahh!) but when it’s game time, I’d like to be prepared. Or at least have an idea of what I’m doing. And this apparently includes setting up the proper allowance ;) [...]

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What makes a job a truly enjoyable place to work?

April 27, 2009

I was recently asked this by a dear blogger friend of mine, Wide Open Wallet, and realized that it was a helluva good question! And one w/ a helluva lot of good answers as well ;) Every job is different, but many of the principles behind great places are similar. When it comes down to [...]

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And the FREE business cards & brochure winners are…

April 25, 2009

Business cards: Candy @ Broke and Not So FabulousBrochures: Knockout Niki I wish I could have given them out to each of you though! You guys had a lot of great reasons to win them :) There were 22 total entries for the business cards, and 6 for the brochures – so I ran 2 [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire Child Star Almost Sold for $300k!

April 24, 2009

WTF? How could you sell this girl? Boy, just when you thought you’ve seen it all. Apparently this has been in the news all week long, but for whatever reason I’m just now coming across it. The whole thing makes me want to vomit. I mean, look how happy that girl looks! How incredible she [...]

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Lots of great stuff in Personal Finance this week :)

April 24, 2009

In The PF Blogosphere… My Sports Bra is Where, Exactly? – A sports museum goes bankrupt and the Feds seize hundreds of famous people’s stuff! Tony Hawk’s childhood skateboard, Richard Petty’s sunglasses & hat, and even that famous undergarment Brandi Chastain showed off after winning the World Cup in ’99 – hence the title of [...]

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Debt is bad. It’s like kissing your sister and liking it…

April 23, 2009

Welcome to a guest post from my insanely talented brother :) Needless to say, you can tell who the “real” journalist is in the family. But even more importantly, he’s finally got his financial act together out of all these years! You’re my boy Blue! This may be a little long, but if you like [...]

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Giving away FREE business cards & brochures today!

April 22, 2009

It’s time for another giveaway! I’m getting a lot more companies reaching out to give free swag away, so hopefully you all enjoy these :) And I’m trying to only giveaway those items that I would use or appreciate myself. That way, we don’t get more junk floating around! Right? Right. Okay, today’s giveaway is [...]

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6 Reasons to Spend the Money on Sports This Spring.

April 21, 2009

When was the last time you up and joined a sports league? Or better yet, a KICKBALL league?! It’s made a serious comeback my friends, and it’s slicker than it was back in elementary school! It even has its own association now: WAKA (World Adult Kickball Association)! haha…but I digress. The point is, the $50 [...]

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