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Comparatively Speaking A Million Dollars is Still a lot of Freaking Money

From My Journey to Millions
March 10, 2010 at 1:50 am
I read a news story recently that reminded me that I hate when I hear, “a million dollars is not what it used to be.”    Well duh!  But come on it is still a lot of money, ... (more)

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March 6, 2010 at 12:01 pm

This morning I opened up my trusty feed reader (feedly), and soon clicked on a post of mine to see how it looked in feedly. There are so many things about using this clean, minimalist

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Financial unredo (yeah I made “unredo” up)

From Punch Debt In The Face
March 3, 2010 at 5:23 am
If you’ve been scoping PF blogs for a while, you’ve probably seen some posts realted to financial do overs. Ya know, a time in your life that you made a terrible financial ... (more)

My Favorite Saying and a Cool New Personal Finance Blogging Group

From
March 2, 2010 at 1:34 am

This has very little to do with personal finance, but since its my blog I’ll share it anyway!  I am completely stealing this from my boss, but one of my favorite sayings is,
I

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What the heck were we eating before?

From Fabulously Broke ....in the City
February 25, 2010 at 7:00 am
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Vote for me or I’ll punch a baby

From Punch Debt In The Face
February 24, 2010 at 4:28 am
So I found out the other day that I had been nominated by my fellow bloggers for a 2009 Plutus Award in the category of “Most Humuours Personal Finance Blog”. That’s ... (more)

Was an unhealthy FB this week…

From Fabulously Broke ....in the City
February 21, 2010 at 6:00 am
Ate very badly. Mostly because I just felt like being bad. Shawarmas galore! I’ve been eating these chicken shawarma’s (Lebanese fast food) at least twice a week. For ... (more)

Two Truths and a Lie

From
February 16, 2010 at 3:34 am

You ever played “Two truths and a lie”? It’s often used as an ice breaking tool at social gatherings and small group meetings. Since we are all a bunch of awkward

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A Human Platitude Who Radiates Blandness

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
February 15, 2010 at 11:47 pm
In Chapter 1 of American Pastoral by Philip Roth, two gentlemen are having dinner, and one guy describes the other -- who's stunningly handsome, athletic, successful -- this way:I ... (more)

Hypothetical questions are fun…right?

From Punch Debt In The Face
February 12, 2010 at 4:27 am
Forgive me PDITF loyalists, for I have sinned. It is way to late for me to really think of anything worth writing about, so on this glorious Friday morning, I ask a simple, but ... (more)

In Praise of Memorization

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
February 11, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Malcolm Gladwell is a talented public speaker. One of the best, in fact -- $80,000 a speech. He looks so natural on-stage. He tells stories effortlessly. He self-interrupts, he ... (more)

Share your secret

From Punch Debt In The Face
February 10, 2010 at 3:01 am
Today’s blog post has the potential to be my most favorite blog idea yet!!! Have you heard of the wesbite PostSecret? It’s a blog, that posts secrets…go figure. ... (more)

The Condom and Other Links

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
February 8, 2010 at 10:06 pm
"The condom is...in its essence, a compromise: at the moment of greatest potential pleasure, it interferes. It requires that the rush of desire be interrupted, its course modified, ... (more)

Thank You Fellow Bloggers!

From My Journey to Millions
February 5, 2010 at 11:14 am
In today’s internet, I feel like people don’t usually check out the a blogger’s blogroll, so as a way to say thank you I wanted to list the blogs that I read ... (more)

Are you a Thousand Dollar Baller?

From Punch Debt In The Face
February 4, 2010 at 3:21 am
There’s a lot of hype around millionaires. If you read Budgets Are Sexy (which I recommend you do) you’ll see J. Money has a club, “The Million Dollar Club” ... (more)

Switzerland Oldest Bank Says F.U. America

From My Journey to Millions
February 3, 2010 at 11:41 am
When everything was going down with UBS, a different Swiss banking firm came out with a very strongly worded letter bashing the United States.  I have no idea how this possibly got past ... (more)

Traveling with a cold sucks

From PseudoHR
February 3, 2010 at 7:30 am
If there’s one thing I’ve learned this week, it’s how to travel with a sinus infection. First of all, don’t do it.  Flying with a stuffy head is not cool.  That piercing ... (more)

A new direction: I’m moving to Chicago

From The PR Practitioner
January 27, 2010 at 11:24 am
Life is comprised of key decisions that affect you and the closest people around you. This is one of those decisions. I’ve accepted a position on the Digital team at Weber Shandwick ... (more)

Assorted Musings

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
January 22, 2010 at 12:05 am
Your monthly edition of quick thoughts, cheap shots, bon mots... 1. An ideal age: to be young enough to trade on your little-kid right to ask inappropriate questions, but grown ... (more)

All of Obama’s Proposed Taxes Listed (well not All because there are just too many)!

From My Journey to Millions
January 19, 2010 at 1:29 am
I have never hidden my disdain for big government regardless of what political party is in charge.  I am a libertarian at heart, but only in moderation, of course.  So I got ... (more)

I Think there is Something Wrong with my Generation! Hints when Looking for a Job

From My Journey to Millions
January 18, 2010 at 12:27 am
A co-worker of mine is looking for an assistant, so he put up a few ads on the main online sites.  What he got back was astounding, it made me actually cringe and laugh all at ... (more)

Studying the Obvious and Figuring Out Why Americans Are Broke

From My Journey to Millions
January 14, 2010 at 1:37 am
Vanguard recently highlighted portions of a book written by Connecticut College Psychology Professor Stuart Vyse titled, “Going Broke: Why Americans Can’t Hold on to ... (more)

My 10 fav blog posts of 2009

From Radiant Veracity
January 10, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Cartoon by Hugh MacLeod I am still just over-the-top giddy that 2009 is 1-800-OVER and that we are starting 2010 with a bang. Dear 2009, don’t let the door hit you ... (more)

Short Story of the Day by Deb Unferth

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
January 10, 2010 at 9:41 am
The two historians had received a grant to go to a certain country. They had to spend all the money in the country, have itemized receipts (a credit card slip alone did not count), ... (more)

Start 2010 Right! Free Money and Prizes

From My Journey to Millions
January 8, 2010 at 10:20 am
Money Crashers 2010 Give Away MoneyCrashers, a personal finance blog, is having one crazy give away: Enter the Money Crashers 2010 New Year Giveaway Bash! We’ve partnered with ... (more)