Whether this letter is legit or not, it still made me laugh. It’s definitely worth reading. I think my favorite one is that he put packages of condoms in unsuspecting shopper’s carts.
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Archives for 2007
Lottery Winner Refuses His Winnings
We’ve got the people who blow every bit of their lottery winnings in record time. Then there was Brad Duke, who is turning his lottery winnings in to a much larger sum. And then there is the 70 year old man from Hamelin, who won over 2 million euros and is refusing to take the money. That’s something I never thought I’d hear. It is
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Am I Going To Lose My House?
I don’t know about you, but the news these days is freaking craaaaaaazy. From the sounds of it, I may lose my house at any moment and have to wash dishes at a sleazy strip joint where they serve steaks for $5.99. (Because, let’s face it, no matter how bad the economy gets, guys will still go to strip joints and who doesn’t like a
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House For Sale – Drug Seizure Up For Grabs
About a year ago I happened to look out the window of my office when I was working from home one day. We live in a quiet, nice neighborhood in the suburbs of Seattle. Nothing ever happens around here and all in all it’s a peaceful existence. People that live in the neighborhood are all solidly “middle class” and most have white collar jobs that
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I Hope CEO’s Can Get By On Their Wages
A friend of mine sent me an article from MSN that talks about CEO wages relative to the “Average Joe’s” wages. I’ve heard similiar information before but this one reminded me of how different someone’s life is down in the trenches as compared to an average CEO of a Fortune 500 company. A few of the statistics from the article: The CEO’s at the biggest
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How Do You Know If You Are Saving Enough?
I wish I had a nickel for every time this question has popped in to my head. I thought about this a lot more when my net worth was quite low and I had just gotten started. It’s hard to imagine that you are on the right path to retirement when you only have $10,000 put away in your 401k or IRA. So how do you
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Time To Spend A Little Money
My birthday is next week. I’ll be turning the ripe age of 36. While this isn’t exactly a major roadside attraction along the highway of life it is important because it’s MY birthday. :) Anyway, I stopped by my sister’s house last night for awhile and while I was there I tried out their new Nintendo WII. It’s absolutely a kick in the pants. That’s all I can
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Keeping Score – Personal Finance Voyeurism
I’m going to confess something. I absolutely love to hear about other people’s finances. Why? I don’t know. I guess I’m just a competitive jerk that loves to see how I stack up. Okay, that’s not true but I do love to see how I stack up relative to others in my age category. Knowing the details of someone else’s finances doesn’t help my financial
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It’s Not What You Make, It’s What You Spend
Earl Crawley earns $20,000 a year as a parking lot attendant. Even with such a small amount of income he has managed to create a nest egg of over $500,000 in the last 44 years. If Earl is not an inspiration to you then you are a lost cause. You know those simple savings tips that you read on all the PF blogs? They can
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Son Won’t Leave Home
I read an article on Salon.com about a woman who’s 30 year old son won’t leave home. Not only will he not leave but he also won’t help share the costs of living there. Every time the mother brings up the fact that she really needs him to help with the costs, he blows up and gets angry. She’s afraid of making too big of
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