I called my broadband company today. 6 months ago, I had called to threaten to cancel if they didn’t give me a discount. They dropped the price for 6 months for me. Well, that 6 months is over so I called them back again. Here’s how the conversation went: Me: Hi. I’d like to change my broadband service to your 2 megabit speed instead of
It’s a Good Thing I’m not Doing this for the Money
I started writing this blog because I wanted to create dialogue around personal finances. I’ve always loved personal finance and am really amazed at how little most people care about their finances. So, here I was blogging away and then I noticed that Google had a thing called Adsense. I thought, WOW. I could actually earn money while I blog? It almost seemed too good
Went and Saw a Movie Last Night
For the first time in at least a year and a half, my wife and I went to see a movie last night. We didn’t even know what we were going to see until we got to the theater. It was mostly just a break from watching our daughter since my wife’s parents are in town. They told us to go out and do something,
Living on Social Security
I had to blog about this article. I have a lot of feelings when it comes to living on social security because it’s what my parents are going to be doing. It can be done but it certainly isn’t ideal. If you have any debt, you probably can’t pull it off. Also, depending on how early you opt to start taking social security, you may
They are Conspiring Against Us
Never before in the history of mankind has such sophistication and effort gone in to taking your money. Companies are spending billions of dollars figuring out exactly how you think, how you act, and how to dial in your preferences so that you will buy their products. The end result is that many people spend large amounts of their time trying to figure out how
Bet you $5 I can tell you where you got your shoes
My wife and I spent a week down in New Orleans awhile back. I had heard that crime was a bit more prevalent down there than it is in the Northwest so I was on edge a bit. We had a rule that we didn’t stay out after dark because we were doing all of our walking in the French quarter, or close to it.
8 Things to do Before You Turn 30
I found this article on Kiplinger and think it’s relevant, not just to people who haven’t turned 30 yet, but also for people who may be running a bit behind. Here are the 8 things it recommends you do: Identify your goalsStart an emergency fundPay off credit cardsStart investingEstablish creditSet up a strategy to pay off student loansTake calculated risksTravel Most of these (with the
Personal Finance Blogger?
I have been looking for ways to bring in new readers for my blog. I’m really enjoying writing the blog and love to see the traffic on the site rise. Here’s a tip:Go put in a few free ads (one in each city) in the general announcements area of http://www.craigslist.com. I’ve been seeing some decent traffic from craigslist and am hoping I may be bringing
More links up on “Myfinancelinks”
I’m trying to put up a daily list of personal finance links that I find or that are submitted on the “MyFinanceLinks” site. There are a new round of them today. Go check them out! If you have any articles you think would fit there, send them and I’ll get them up the next day. I’m hoping to build a fairly long index of personal
Tired of Searching for Personal Finance Links? Look here!!
I’m a big fan of http://www.fark.com. The beauty of the site is that lots of people submit interesting articles of all kinds to the site. I created another blog to allow all of us to submit interesting personal finance articles. Once a day, I’ll compile all the submissions and post them. As the blog gains popularity, more links will show up every day. So, head