Several years ago, I said that I wanted to write a book about personal finance. That idea never really got off the ground, but my vision was to develop a resource that would have individual chapters that would build on each other so a person could go from money dummy to financially savvy. Great vision, [...]

4/22/08 Update:  The FreeNEzy.com website written about in this post appears to have been sold and under new management, as documented on this recent post. While this change in ownership does not change any of the events that have occurred previously with this site (and my friend never got his reward), there is currently no [...]

Put this one in the category of good luck. It is March again, and here in Texas that means the grass (and weeds) are growing again. Since we moved into our house in 2005, we have always used the same lawn service which charged us the dirt cheap rate of $20 to cut, edge, and [...]

Sorry, but this news story just set me off this morning. Rep. John Dingell of Michigan is proposing a 50 cent tax on every gallon of gas sold to discourage consumption with the idea that it will help cut greenhouse gas emissions. What a friggin’ moron! If the run-up in the price of gasoline has [...]

I posted a new batch of referral links for ING today. By following these links, a new customer can earn a $25 bonus for opening either an Orange Savings or Electic Orange Checking account with an opening deposit of $250 or more. That’s an instant 10% return! This month’s referral links are brought to you [...]

Here is a pretty sweet deal. Right now at JustBlinds.com, new customers can get a free blind (up to $50) by mail-in rebate. You just have to place an order by tomorrow (3/18/2008) and use the promotion code GET1FREE at checkout. Then just complete the rebate form and send in the required support to get [...]

I just wanted to share the highlights of my weekend to illustrate (a) just how cheap of a bastard I am, and (b) how the cheap bastard mode of thinking can help enrich your life. Friday night, we loaded up the kids and took a trip to Sears. We had read on SlickDeals that Sears was having [...]

I love cereal. Like most kids, the cereal aisle was my favorite aisle of the grocery store growing up. I could eat cereal for any meal of the day, or as a snack. I just love the stuff. Anyway, this is a good week to stock up on cereal, thanks to some real good specials [...]