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Nearly all of us fight the battle against clutter, and allowing clutter to reign can cost you financial in a number of ways. The most common one that comes to mind is paying bills late and being slapped with fees because the bill got buried underneath some pile on your desk.
Here is an unusual [...]
In an effort to simplify my finances a bit, I decided to finally rollover my 401(k) from the job I was laid off from last year. I had put it off waiting for the old employer’s last annual match to hit this past February, and then put it off after my experience rolling over the [...]
Being a blog that focuses on personal finance, we talk a lot about money here. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that this blogger wants to make some money off of this blog. I’ve tried a few things before with very limited success (I’ve probably made enough to cover the costs of maintaining the site). [...]
I’m a big fan of bank account bonuses, and one of the easiest ones out there is the $25 bonus from ING Direct. Simply open an ING Direct account as a new customer with an opening deposit of $250 or more using one of the referral links below. You can earn a bonus for opening [...]
Just an FYI…Due to a long overdue upgrade of the WordPress software that runs this blog (ok, it was so overdue that it was a re-install), you may notice small changes on the site. Most notably, my blogroll is now empty and will be reconstructed. I will be going through the old blogroll to determine what [...]
With everything going to hell around us, is putting your money in the bank just not safe enough anymore? Apparently a lot of people think so, as it is being reported that sales of home safes have increased significantly, but safes aren’t the only places people are stashing cash and other valuables. Mattresses, coat pockets, [...]
The actions and proposals of the leftist loonies in Washington has many of us scared for the future, and one of the results of this fear is the rise of survivalism. While I don’t think we are headed for a complete anarchy situation along the lines of “Mad Max”, I do think some common sense [...]
I won’t go into a long rant on this, just because this story out of the UK speaks for itself. A premie strong enough to breathe on its own for two hours outside of the womb is deemed to still be a fetus and denied care and dies in his mother’s arms.
Premature baby ‘left [...]
Ever run into the grocery store for milk and bread and come out with a two-foot long receipt for your two items? So have a lot of other folks, including our friends at the Wall Street Journal who did a story on the phenomenon. It seems that retailers have found this to be the perfect [...]
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