Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
First off, I apologize for the amount of time between posts - last Saturday I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and strip and restain my deck. I thought that I would be done in a day or two, but unfortunately I was off by ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
This past weekend, aside from enjoying the nice weather, I did something that I've done before - I went back to a company that had "done work" for me, told them that I wasn't satisfied with their work and that I would like to be reimbursed for the costs I ...
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
The other day I came across a rather humorous/somewhat scary article on MSN Money regarding common financial urban legends. I thought the article was funny because so many of the situations were completely absurd and unlikely.
However, the scary part is that many people actually believe these urban legends to ...
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
This afternoon while I was on Yahoo! Finance checking out the stock market results, I came across an interesting/scary daily poll. The question was, "What type of debt causes you the most stress?" to which the answers were: 1) mortgage, 2) student loans, 3) credit cards, 4) auto loans and ...
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Thanks to a recent poll on Saving Without A Budget, it appears that I'm not alone in the belief that personal finance should be incorporated into the core curriculum of America's schools.
According to the poll, 89% of respondents stated that they believed that personal finance should be a required part ...
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