Archive for September, 2007
What Should Your Net Worth Be – By Age
I always like to know if I’m on the right path and on schedule with my investing and saving. I normally keep a spreadsheet of what my net worth needs to be at various points along my journey. I use this as one of many tools to see if I’m making good decisions about saving, [...]
Building A House Is Expensive
Uggggh. I just got the bill for the sheet rock. It was over $2000. That’s just for materials, delivery and staging of the sheetrock. I’ll also be having to pay upwards of $2000 to have it all hung and mud/tape/textured. I was hoping to get through sheetrock with less than $3000 in total cost. Needless [...]
Extreme Rich – Poor Divides
Here’s an interesting link to pictures from various countries showing how close the ultra poor and the not so ultra poor live. It’s interesting to me that a simple street is sometimes the only divide. http://deputy-dog.com/2007/09/19/extreme-rich-poor-divides/?/
Kmart Bans Family From Store
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. http://www.gilaizen.com/images/kmart.gif
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]