Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Just when I thought I was getting ripped off spending $45 per month on cable, I find out that there are a few more expensive plans out there. For example, take the new Titanium service from DirectTV. Here’s the deal. You get every single channel they offer. EVERYTHING. Longing for some adult movies? check. Want to watch a specific sporting event? Check. How about HDTV?Â
I was going to link to this but figure that sooner or later Craigslist will be deleting this post so I just pasted it here. I found this in the “Best of Craigslist” section: “You want more barter offers? Here are ten ways, based on the many usual posts found in this section, to get more barters: Pretend to be a Healer, a Psychic or
I quit drinking coffee. In fact, I’ve even quit drinking caffeine. The hardest part about doing this was missing out on my morning cup of coffee. In order to get through this challenge, I decided to start drinking decaf tea. There’s only one problem with drinking decaf tea when you are out and about. Nobody seems to carry it. Starbucks doesn’t even have black decaf
Holy crap!! This couple paid for all 12 of their kids to go through private schools and 4 year colleges. I guess I should be happy that I don’t have 12 kids. I’d be very interested to know what he does for a living and whether they have a retirement account for themselves. That’s a lot of money! http://www.nbc11.com/news/9394432/detail.html Â
I have to admit I wasn’t as impressed with the latest “Millionaire in the Making” series on CNNMoney. I do think I need to cut these folks some slack because they are doing better than a lot of people. I think that changing careers in their 40’s and not coming to the realization that saving/investing was so critical when they were young probably plays in to
If you haven’t noticed, over the last few months I’ve pretty much kept clam about my financial state. I took down all of my financial details because a few of my friends found my blog. Me, being the rocket scientist that I am, didn’t do a very good job of creating an anonymous name. Had I made up a completely new name for myself when
Okay, maybe it isn’t high stakes drama, but it is a big deal to me. I get a bonus based on the value of my companies stock in late June. Our stock has been fluctuating a lot lately and my bonus is rising and falling every day. I can’t wait until it’s over. And a sign that my mind is thinking about the market too
Well, I have to admit I’ve found myself second guessing my strategy of buy and hold. Of course I’m not making any rash decisions and certainly won’t be selling as the market goes down, but I have thought about a couple things. 1) Maybe I should have moved a percentage of my portfolio to cash as part of an ongoing diversification strategy 2) I definitely
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=2070979 Yeah. I guess I don’t agree with Bernanke
Here’s a shocking issue. Is it a trend? Check out the link below. Here’s a quote from the article: “At first the woman claimed she couldn’t afford it, but when Wackerly pressed her, she acknowledged that there was insurance money, but that her family didn’t like the mother-in-law and hoped to use the cash to remodel their kitchen.” http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UNCLAIMED_DEAD Â