Monday, June 15, 2026

Sunday Links

Happy Sunday morning to you.  Here are a few links I came across this morning:   Retire in paradise, whatever that might mean to you: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003948199_overseas14.html   Not enough to retire?  Start a home based business.  10 million other people are: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003948225_sellathome14.html   1 in 5 families are struggling to make ends meet: http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/even-jobs-41-million-americans/story.aspx?guid=%7BC5F1A412%2DD153%2D4477%2D96DE%2D9CEA8CA63DCB%7D   Are credit cards the next major crisis? http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock10oct10001523,0,987590.column?coll=bal_business_util   MadameX

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Want To Own A McDonalds?

File this one under “amusing time waster”: http://www.mcvideogame.com/game-eng.html Someone took the time to build a Mcdonalds simulation.  I’m sure the folks at McDonalds aren’t very happy about it but if you give it 10 minutes, I think you’ll find it’s a bit addictive. I was able to make decent money but I kept having to deal with pathetic employees, environmental groups, health conscious consumers, earth

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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/?/

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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.

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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 money.  That’s something I never thought I’d hear.  It is

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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 the statistics from the article: The CEO’s at the biggest

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It’s Not What You Make, It’s What You Spend

Earl Crawley earns $20,000 a year as a parking lot attendant.  Even with such a small amount of income he has managed to create a nest egg of over $500,000 in the last 44 years.  If Earl is not an inspiration to you then you are a lost cause. You know those simple savings tips that you read on all the PF blogs?  They can

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Son Won’t Leave Home

I read an article on Salon.com about a woman who’s 30 year old son won’t leave home.  Not only will he not leave but he also won’t help share the costs of living there.  Every time the mother brings up the fact that she really needs him to help with the costs, he blows up and gets angry.  She’s afraid of making too big of

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Carnival Of Personal Finance

The carnival of personal finance is up and hosted at one of my favorite blogs.  (My Open Wallet).  Go check it out.  My article, “How free is my computer” was an editor’s pick.  (Thanks Madame X). Anyway, go check it out.

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Rich Kids Learning About Money

This article is a crowd pleaser.  Robert Frank attended a summer camp for rich kids that was specifically created to teach the children of rich people how to manage money so that they don’t just blow it all.  It’s interesting to read some of Frank’s observations about these people who are mostly in their twenties: “When I got to the Skills Retreat, I thought it would

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