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The Carnival of Personal Finance #84 is in Town!

A big thanks to Blueprint for Financial Prosperity for hosting the 84th Carnival of Personal Finance which included my post “So, where do you keep YOUR money?”. I’m headed over right now to read all the posts!

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Monday Morning Money – Spent Barely Anything This Weekend Edition

Well, its Monday…again. And even though it is the start of the work week again, I can feel good because this weekend my wife and I spent about a grand total of $30. Saturday we spent the day in South Pasadena and Chinatown all by taking public transportation (hard to do in Southern California) [...]

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Free Yourself From Your Cable Bill.

Oh how I wish we could do this. We tried…we really did try. I went and bought a pretty expensive (well, more than $9) antenna, hooked it up, turned it on and….nothing. Snow. Static. Nothing. Seems that my building does not get good reception. I should have known since between our current cell [...]

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My Thoughts On Keeping Personal Finances Personal.

After reading the post over at The Weight of Money titled “Keep Personal Finances Personal” I started thinking about what Donna said. Then I went and read through not only my last 20 posts or so, but also went through the latest posts on PFBlogs.org and PFBlogs.com to see what they looked like.
I think [...]

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Money Quote Friday – Freezing Cold Edition.

So it seems living in California does not exempt me from freezing my a%& off. After seeing growers losing over a HALF A BILLION dollars in citrus, I expect to see oranges going for about $11.59 a piece soon. Anyways, Happy Friday!
There is a very easy way to return from a casino with [...]

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The Kinds Of Insurance You Probably Do Not Need.

I came across this interesting article over at MSN Money that listed the 10 kinds of insurance that you probably do not need and thought I would share it you. Mind you this list is not all inclusive or exclusive; but rather a nice guideline for people new to buying insurance so you do [...]

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Forget Money Restraint; Doomsday Clock Moves Closer To Midnight.

Forget personal responsibility…forget paying off debt…forget saving for a rainy day…SPEND IT WHILE YOU GOT IT! The Doomsday Clock has moved 2 minutes closer to midnight; if you have money, go buy a plasma tv! Go on vacation! Buy yourself a Starbucks coffee this morning!
The Doomsday Clock: Nuclear threat to world [...]

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Possibly one of the most important personal finance posts I read today.

Trent over at The Simple Dollar always seems to come up with some great posts. He is a posting machine! I enjoy reading his blog every day, and today was no exception. One of his posts today is “Evaluating Your Expenses – Life Insurance” which should be required reading, especially for anyone with [...]

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Why I Don’t Spend Money On Bottled Water.

Looking for a way to save a few bucks? Give up the bottled water.
My wife and I used to only drink bottled water back in the day; we were afraid of the municipal water supply in our area of town. However, as we became more environmentally aware, we started looking at the [...]

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Festival Of Frugality #57 is saving you money.

On this fine Tuesday morning, Fire Finance has gone and put up a great Festival of Frugality. With over 25 great posts on frugality, there is a lot to see over there!
Some of my favorites from this week’s festival are:
Frugal? Cheap? Voluntary Simplicty? Definitions! from No Credit Needed. See, there is a difference [...]