Over the past year, my wife and I have gotten some side jobs completely on referrals. There are many ways to make extra money. Broadly, there are two kinds of ways: active and passive. Active income involves trading time for money, whether it’s going to a second job or performing a service. Passive income is … Read more
We do a lot of shopping through Amazon. We love the convenience of our Amazon Prime membership, and even made the decision to get an Amazon rewards card. Amazon is a great place to save some money, easily. Amazon more or less singlehandedly gave rise to the term showrooming. We save even more on some … Read more
No sooner than the furloughs from sequestration were over, many government employees were facing another one — this time due to a government shutdown. That part looks to be over for the time being, but could reappear at the beginning of calendar year 2014 as the stopgap funding bill expires. For government employees, what was … Read more
I darkened the doorstep of the Personal Finance and Money Stack Exchange for the first time in a while. (If for no other reason than to be a thorn in Little Advisor‘s side. 🙂 ) My wife uses Square and loves it. She’s used it to sell copies of An Uncivilized Yankee and A Great … Read more
My wife’s first historical fantasy book has seen a climb in sales over the past few months. It’s quite a blessing to see this lifelong labor of love being well-received by her friends and other readers. The income from the book is getting steady enough and large enough that it’s becoming a fairly reliable expense … Read more
With my wife and I homeschooling our seven-year-old daughter, most every activity we do has the potential for being educational. (It’s important that we make the most of any such “teachable moments.”) My daughter and I play the Zynga game Hidden Chronicles on my Facebook account. The main game-play part of Hidden Chronicles is finding … Read more
I read on MSN today some time ago about cash mobs. If you’ve heard of flash mobs, then it’s very similar to that. The idea behind cash mobs is to give a booster shot to local businesses. The cash mobs organize and descend on a particular local business to buy stuff. It’s fun for the mobsters, and … Read more
Baker posted a link on his Google+ profile to this CNN Money article. Denise Townley received a letter from Discover Card less than two weeks after her mother had passed away seeking to settle her mother’s debts. It would be an understatement to say that Ms. Townley wasn’t pleased by this behavior. The Discover letter … Read more