Jim posted a bit back about shutting off the financial news and watching lolcats. Synopsis: If the market news makes your stomach churn, just put your brain on autopilot for a while. I’ve checked out ICanHasCheezburger and FailBlog and they’re pretty amusing. No, actually, some of the posts are downright side-splitting. (This recent one is … Read more
I was revising the prices of some of my items on my eBay store and noticed that eBay has taken keen notice of inflated shipping charges. EBay charges sellers fees based on the final sale price of the item but not on the shipping, so it has taken aim at sellers who inflate their shipping … Read more
Jim over at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity commented on my short little Restaurant.com post — the one where you can use coupon code TREATS to save 80% through Halloween — saying that the participating restaurants in his area had left the service. One might conclude that these restaurants are in a bit of contraction mode. … Read more
I bought two new pairs of shoes this weekend. They set me back $100. I need to buy two pairs of shoes each time because I wear a 7 1/2 4E on my right foot and a 9 1/2 D on my left foot. My right foot is a clubfoot. I used to be able … Read more
(By the way, NCN has a new podcast out after taking a break for a few months. He talks about staying true to the basics in this one.) In times of plenty it’s natural to want to enjoy more of what life has to offer. When people feel rich, they feel the draw to supersize … Read more
At the beginning of this series, I mentioned that part of the reason for the series was to remind myself of the basics of wise personal finance. The risk in doing that was that I would run across one (or more) of the basics that I was utterly incompetent in, and would need to write … Read more
I’m not sure if there is any explicit biblical opinion on coffee, but a number of friends from church really enjoy their daily grind — almost as much as I do, I dare say. My wife isn’t a big coffee drinker, though she does enjoy other Starbucks drinks as an occasional treat when she’s in … Read more
(I thought that Thoreau said that word three times in a row in Walden but it was only twice. Oh well.) Simplify, simplify, simplify. As in make things simpler. As in get rid of the minutiae that weigh you down. Here are some suggestions for freeing up money and freeing up time by freeing up … Read more