This stuff was made for yard sales

Our Lions Club had a community yard sale a couple of weeks ago. There used to be a bigger selection of things to choose from but we don’t have the same space available to us that we once did, so there aren’t quite as many bigger items. We still get a few, though. I bought … Read more

Ragging on free stuff lacks class

One of my daily break-time reads is Coding Horror. Jeff Atwood is almost to 100k subscribers on that blog; it’s quite popular. Today Jeff’s post rags on WordPress, the blogging engine that powers this blog as well as all the others my wife and I have. It’s free to use. The user base is very … Read more

Please don’t pay for bi-weekly mortgage acceleration

Five Cent Nickel had a good discussion on bi-weekly mortgage payment plans. I’ve received these before. The principle is sound: 26 bi-weekly payments of half your (fixed-rate) monthly mortgage payment will indeed pay off your mortgage years ahead of schedule. Basically you’re sneaking in an extra payment per year, and taken a little bit at … Read more

Seven wise uses for your $600

I did a Google search on “$600” and the first result was for an article on the “Top Ten Things to Buy With $600.” This is exactly what the powers that be want us to do with our “economic incentive” money, and that’s a misleading, if not downright self-serving, message. I’m certainly not well-heeled enough … Read more