Jim over at Blueprint For Financial Prosperity gave a quickie list of five personal finance teaching gifts for kids. Number 3 on the list was Monopoly. I agree 100% that this is a great game for teaching kids about the ins and outs of money — with one caveat: Play the game by the rules. … Read more
This is a bit of a shame, but it does illustrate that the best-laid plans can go awry. Ran across this post on digg (warning: coarse language in comments section) that was a link to a Canadian former eBay PowerSeller’s feedback page that trashed his feedback rating to steal a few thousand dollars from a … Read more
The publishers were kind enough to send a review copy to me. It’s a good book, so here’s a review! (No other strings except the complimentary copy of the book.) Fred Brock’s Health Care on Less Than You Think is an eye-opener that brought me back to Earth really fast about the realities of health … Read more
Most of the recurring bills we get are paid automatically either by direct debit to our checking account or by automatic charging of our primary credit card. It’s helped us to keep on top of the bill paying. Our county government, though, hasn’t had any such mechanism in place (until this month, we found out). … Read more
Guess too many people asked the U.S. Mint about melting copper coins for profit, now that pre-1982 cents are worth more than twice face value. Apparently the Mint is against this new business idea and is nipping it in the bud. (Thanks to Guzzo for posting a comment about this.) Melting coins wasn’t illegal up … Read more
I signed up for ReviewMe a while back. The first review I turned down because it wasn’t really on topic for this blog. This list of 118 ways to save money in college, though, is right on topic for a personal finance blog, and it’s quite good, so I’m more than happy to do this … Read more
A bit of an exchange on a couple of great financial blogs. Make Love, Not Debt questions whether it’s worth it to hire out a laundry service (at $648 per year) to save 54 hours of laundry-doing during that year, rather than spend $360 less but spend the 54 hours. Blueprint for Financial Prosperity pipes … Read more
We went to a pizzeria after church on Sunday with some friends. It’s a pizza buffet, so it’s all you can eat for one price, paid up front. We stood in line a few minutes before getting to the cashier. The other locations of this chain I had gone to before accepted credit cards, so … Read more