How To Avoid Paying A Lot (Unless You Absolutely Have To) Two months ago, I went to the doctor. I was having some health issues, the doctor ordered the bloodwork to rule things out. How much will it cost? I asked. He said a few hundred dollars. I asked him further...
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From The Ridiculous News Desk
Couple Makes Cutbacks We Could Only Dream Of Front page of CNN Money last night: Careers vanish after subprime 'free fall' In case you don't feel like doing the reading, the highlights: First Few Paragraphs: Couple gets canned after industry cutbacks but before that...
Some Marketing Advice?
Some of you may know that I work for a local newspaper. We have a current promotion where local businesses can pay to have a photo and write up about their business in a special section called "Business Neighbors". For $50 a year, this profile and a link to...
The Free Version of Photoshop: Nothing To Get Excited About
This past week, Adobe came out with a free web-based software called Adobe Photoshop Expressions. Marketed for a younger (and subsequently poorer) audience (because Photoshop is, even with a good deal, a few hundred dollars), you upload pictures (they have 2 G of free...
A Look At Extreme Grocery Shopping
People Are Going To New Lengths To Save Cash On Food- Are You? So whether it's the fact that every major news media is talking about the price of food going up (whether it's pizza or groceries in general) or just the fact that I've plateaued on my journey towards...
The Best Of Breaking Even So Far
Maybe you've just started reading this blog or maybe you're wondering what are the most read items on this blog? Here is a top ten list, inspired by another great personal finance blog, FreeFromBroke. Some of these items were surprising, some were less so. (For...
A $101 Closet Organize
Organizing Will Save You Time And Money, Though It May Be Fun To Spend Just A Little I moved about six months ago from a one bedroom house with four closets (where I lived alone) to a three bedroom house with four closets (where I live with another person). Same...
Video of the Week: Eating Healthy On A Budget
Yes, you can eat well on a budget. Francis Wolff has just launched www.wholehabits.com, a vlog dedicated to healthy eating. (If his name is familliar, he's Meg Wolff's son.) This is one of his first videos. Check out the other videos and recipes on his site; they look...
A Review of Financial Podcasts: Part II
I Listened To Them All So You Didn’t Have To Here's a continuation of what I started earlier in the week. There are a few more podcasts I haven't got to I'm sure but I hope to next time. (Let me know if you definitely know of one I missed.) Wall Street Your Money I...