July, 2009
Links I Liked
A few favorites from recent trawls around the blogosphere:Mighty Bargain Hunter's very funny list of the Top 10 Failed Personal Finance BooksBargaineering on Making Your Own Windshield Wiper FluidI Will Teach You to be Rich: What do you NOT care about spending money on?Boston Gal is living without air conditioningThanks to an anonymous commenter, California's ...
House Sales Improved in June, But is the Housing Crisis Over?
“Now is a great time to buy.” That has been the advertising mantra of the National Association of Realtors regardless of the state of the housing market. The NAR certainly has a purpose; its mission and vision is clearly displayed on the organization’s website: “The core purpose of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is to ...
Happy National Lasagna Day! Get Free Food or Check Out Recipes
Get free lasagna on National Lasagna Day
Finally, it’s National Lasagna Day! Of course, I had no idea this day even existed until I started reading about places handing out free lasagna. Like most totally arbitrary-sound holidays, this holiday does appear to be totally arbitrary.
I don’t know how long National Lasagna Day has been around, I ...
Cash For Clunkers Program 2009 | Over Before You Know It?
If you can afford it in the first place
Does this qualify as "drivable?" (Photo: blog.glodb.com)
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the idea of the Cash For Clunkers Program 2009. However, I simply don’t see it being sufficient to help many of the consumers that have been holding on to older, less fuel efficient vehicles. ...
How to Budget for an Irregular Income
I’ve been a full-time professional blogger for more than a year now. It’s been a fantastic experience, a sort of dream come true. But blogging for dollars is not without its drawbacks. As I’ve shared before, I feel socially isolated. I spend most of my time in this office, writing about money.
Also, the income ...
