Planes, frames and dummies
I’m headed to D.C. today on a business trip to attend a convention filled with people who easily make $100,000 – $200,000 more than I do per year. Joy. Hopefully I’ll be able to write from the road at some point. This weekend was uneventful – still recovering from my wisdom teeth. I bought a [...]
Student Loan Consolidation
I recently consolidated my student loans through the Department of Education online and, since the process went smoothly, encourage you to do the same. Given that the average American student graduates with $18,900 in loans (Nellie Mae, 2003), I thought some of you might benefit from consolidation. I originally requested information about loan consolidation last [...]
Oprah’s help
Oprah’s on a mission to bring us all budgeting sanity and some wise advice. Keep up with her latest endeavor here: http://www2.oprah.com/omagazine/200503/omag_200503_mission.jhtml She may be the nation’s most influential woman, but are her powers enough to keep me from buying that new spring overcoat? I’ll buy the March issue and let you know.
My wisdom teeth are gone. Four tiny pieces of me, locked deep within my jaw, lost forever. As expected, they did not come out without a fight. But nearly $300 and 48 hours following the extraction, I can reflect on my first surgery ever and marvel at what a strange trip it was. Friday I [...]
Just one second
This year’s crop of Super Bowl advertisers paid an average of $2.4 million per 30 seconds to reach the year’s largest television audience. Think about that for a minute. $80,000 per second. In one second, these companies spend more than Brian and I make, combined, in one year. Amazing. Next year, I’m going to petition [...]
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