Quick Budgeting Tip No. 1
It’s Wednesday! People used to call it “hump day” when I was younger, which was hilarious. Because anything involving the word hump is pretty funny when you’re 11. Then I found out the real reason had to do with Wednesday being the middle of the week, thus the ‘hump’ to get over, and that seemed [...]
Bill-paying day
I’m home sick today with a combination head cold-stomach bug, feeling very lousy on an otherwise beautiful May afternoon. I intended to get some work done, but I’m too foggy to focus on much. So instead, I’ll just keep downing fluids and playing losing at Candy Crush in my pajamas until my head stops trying [...]
An oldie but goodie
I have something like 600 previous posts on this site. As I was reviewing them recently, I noticed that some are decidedly better than others. Here’s one I thought was worth resurfacing. Reflections on Money Originally posted April 29, 2006 Over the past 18 months since I started this blog, and incidentally, since I seriously [...]
How I spent the week
Most of this area spent the week drying out. After all, this is what some of our local roads looked like: But while some of my favorite local running and biking routes were underwater, I’m relieved to say that my apartment was not. (Many of my friends and co-workers were not so lucky.) Thankfully, I [...]
How identity thieves drained my bank accounts
By late December 2012, my holiday countdown had begun. Ten minutes before the office Christmas party, my thoughts turned to a seemingly endless list of festive preparations I had yet to finish before a string of family gatherings kicked off: gifts to buy, cookies to bake, cards to deliver… … BUZZ … My phone interrupted [...]
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