All Entries in the "Odds and Ends" Category
A Few Quick Tips to Help You Stay Warm and Save Money This Fall and Winter
Tweet In extreme temperatures, you want to keep the outside air ‘outside’ and the inside air ‘inside.’ This applies to not only winter, but summer as well. As most of us transition into winter gradually this fall, temperatures are still moderate and that can lead to keeping the windows open more often. While it is [...]
$250 Shopping Spree Sweepstakes at Tuesday Morning
Tweet I have talked about Tuesday Morning in the past, but for those of you who aren’t familiar with them, take a look at why Tuesday Morning is an undiscovered retail gem. You can find some of the best name brand items anywhere from 50% to 80% off regular price. Not only are they a [...]
Stupid Woman Sues Over Apple’s iPhone Price Cut
Tweet According to the Associated Press, a woman is suing Apple for $1 million over a $200 price cut. The article doesn’t call her stupid, but I gladly will. If you recall, only a few months after Apple’s mega-hyped iPhone release, they decided to cut the price of the new product by $200 in addition [...]
A Visual Guide to the Morningstar Mutual Fund Comparison Tool
Tweet Morningstar is great, and it is one of my favorite investing research sites out there. They have a ton of tools available for researching stocks, mutual funds, and now options. While some of these tools do require a premium membership, there are plenty of great tools that are free and available to everyone. You [...]
A Few Good Reasons Why You Should Pay Your Taxes
Tweet Last week I wrote about what bills you should pay first, and taxes were near the top of the list. Uncle Sam wants his money, and as much as we hate giving it to him, it is important to not only pay your taxes, but to pay the right amount. The latest edition of [...]
Biofuels Are Raising Beer Prices, Killing Your Buzz
Tweet College students everywhere are starting to feel the push for alternative energy right in their own pockets. Those who enjoyed Bud Light may have to resort to “The Beast” just to make ends meet. The movement to plant more crops to help produce bio-diesel is taking precious resources away from barley production. With less [...]
Your Long Commute May Cost You More Than Time and Money
Tweet It may cost your life. We often think of that commute to work as a waste of time sitting in the car and spending a fortune on gas, but there is a hidden cost. There was a recent piece on Forbes about how unhealthy our commutes really are and what some of the consequences [...]
Happy 4th of July
Tweet For those of you in the U.S. I want to wish you a happy 4th of July. Hopefully you are enjoying some time off and spending it relaxing or with family and friends. Hopefully you are fortunate enough to enjoy a fireworks display. The picture to the left was the view from our [...]
Answers to Your Questions From the Authors of “On My Own Two Feet” Part 2
Tweet Yesterday I posted the answers to the first half of questions to the authors of On My Own Two Feet and today I present the remaining questions and answers. If you missed part 1 you can find it here, otherwise here are the remaining questions: Wisely Sunshine asked: My company doesn’t offer any match [...]
Answers to Your Questions From the Authors of “On My Own Two Feet” Part 1
Tweet A while back I had done a review of the book On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance. I enjoyed the book so much that I was able to open the floor to readers where you could ask the authors of the book financial questions. You guys came up [...]
10 Tips For Dealing With Car Salesmen to Make Sure You Don’t Get Hosed
Tweet Most people are probably familiar with the typical car salesman based on the stereotypical image portrayed on TV and in the movies. They are often shown as sleazy men in horrible outdated suits that will do anything to close a deal. While they may carry a bad image it is more of the exception [...]
Buy $125 Worth of Dockers Clothing at JCPenney and Receive a Free Round Trip Flight
Tweet If you wear Dockers clothing or know someone who does you may be able to buy a few pair of pants and end up with a free round trip flight in the continental U.S. The promotion ends tomorrow so you have two days to make a qualifying Dockers purchase either at a JCPenney store [...]
Day Two of the Problogger ‘Top 5? Group Writing Project
Tweet On pace to become the largest group writing project so far there have been well over 300 submissions and there are still two days left! My submission was the top 5 ways to become a millionaire for the Problogger group writing project. It is difficult to keep up with all of the great content [...]
Day One of the Problogger “Top 5″ Group Writing Project
Tweet Yesterday I wrote and submitted a post about the top 5 ways to become a millionaire for the Problogger group writing project. So far after just one day there have been over 130 submissions, some of which are just great. If you have a blog you still have time to create a submission and [...]
This Guy May Want to Rely on More Conventional Ways to Become a Millionaire
Tweet If you haven’t seen the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” the concept is pretty simple. A contestant is faced with a series of multiple choice questions that begin with the very easy and get more difficult as you go on with the last question being worth $1,000,000. The clip below features [...]
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