Mighty Bargain Hunter

Link Roundup: Punxsutawney edition

February 5th, 2008 | by mbhunter |

Our wedding anniversary is February 2nd and we had thrown around the idea of spending one them in western Pennsylvania, but the crowds are huge.  Neither my wife nor I really do big crowds.  So we’ll think about it.

I’m a decent speller but Punxsutawney is difficult to spell correctly, even if you live in Punxsutawney.  I looked it up in my copy of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage.  Their entry gives me a smile:

Punxsutawney (Pa.).  It is so spelled.  And groundhog is so spelled.  And overexposed publicity stunt is so spelled.

Here are some wintry links from the folks at the MBN and other great blogs in my reader:

• Five Cent Nickel gives twelve commonly-missed tax deductions.
• No Credit Needed shares his three favorite books about debt reduction and credit.
• Get Rich Slowly talks about making the transition from debt to savings.
• Free Money Finance contends that most financial journalists don’t know much about their topic.  (Also, congratulations to FMF for reaching the $100,000 mark in donations through his blog!)
• All Financial Matters asks what are the root causes of being poor.
• Consumerism Commentary posts on how to save a million bucks starting at age 25.
• Wise Bread discusses whether private schools are worth the money that they demand.
• Lazy Man and Money asks who’s on your financial football team.
• The Digerati Life twelve effective ways to afford big-ticket items.
• The Sun’s Financial Diary updates the performance of Chinese ADRs.
• Money Smart Life asks if you’d call in sick for a day of financial housekeeping.
• Being Frugal posts a huge 75 frugal hacks for your home.
• The Simple Dollar discusses whether you should cancel your unused credit cards or not.
• Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge gives some good advice to follow if you’re laid off.

Also a thank-you to the following folks for being good sports when I picked on them last week:

• Gather Little By Little updated how his 2008 goals are going.
• Mrs. Micah talks about why renting is right for them now.
• Plonkee Money updated how her goals are going.

Additionally, thanks much to The Dividend Guy for including my article on taking a second job or building a side business in last week’s Carnival of Personal Finance!

Have a great week!

Questions tagged credit-card at Cash Commons:

• When entering credit card information on a website, does the billing address have to be correct?
• Anybody have sucesss with 0% Balance Transfers on Credit Cards?
• Two of my credit cards got hit with fraudulent charges the same day. What gives?