Archive for December, 2010
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
I attended a wonderful holiday party this weekend. It was in a beautifully-decorated house. The food was abundant and delicious. The desserts were scrumptious. The family hosting the party was kind and gracious.
I had never met them before that night. Nor any of the guests.
The only person I knew there ...
Posted in Holidays, Making Money | 2 Comments »
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Easy: Plan A can go away without notice.
J Money of Budgets Are Sexy was relieved of his Plan A. He was fired from his ~$70k/year job with basically no notice.
The good news is that he was going to give his two weeks' notice the next day. How's that for timing?
He ...
Posted in Business, Making Money | 5 Comments »
Friday, December 17th, 2010
I like McDonald's. It's not a staple in my diet, but in a pinch it serves a predictable meal that tastes pretty good at a reasonable price. I also have fond memories of it from childhood. We didn't go there often (maybe once every few months), but we usually made ...
Posted in Kids and money, Shopping | 6 Comments »
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
J. Money, a.k.a. Budgets Are Sexy, posted a rather saddening story which took the form of a comment from one of his readers, Joe. I invite you to check it out, but here's the gist of it:
Joe is a healthy guy in his twenties, who just dug himself out of ...
Posted in Personal Finance | 4 Comments »
