Archive for the ‘Personal Finance’ Category
Friday, August 29th, 2008
My wife and I rode up to New York State yesterday to visit my parents. She asked me on the way up, "So what are your big plans for this long weekend?" I didn't really know but I knew it would involve (a) seeing my three-week-old niece (who is absolutely ...
Posted in Budgeting, Personal Finance | 5 Comments »
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
This week NetFlix's distribution system went down in a big way for three days. Getting videos to its customers is the largest chunk of what it does, so not being able to do this is a big problem for NetFlix. They stand to lose a few customers and stand to ...
Posted in Personal Finance, Retirement | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
I believe there's a time and a place for giving, and receiving, harsh financial advice. For the person giving this kind of advice it may be very difficult, and it's rarely pleasant. For the person receiving this kind of advice, it's almost never pleasant.
No one really enjoys being ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Mrs. Micah has thrown down a single-step personal finance challenge:
Find one step you can take to make your financial system better or more organized.
Oh man, I could take probably about a hundred steps to make my financial system better organized. There should be a lot of motivation for doing ...
Posted in Personal Finance | 5 Comments »
