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Weekend Round-UP: Yakezie Favorites
    As a proud member of Financial Samurai’s Yakezie Challenge, I like to review my fellow members blogs regularly. Not only do I find sound financial advice, this group of PF Bloggers often offer inciteful and entertaining information for getting along in everyday life. Here are a few I...
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Published 4 days ago

Eco-Fraud Friday: How Green Is Your Sex Life?
I am not kidding! When sex goes green, we are going to have to accept the idea that “eco-friendly” has truly made it into our collective conscience and is officially a fad of major proportions. And when green enters the bedroom, then it must be here to stay. The trick is to keep the costs [...]
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Published 2 weeks ago

The Price Of Fame: A story about about pre-planning…
In my other life (outside of blogging), I am sometimes involved in event planning. It is my job, on these occasions to create a secure environment for a visiting dignitary or celebrity. It is the sad truth, that in our ever shrinking, technologically advanced world, celebrities and world leaders...
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Published 3 weeks ago

The Butterfly Effect, Bees and Money
    Renowned mathematician, the late Edward Lorenz, working with Chaos Theory, came up with The Butterfly Effect; a metaphor to describe the sensitive dependence of a system on initial conditions. It draws the picture of a ripple effect beginning with the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in...
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Published 4 weeks ago

President’s Day: A Patriot And His Money Are Soon Parted
And they’re off! Another holiday is upon us and with it another excuse to buy stuff we don’t need with money we don’t have, but that’s okay, because there’s special financing at most of the major retailers to help you increase your debt load. Hurray for patriotic holidays! It’s the...
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Published a month ago

Eco Fraud Friday: Please Don’t Poison The One’s You Love
Okay…I know it’s Saturday…tough week, but I’m back and this was my Friday post, but it works for this special weekend. Happy Valentines Day! Love is a wonderful thing. This is the day that has become the weekend, and has sort of become the month, of recognizing your love. It is the...
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Published a month ago

The Super Bowl, Economy, Politics And Crazy People
So…the Super Bowl was cool, even though my beloved Colts didn’t win. I have a tendency to root for the underdog, anyway, so I was still happy for New Orleans. That being said, the ads that run during the show are always a big deal, right? The idea being that these will be the most...
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Published a month ago

Weekend Round-Up: Personal Finance Favorites
There is an awful lot of good reading out there on the ‘net. If I didn’t have other obligations like making a living, eating, exercising and personal hygiene, I would probably wake up one day and realize I was ninety, and hadn’t left my computer for forty years. I would learn a bunch and...
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Published a month ago

Eco Fraud Friday: Energy, Food, Water
Welcome the to first ever edition of Eco Fraud Friday. Now don’t go getting all mad and everything. The truth is, I am a big believer in sustainability working hand in hand with personal finance, but unfortunately, as with all things profitable, there are those out there who will exploit the...
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Published a month ago

Are You Happy? Are You Green? Take The Test!
"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist" - Kenneth Boulding
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Published a month ago