Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Blogging, Creativity, Motivation on Nov 30th, 2007
One pleasant part of blogging has been getting comments on the things I’ve written. But the comments I really enjoy are the ones on the Ads I’ve done.
This one in particular got me thinking about how much better my ads can be if I heed the advice of those who are more experienced than I [...]
Sorry, no ad today. I’m on vacation and just don’t have the time. Next week I should have a good one though.
It involves Tequila, but I can’t call it tequila.
Posted in Advertising on Nov 30th, 2007
Around six or seven years ago I found a little website that claimed to have the lowest online prices on books. Even lower than amazon. I was a little taken aback but decided to look into it and sure enough they were right. So I ordered a few books—sure the site wasn’t that pretty, but [...]
Posted in Traveling on Nov 29th, 2007
So I’ve seen this done in various other blogs and since I’ll be on vacation starting tonight, I figured I would ask my very first “blog contact” to write a guest post on holiday traveling. So here is GG via her blog, This Writer’s Wallet (my original inclination to name my own blog), with her [...]
Posted in Traveling on Nov 29th, 2007
I love traveling.
Yes, to get away from the job and all that, but being in a different environment is like being a child again. It gives your brain a chance to look at the world in a fresh, new way.
I call it Boggle with the Brain, based on that ever lovable board game, Boggle.
For those [...]
I’ll be going on a much-needed vacation tonight for my sister’s wedding, so the posts may not come as often. I’m trying to schedule as much as I can out now (with some help from a guest post or two) because I don’t like the feeling of the site staying stagnant for too long.
Posted in Books on Nov 28th, 2007
So I love to read and I love gadgets. Wouldn’t Amazon’s new Kindle device be right up my alley?
Maybe.
Newsweek has a great profile on it that will pretty much tell you everything you need to know about it.
I’ve been considering reading e-books for a long time and was excited when Sony’s Ereader came out. I [...]
Posted in Budgeting, Finance, Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2007
Cash Money Life is having a giveaway for those that participate by posting their 2008 financial resolution in the SMART Goal Format.
Here is my resolution and how I intend to accomplish it:
I will add $10,000 to my down-payment fund in 2008
* Specific - I’m going to expand my alternative income by freelancing more often [...]
Posted in Finance, Freelancing on Nov 27th, 2007
I’m really low on time as I’m leaving on vacation tomorrow night so I can’t post much. But here is a good article on real ways anyone can make some extra money on the side.
Posted in Tips on Nov 26th, 2007
I’ve written before on different options for getting 411 info without paying the charges for it.
On that post I talked about Google’s 411 services and another called 1-800-FREE-411.
I hadn’t tried Google at that point and the other one I recommended even though you have to listen to ads and it isn’t very exact.
I reverse my [...]
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