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Monthly Archive for February, 2009

Free Money From LendingClub

I’m always up for new ways to diversify my investments and for new ways to get my money to work for me. And peer-to-peer lending (instead of lending through a bank, you lend directly to people that want loans) always struck me as a great idea, but I never got over the fear of getting [...]

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Being Boring Saved Me $2,000

I don’t know when it started, but it’s become so normal to me that it no longer bothers me. I can’t remember when the first joke was made, but now it happens all the time and it barely registers. The sandwich jokes. When people at work see you eat the same thing, day in and [...]

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Buy Low, Sell High: You Are Stupid

Sometimes it’s really tough to spot someone that doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about because they’re just really good at hiding it. But other times it’s so damn obvious it drives me crazy. Take investing—if you’re totally ignorant about it then you can always go to the well with stupid, generic phrases that [...]

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Bad Writing Makes You Look Bad

When I was in grad school I took an editing class and it turned out to be one of the best things I ever did. All the things I learned there have made me an infinitely better writer. But it came with a downside: I am now one of those people that seeks out typos [...]

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