Posted in Finance on Apr 16th, 2010
I recently stumbled into Chris Guillebeau’s site, The Art of Non-Conformity. I remember reading it a LONG time ago and even downloading his Brief Guide to World Domination a while back. Anyway, one thing led to another and the next thing I knew I was on the verge of buying one of his products called [...]
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Posted in Finance, Psychology on Apr 14th, 2010
I apologize to everyone who checks the site regularly expecting another brilliant, entertaining romp through the madness that is personal finance. I have been busy lately and haven’t been posting. For that, I apologize. Here’s what’s been going on: M and I moved into our new place Work Side projects So while it’s all very [...]
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Posted in Real Estate on Apr 9th, 2010
This is part IV of a series on buying our first home. Part I was about us getting started, Part II was about the beginning of our search, and Part III dealt with a couple of close calls and the fallout with our realtor. Today I’ll talk about how we knew we found the right place and [...]
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Posted in Real Estate on Apr 5th, 2010
My arms have lash marks on them, my feet are swollen and sensitive to the touch, my legs are sore, and running hot water over my hands makes them burn like Tabasco. No, I did not get tortured over the weekend, I moved. And it sucked. It rained the whole time and going up four [...]
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