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Tastee (del.icio.us) links!
These are my links for April 22nd through April 25th: I can't believe people baby-talk like this – Cute Overload overloaded me with this. Cuteness in kitten form. It purrs! Making Every Penny Count With A Zero-Based Budget | Wise Bread – This is a really good explanation as to why to set up a budget that accounts for every penny spent, even that which goes into savings. This is what I've been doing for the last few months, and it's an eye opener. No penny is uncounted. An Honest Guide to Building Up Snowflakes [side income] | Antishay Ventenne – This is an excellent, very practical guide to generating…
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Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (April 21st)
Links for April 21st from 15:32 to 22:38: Michael Jackson's Credit Card – Another absolutely hilarious prank. Read all four pages for a gut-buster of an prank. The Visa Prank – I'd never heard of this prank site before, but this Visa prank is hilarious. Read all three pages of it. Language of the Perpetual Poor | Frugal Dad – I knew a few of these "perpetual poor" types when I was growing up (especially in extended family), but happily, my parents weren't this way. It's a heart-breaking list to read, to me, because I have an acquaintance or two who keep themselves down. Top reasons people don?t budget –…
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On tax returns and economic stimuli
So, as I’ve made clear in the past, I’ve decided to take on my debt full-tilt using ideas from Dave Ramsey’s books and various financial blogs I read. My budgeting earlier this year was skewed by irregular income for a couple of months, courtesy of leaving teaching, having unemployed time, then starting a new gig. I’ve been chipping down at one debt in particular these past few months — it’s a credit card where one charge went just over the credit limit, blooming in fees and extra charges beyond what I could pay during my paycheck-to-paycheck living while teaching. I made out like a bandit on my tax return this…
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Little Engine That Can
I was partway through a post about struggling to find continuing motivation when I decided to reread Zen Habits’ “Get Off Your Butt: 16 Ways to Get Motivated When You’re in a Slump. Unsurprisingly, it got me out of my slump. The winner for now, I think, was #13, “Read about it Daily”. It had been a while since I read blogs — and most of my blog subscriptions are geared towards my goals. Yesterday I took time and read through many of the 300+ entries waiting for me, and found myself excited again. Not crunk, exactly, but ready to move forward with drive, and excited about the ideas being…
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Tastee linkage
The upgrade to WordPress 2.5 meant that my plugin for posting links went away for a while. There may be a duplicate or two towards the bottom of this list, but I have culled it a bit. Big, Brass Ones: Threat Level exploits cross-site scripting bug on CIA.gov – Boing Boing Gadgets – This is pretty dang slick. I need to find out how they've done that, exactly. Twenty Sided » Blog Archive » JC Denton: Not Just a Tough Guy – The clothing of Deus Ex. "I felt ridiculous having these philosophical and political conversations while dressed as a Morpheus cosplayer." The Swamp: Obama: Won't ask, don't mind tellin'…