Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Bill Gates’ Desk vs My Desk

Posted on April 5, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Well, I couldn’t pass up this opportunity. Bill Gates wrote an article appearing on Money.com titled How I Work: Bill Gates As you can imagine, Bill and I work a tad differently so I thought I would go through some … Continue reading →

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Giving Money

Posted on March 26, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

I was reading Thrifty Ray’s Red to Black Journey about what a gift of money had meant. I wrote earlier about a similar incident with one of my friends. One of the truly wonderful aspects about getting your finances in … Continue reading →

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More Hello Kitty Catch 22

Posted on March 21, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Hello Kitty piled to the ceiling I really didn’t want to get into more detail about the entire Hello Kitty business because, let’s face it, it forces me to reveal that I know more about Hello Kitty than is healthy … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Personal Information Worth?

Posted on March 18, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

When you give information to a company, that information is worth money. Whether it is an application for a credit card or a cell phone application, the information can (and often is) resold to others for a profit. You may … Continue reading →

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The Hello Kitty Catch 22

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

I mentioned earlier that anyone can turn their hobby into a money making venture. While I do truly believe this, putting it into practice can sometimes have some horrifying unintended consequences. My house is a perfect example of this. My … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson’s Personal Finances

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Does the (former) king of pop need some personal financial advice? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 …and what exactly would you advise in such a situation?

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Screw The Artists

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

I received this comment from Tim for my post on lala.com – CD Trading For $1: and let’s just screw the poor artist who made the music why not in this digital age everything is just free isn’t it? but … Continue reading →

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The World’s Richest People

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

“Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” – Robert Orben The Latest List (and why I posted this ) And for those … Continue reading →

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Just One Spin

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Over a year ago when Nate and I first began to talk about whether we were going to quit (after losing the content to our site a couple of times) or to continue on, we came up with the idea … Continue reading →

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Dave Ramsey Going Reality TV

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Yep, you read that title correctly. It seems that Dave Ramsey has signed a contract with CBS to do a reality TV show series pilot as well as develop a syndicated series. The reality TV show is tentatively titled The … Continue reading →

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I Need To Get A Life – Or Opportunity?

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

This is how I spend a Saturday – claiming about 50 gmail accounts that I’ll probably never use, but couldn’t resist getting (now you can see why I need to get a life). This is how my mind works – … Continue reading →

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BlackListed!

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

It seems that my comments about the way the Money Blog Network favors each other has gotten me on a partial blacklist. For those not familiar, I made some comments that I didn’t feel it was right that the MBN … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts – More Attempts To Improve

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

I wrote earlier that I had decided to incorporate a number of changes here because I felt that too many personal finance writers were merely cloning each other. One of the areas where I have really struggled is with carnivals. … Continue reading →

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Nice Write-Up – Thanks

Posted on February 18, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

I think that anyone who writes hopes that those who read the writing find the information useful and worth their time. For me, often the best gauge on whether I have accomplished this is when others take the time to … Continue reading →

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Financial Challenge – Day 18

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

In our last Financial Challenge we searched the state data bases to see if we had any unclaimed money that we had forgotten about. We are going to continue along that theme today and search several Federal data bases which … Continue reading →

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Financial Challenge – Day 17

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

We have spend the last several days comparing prices of some of our monthly bills to see if we can get them for a better price. While we still have more to go in this area, let’s take a short … Continue reading →

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Does Money Make You Sexier?

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Sorry, I couldn’t let this one go and I’m interested in getting the opinions of others on this. Let’s just say that my eyes were rolling a tiny wee bit as I read this article over at msn titled Why … Continue reading →

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Firewall Identity Theft Movie

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Who says personal finances can’t be exciting? Not Hollywood who will be releasing the movie Firewall (with trailer) tomorrow. The movie is about Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) who works for the Seattle-based Landrock Pacific Bank as a computer security specialist. … Continue reading →

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Why I’ll Never Freelance Write Again

Posted on February 6, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

I’ve spent a lot of my years freelance writing. In the early years it was just the thrill of getting published that kept me going because the pay was literally nothing at times. As I got more pieces published I … Continue reading →

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Saving Money Isn’t Sexy – Until Now!

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

This post has already gotten me in trouble with my wife, but I swear it was necessary research! Big Mike was kind enough to inform me that: “The problem with this (simple investing) plan is that it’s boring, and if … Continue reading →

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