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Finance Fiesta – Now With More Piñatas!

Welcome to the 9th edition of the Finance Fiesta! In choosing a theme for this week’s event, I tried to think about what the word “fiesta” meant to me. And the first thing that popped into my head? Piñatas!

For your edification, some facts about piñatas from everyone’s favorite resource, Wikipedia.

A piñata is [...]

A Little Bit About Kiva

I’ve written a bit about the benefits of donating to charity before, both in terms of tax benefits and in terms of how it makes you feel. Of course, there are many sorts of charity that don’t have a tax benefit, such as handing a few dollars to the homeless person you pass every [...]

30 Day Plan

First off, as I mentioned the other day, I’m hosting the Finance Fiesta this week, so get your submissions in by Wednesday at 5! The Fiesta goes live on Thursday morning.

I was reviewing my July budget this weekend, and realized that in July, things kind of went off the rails. Nothing too terrible, [...]

The Importance of Backups

As I write this, on the table behind me are boxes and boxes of photographs.  I’m not sure where they start, but probably somewhere around elementary school.  I sorted all the photos from college and realized that they pretty much taper off by my senior year, when digital cameras became more prevalent.

Over the next few [...]

Link Roundup: Hot Fun in the Summertime!

With family in town, I fell a bit behind in my blog reading this week. I’m mostly caught up, and here are the links that got my attention this week.

Lame Things That Your Friends Do That Cost You Money Part I
The Smartest Advice on Money I Ever Got
Your Money In the Bank is Safe
Twelve Great [...]