Hope everyone enjoyed Fat Tuesday yesterday.  I celebrated by running sprints at the gym.  I don’t do anything the normal way, it seems.

Anyway, the end of Fat Tuesday means that today is officially the beginning of Lent.  I was raised Catholic, so for me, the idea of giving something up (or doing something to better [...]

I don’t know about you, but watching and reading the media coverage of the earthquake in Haiti is making me feel very lucky right now.  As of writing, there is no clear estimate of the number of people killed in this disaster, but CNN is reporting that it’s already more than 100,000 people.  The images are [...]

So it’s almost the end of the year, which means that I’m sure you’re all receiving all sorts of e-mails and letters from various charities, hoping you will choose to give to them this holiday season and increase your tax deductions.

I’m big on giving to charity, and I know a lot of other PF bloggers [...]

Those of you who have been reading for a while know that I’m big on charitable giving.  One of my 2009 Financial Goals was to increase my charitable donations.  I also take half of the advertising income from this site and use it to make Kiva loans.

I work in an area that is frequented by [...]

Yesterday, I was waiting for a friend at Union Station and I stopped to get a bottle of water.  As I was waiting in line, the guy in front of me was trying to pay for his sandwich with a credit card.  His card kept getting declined and the cashier asked him if he had [...]