I wonder if Tiffany’s has a blue box big enough to wrap a 60″ plasma screen TV. They may need boxes that big pretty soon, as a recent study found that 3 out of 4 women would prefer a plasma screen TV over a diamond necklace. If this is the case, this guy knew exactly ... Read more →
A few months before we started this blog, I sold my car. The decision was pretty easy and was brought upon by a few factors: 1. Racked up about $200 in parking tickets in about three months. One fine summer day last year I got two tickets at the same time. When I paid them ... Read more →
Those wacky Australians – one tried to put the whole country of New Zealand for sale. He started the bidding at one cent, but it quickly escalated by 22 bidders to 3,000 Australian dollars (equivalent to about 200 dingo eating babies, or 74 kangaroos, or $2,330 US). (via Digg) We’ve been busy at work this ... Read more →
You want a degree at MIT so you can make a lot of money, doing, uh, whatever the nerds over at MIT do? You better know how to swim. After reading these great articles on survival during an emergency, I’m pretty sure that if an actual emergency were to occur, most of these kids would ... Read more →
PFBLOGGERS (PFB): SUPER HYPER TWISTING MOUNTAIN YOU’LL NEVER HAVE A HIGH NET WORTH OR BECOME RICH ATTACK!!!!!!!!!! MLND: GRASSHOPPER MONKEY STYLE ATTACK #4: BEING RICH AND HAVING A HIGH NET WORTH IS NOT ALL THERE IS TO OUR SELF-WORTH UPSIDE-DOWN KNUCLE PUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!! PFB: OMNIPOTENT SUNFIRE LEAPING BULL YOU HAVE TOO MUCH CREDIT CARD DEBT FLYING ... Read more →
I loathe memes. But, since I am doing absolutely nothing on the couch while the ol’ ACL heals up, I thought I’d participate in the If Money Were No Object meme started by the diva-taculous Single Ma. Now, this means that I have unlimited money. Or better yet, a debt/credit card with no limit and ... Read more →
I’m a little more high-maintenance than probably most male personal finance bloggers (and possibly even some females). I’m not like Jonathan over at MyMoneyBlog, who saved $250 in haircuts in the last year by having his wife cut his hair. I can’t stand having my hair look bad. I get my haircut at a salon, ... Read more →
Russian Thieves Break Into Soviet-Era Missile Silo to Find it Filled With Money Bills The incident would have remained secret, had the wind not blown hundreds of banknotes all over the countryside. So this is where Russia keeps its emergency fund. Haven’t they heard of HSBC/ING Direct/Emmigrant Bank/[Insert High-Yield Savings Account]? (via Digg)
In a recent comment, Emily pointed to her post on Creditbloggers that Australian credit card statements may come with warnings to emphasize the potential financial ruin that they can cause. There’s running a contest to see if you can come up with the funniest warning that you can think of. Leave a comment on their ... Read more →
There’s no disputing that eBay can be a great source of income, while at the same time emptying your house of crap that you don’t need. But how about a punch in the face? As of this post 30 bidders have raised the price to $10,000 with more than 6 days to go. via Digg ... Read more →
The world’s second richest man, Bill Gates is pretty rich. (HOW RICH IS HE?) He’s so rich the US has to store his financial data on a special computer because his fortune is so vast. It has to be pretty tough to fit “47,000,000,000″ on line 1 of the tax form. You think he uses ... Read more →
In the personal finance blogging world, we try to educate and make information available to those who may want to further their financial goals. Not this guy. Link found via CNET.
