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Lower Your Monthly Power Bill, Make $256, And Save The World!

Lower Your Monthly Power Bill, Make $256, And Save The World!

Ok, the title was catchy enough to get you I’m a fan of saving $$$ AND saving the earth. I dig hybrid cars. I dig reusing and recycling for both its benefits to my pocketbook and benefits to my children. I dig greendimes and my new digg-ee is UniBlue LocalCooling…

I Figured Out A Way To Use ANY Credit Card At Costco (As They Only Accept AMEX Now)!

I Figured Out A Way To Use ANY Credit Card At Costco (As They Only Accept AMEX Now)!

One of my biggest pet peeves about Costco is how they stick to the American Express credit card only. I am a big fan of using my credit card and saving the Alaska Air Skymiles. I don’t own an American Express card and always have to resort to losing AT LEAST 200 Alaska Air Skymiles [...]

Things You’re Saving Money On By Being Stuck In An Elevator For 41 Hours

I StumbledUpon onto this and had to share it with SOMEONE; therefore needed to relate it to personal finance in some way to get some validity out of the post. It’s a break from my normal personal finance path to inject a little humor into this post to jazz it up a bit. Hope you [...]

What The Point Of A Phonebook Anymore? How Do I Stop Getting One Every 3 Months?

I’m serious; if you’ve got the time and a big truck let’s fire it up. I absolutely hate the fact that they think I want a phonebook. Did they ever ask me? No. Did I ever ask them to give me one? No. Well this is an open letter to the phonebookers of the world [...]

An Inspirational Quote From A Movie I Watched And How It Relates To The Personal Finance Realm

I’ve actually had this quote listed in my “to write” column for quite sometime but hadn’t yet thought how to structure the post but I think it is VERY relevant to the theme on this site…

What Type Of DISC Profile Does The Standard Investor Have?

What Type Of DISC Profile Does The Standard Investor Have?

In regards to one of my most recent posts at the Q2 Magic Quadrant post, I came across an interesting comment from Pinyo at Moolanomy.com. He asked a question in regards to formula of coming up with MQ itself. I had mentioned in the response that it all plays a role in how you perceive [...]

I Got In A Car Accident This Week And Saved Some Big Money; How’s That?

Well, it’s true. A guy ran into the backside of my car with my and my family inside. Everyone was ok for the most part. The youngest was drinking from a straw in a water bottle and it cut her lip a little bit, but nothing serious. A travesty to her milk, but that’s about [...]

Monthly Net Worth Update March 2008 (+2.42%)

Things are still on the upswing this month, up 2.42% from last month. My 401k recovered from a pretty big dump the month prior; but my wife’s is still shooting ahead MUCH faster with another 10% increase this month! REREX and TRRDX are proving to be big backers for her and her 1,2 punch. DODFX [...]

Hanks Weekly Hangouts #20 (March 8, 2008)

This week had a lot of ups and downs. CNN posted a pretty sweet article on timing what Uncle Sam gets but Brett Favre hung up his cleats also. The weather was sunny in the Pacific northwest for the first time since the rain started back in May, so that’s a good thing…

Will Brett Favre’s Retirement Make The Stock Market Take A Dive?

Will Brett Favre’s Retirement Make The Stock Market Take A Dive?

Brett Favre announced his retirement yesterday leaving several die hard Favre fans unable to deal. Emotionally, these people should be very worried, but that isn’t the half of it! Financially, the US economy should be the ones that are taken aback by this news! Below here is a VERY scientific graph I dug up and [...]