The Carnival of Personal Finance #159 has made it to Greener Pastures: Personal Finance, and the theme was about the construction of “the first zero-emissions city” in the world. My post on expensive children’s toys was selected as an Editor’s Pick! Thank you for the honor, Lisa! Here were a few articles I […]
I’d like to highlight a great new tool introduced to us by one of my fellow Money Writers called PopTop Ranks! The folks behind My Dollar Plan, Madison and Scott, have put together this great web tool that allows you to see dynamic rankings for blogs and web sites based on their subscriber numbers. […]
Time for more lists! Mrs. Micah got pretty creative with her carnival theme this week, when she presented the Carnival of Personal Finance #158. If you want to pick up some financial tips while learning a bit more about Buffy The Vampire Slayer , then do visit her site! Some cool […]
Winners of The Million Visitors Giveaway
Earlier, I was thinking of giving away $5,000 to the actual millionth visitor on my site, but since I had no way to accurately track down the specific individual, the thought fizzled .
At any rate, I have tried to approximate the event by holding last week’s giveaway where I […]
Come celebrate the Carnival of Personal Finance’s third anniversary at the place where it all started. Consumerism Commentary hosts the Carnival of Personal Finance #157: Third Anniversary Edition this week and it’s long, going on strong! Please visit the carnival as it’s brimming with a lot of personal finance tips […]
Not a good day today — have been taking twice as long to get anything done. And why? The phone is acting funny, our network is terribly slow, it’s hot as Hades in my office. Plus, the baby is sick and of course, bawling for attention. This is my first summer […]
Personal Finance Reads
Five Cent Nickel: If you think about it carefully, there are parallels between fitness and finance. The same principles can be applied to both areas in your life.
Lazy Man and Money: Lazy Man talks about his ongoing vacation in Boston where he’s attending a good friend’s wedding.
Money Smart Life: Life after identity […]
Let me squeeze in a few words in between a few “graduation” celebrations for my kids this week. As it is, I’ve been dashing in and out of the house all day today, attending to the various festivities that come with the last few days of school. It’s the last week of school […]
It seems that Pinyo is at it again…. . He’s the tireless guy behind the Moolanomy blog and various other web resources such as forums, other blogs and even web carnivals that have been helpful to me in so many ways. This time, he’s announced his new baby (no, not the one he […]
Naughty me, I wasn’t able to get around to joining the carnivals this week, but I did get a chance to find out what was cooking in the financial blogosphere anyway.
The Carnival of Personal Finance #154 was at Canadian Dream: Free At 45. Some great articles that jumped out at me :
Twelve Year […]
Hope your Memorial Day weekend was as fun as it was mine. Just got back from the traditional barbecue get-togethers that my family throws each long holiday weekend when the weather is great.
Personal Finance Reads
All Financial Matters: Do you ever look back and compare your current finances to the way they were […]
I found a little time during this incredibly busy week to peruse the Carnival of Personal Finance #153, the Q & A Edition over at Money and Values. And from the humongous list that always comes out of the carnival, I found a few articles that I’d like to bring to your attention:
7 Personal Finance […]
Oh noes. I have some things going on this week so I may or may not be able to post during the next few days but will probably get some guest posts up instead. But we shall see! My schedule has been plagued lately by uh… what you may call “various distractions” […]
I’ve been off my schedule a little bit here since I have some relatives over for a short visit. And it’s Mother’s Day, so I decided to take most of the weekend off and strayed a little from my regular routine — something I do once in a blue moon.
This […]
The Carnival of Personal Finance #151 highlighted a prominent theme this week with an edition aptly named as “Bloggers On Surviving The Squeeze”, held at Alpha Consumer. The “belt tightening” theme continues to be the talk of the day in the money blogosphere as we grow more attuned to the nation’s growing financial challenges […]
Is it just me or is my financial reading list just growing longer over time? That’s cool though — the weekends are a time when I catch up a bit on what the net is saying about money. There have been a few common threads I’ve noticed in this particular edition […]
Lazy Man and Money took on the big job of hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance #150 this week. It had a 115 articles that he put together in a span of 16 hours. Yes, that’s how much time these carnivals can require, if you sign up as a host! […]
I found myself face-to-face with another meme, thanks to My Daily Dollars and this time, this meme is requiring me to write a 6 word memoir. I wasn’t exactly sure what this meant, so I dug up the rules of this particular request:
The rules of the meme:
1. Write your own six word memoir
2. Post […]
I was excited to find out that one of my fellow money bloggers (or shall we say “Money Writers“!), Steve aka Brip Blap, has just announced he’s going to give PRO-blogging a whirl. I suppose he’s going to try it out to see if it suits him. Excellent! Kudos to him […]
Personal Finance Reads
Lazy Man and Money: How often have you attended gatherings which turned into an excuse for a multi-level marketing presentation? In my case, once too often. Can I get back those 2 hours of my life please?
Money Smart Life: By the time your kids turn 5, it can be time to […]
With the turn in the weather, I’ve picked up a cold bug or two, so I’ve been running low on the energy the last few days… This has made me function a little behind on my schedule this week. Nevertheless, I’ve managed to squeeze some time for a visit to a couple of carnivals! […]
Personal Finance Reads
Get Rich Slowly: J.D. polled several personal finance bloggers and asked them and his readers this question: “what do you splurge on“? Seems like the common denominator is food! , though I answered something else.
All Financial Matters: This is great money advice to pass on to your kids. My favorite […]
Short Announcements and This Week’s Featured Money Carnival
A quick reminder to say that if you haven’t wrapped up your taxes yet, you may be able to benefit from this TaxCut giveaway over at Sound Money Matters.
I’d like to thank Donna Freedman from MSN Smart Spending and Lance Turner from the Arkansas Business blog for sharing […]
Heard through the grapevine: Mint.com has just partnered with Motley Fool to provide you with great personal finance content through the Mint blog. I’d like to encourage you to check out Mint, as it is a Web 2.0 personal finance tool that’s already garnered a lot of attention since its launch. Only […]
Free Money Finance just closed his March Madness competition and my submission did make it to the Final Four round, as one of four other posts. I have to thank FMF for hosting this event again (this was my 2nd year of participating) and for sweetening the prize pot by offering donations to the […]
