By Len Penzo on December 4th, 2009
It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe…
Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…
I’m busy preparing for this Sunday’s The Best of the Best In Money and Personal Finance Carnival, so I’m going to the
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By Len Penzo on December 3rd, 2009
This is a review of the 2009 movie Star Trek starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, and Bruce Greenwood
Plot Summary: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Me: The Internet – the final frontier. These are the movie reviews of the off-beat personal finance blog Len Penzo dot Com. Its five-year mission: to explore the wacky world of personal finance,
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By Len Penzo on December 1st, 2009
A while back I wrote a very popular post entitled The Seven Deadly Sins of Personal Finance. Of course, one of those seven deadly sins was greed.
Greed often makes people do some really crazy things they wouldn’t otherwise consider.
For example, Baker from Man Vs. Debt asked the other day if you would be willing to kill a stranger for a billion bucks.
I can honestly say that I would never even consider
Continue reading What Would YOU Be Willing to Do for a Million Dollars?
By Len Penzo on November 29th, 2009
There are hundreds of reasons to get aggressive when it comes to paying down your debt. Some of these reasons are unique to individuals and their particular financial circumstances, but most cross the boundaries of personal situations to find common ground among those who owe money. While debt, in certain contexts, is not necessarily a bad thing, you don’t want it restricting or altering the way you live. That’s one
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By Len Penzo on November 27th, 2009
This is a review of the 2009 movie The Proposal starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Craig T. Nelson, and Mary Steenburgen
Plot Summary: A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to retain her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.
Me: You know how I hate chick flicks, Honeybee.
The Honeybee: No kidding. You were so reluctant to watch The Proposal that the DVD sat
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By Len Penzo on November 25th, 2009
It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe…
Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…
This week, its a very special Black Friday edition featuring bloggers who had something to say about the biggest shopping day of
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By Len Penzo on November 24th, 2009
This year Thanksgiving dinner is at my house. We’ll be serving dinner for 16 people including my sister and her family, my mom and dad and the Honeybee’s folks.
You know, since he came out to visit a few weeks ago, my father-in-law Tony has taken over a lot of the chores around the house, including fixing the water heater (and saving me $400 in the process).
It’s not that I’m
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By Len Penzo on November 22nd, 2009
This is a guest post from Joel Ohman, a Certified Financial Planner and President of 360 Quote LLC. He is a serial entrepreneur and is currently spearheading several successful consumer comparison websites including Credit Card Chaser and Health Insurance Providers.
No doubt all of us have racked our brains at one time or another to come up with a way to make some extra cash. It can be tempting to gravitate
Continue reading 23 Creative and Sure-Fire Ways to Easily Earn Extra Money
By Len Penzo on November 20th, 2009
It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe…
Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…
The Centsible Life – I often like popping in to Kelly’s site for lots of great money saving ideas. This week she
Continue reading Black Coffee: My Favorite Blogs, Money News & Opinions #22
By Len Penzo on November 19th, 2009
This is a review of the 2009 movie The Uninvited starring David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, and Emily Browning
Plot Summary: Anna returns home to her sister (and best friend) Alex after a stint in a mental hospital, though her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.
Me: The Uninvited is a remake of a South Korean film entitled Janghwa,
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Black Coffee: My Favorite Blogs, Money News & Opinions #24
It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe…
Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…
I’m busy preparing for this Sunday’s The Best of the Best In Money and Personal Finance Carnival, so I’m going to the
Continue reading Black Coffee: My Favorite Blogs, Money News & Opinions #24