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Celebrating My 100th Post!

By Len Penzo

You know, they say a milestone is anything that gives you a personal sense of accomplishment and helps you move forward. Amazingly enough, after just over six months I reached an important blogging milestone of my own today: post number 100! ๐Ÿ™‚

Okay, roughly ten of those posts merely link to other content, but the rest contain at least a smattering of original stuff. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Itโ€™s been a lot of work at times, but I have loved every minute behind this keyboard and if I could find a way to turn this avocation of mine into a vocation, well, I surely would. ๐Ÿ™‚

From the beginning, my goal for this blog has been to present topics predominantly, but not always, related to personal finance in an informative and uniquely entertaining way. So far, I think I have done a pretty good job, although there are a few posts that I consider to be a bit short of my expectations.

Iโ€™m very excited to see what the next half of the year will bring, as I still have a lot of great ideas in my head that I am eager to try out! ๐Ÿ™‚

At least I think they are great ideas; I realize that, ultimately, the final arbiter will be you.

Before I go I thought I would toot my own party horn just a little more and highlight my six favorite posts from the past six months. If you have some free time, Iโ€™d really be much obliged if you check one or two of them out! ๐Ÿ™‚

Lenโ€™s Top Six Favorite Posts (So Far)

A Few Minutes With Personal Finance Genius Rich Livingston โ€“ In their summary of top personal finance posts for the week, Political Calculations linked to this post (which was not solicited by me) saying, โ€œWe know what youโ€™re thinking: โ€˜Whoโ€™s Rich Livingston?โ€™ and probably also โ€˜Whoโ€™s Len Penzo?'โ€ Did they really have to rub it in? Still, this post epitomizes what I want this blog to be. A unique, and hopefully fun, read that tries to teach a lesson or two about personal finance along the way.

Why Coke Rewards Is For Suckers โ€“ I wrote this one evening in a fit of rage after I had been screwed over by the Coke Rewards program for the umpteenth time. I was very pleased with the writing.

If Arnold Schwarzenegger Was My Household CEO โ€“ One of my earliest posts that I think successfully leveraged three of my favorite pastimes: politics, personal finance, and famous movie quotes from Arnold. ๐Ÿ˜‰

My Kidsโ€™ Loan Interview with the Bank of Dad โ€“ One day I had the bright idea to do a real interview with my 11- and 9-year old kids in order to ascertain just how much they they really understood about money and personal finances. I swear that what is printed is the actual interview transcript. Honestly, there is just no way I could make some of those answers up. Although I wish I could. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Stop the Bailouts and Let the Bankruptcy Process Do Its Job โ€“ Sometimes I do like to get on my soap box and get really serious. I actually started blogging because I was tired of having all of my op-ed pieces rejected by all of the major newspapers. Needless to say, I was exceptionally surprised and honored when the Huffington Post featured this article on their front page.

Ten (Extremely) Out-of-the-Box Ideas for Saving Money โ€“ I wrote this article as a parody of the umpteen-thousand personal finance posts that are written every day. But this April Foolโ€™s Day piece actually got me a couple of letters from some readers who apparently didnโ€™t get it. Still, I manage to get a chuckle every time I go back and read it. I understand โ€“ your mileage may vary. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Anyway, thanks for stopping by today. Donโ€™t forget to please subscribe if you like what youโ€™ve seen! ๐Ÿ™‚

One last note. For those of you who have followed Len Penzo dot Com at one time or another over the past six months: thanks, I really appreciate it! ๐Ÿ™‚

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June 17, 2009

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Comments

  1. 1

    U.S. Common Sense says

    Keep up the good work! ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. 2

    Len Penzo says

    Thanks, US. I especially appreciate all the support you have given me over the past six months! Your website was THE reason I got picked up by Huff. ๐Ÿ™‚

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