I love stupid-humor movies; I blame that on my folks. When I was just a kid they always let me stay up past my bedtime so I could watch Jerry Lewis movies that were on the television. I watched a lot of Jerry Lewis movies when I was a ...

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Hello all. It's me again. Your mean, uncaring, personal finance blogger with the heart of a lump of coal and a soul from the depths of Hades. Yes, I am still steaming at this Obama rescue plan. No, I won't get over it. And the more I read ...

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"All of us must learn to live within our means again." - President Barack Obama Taken at face value, who can argue with a statement like that? As a sound bite, President Obama's statement is an encouraging affirmation of good common fiscal ...

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"To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: Don't be economic girlie men!" - Arnold Schwarzenegger While writing my 2008 State of the Household financial report I got this germ of an idea that kept popping into my head: What ...

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We'll now continue with Part 2 of my list on the Top 12 Songs That Teach A Lesson About Money. For those of you that missed it, the list's first 6 songs, along with the complete explanation of criteria and qualifications that enabled a song to ...

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Since this blog is focused on helping others achieve financial freedom, I figured if I was going to put together my personal list of the greatest money songs of all time, I at least owed it to my five loyal readers to ensure that the list was more ...

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A recent article in Ars Technica stated that Technorati has tracked 133 million blogs since 2002. Consider this blog number 133,000,001. So what if I am five years or so late getting onto the blogging bandwagon? Better late than never, right? I ...

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