My 9-year-old daughter, Lenina, lost another tooth today!
Of course, most everyone knows custom dictates that when a child loses a tooth they dutifully place it under their pillow knowing that the Tooth Fairy will come and take it in exchange for ...
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Celebrating My 100th Post!
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! ...
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The 5 Worst Jobs For Teenagers
With summer here, schools are now on hiatus for vacation in most places around the country and teenagers are scurrying to find temporary jobs to earn some extra money. With that in mind, some parents may be interested to know that the National ...
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Paying Off the Mortgage Early? Not So Fast …
In January 2009 I wrote one of my most popular posts to-date entitled Paying Off Your Mortgage Early Is A No-Brainer. In that post I did a detailed analysis that justified why paying down my mortgage was the right thing to do.
That Was Then, This ...
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9 Personal Finance Lessons I Learned from Watching The Simpsons
Twenty years ago the series premier of arguably the greatest cartoon ever, The Simpsons, debuted in the United States. Over that time I have watched countless episodes chronicling the lives of Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa Simpson and all of their ...
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How to Avoid Neighbor Conflicts When It’s Time for a New Fence (Part 2)
This is the second part of a two-part series. Click here for part one.
As I noted in part one, over the years I have personally talked to several friends of mine who told me they would rather spend a couple hours in the dentist chair having their ...
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How to Avoid Neighbor Conflicts When It’s Time for a New Fence
Being a homeowner has a lot of responsibilities that renters never have to deal with. Many of the responsibilities are no big deal; others can be extremely unpleasant. One of the most painful homeowner tasks is dealing with the neighbors when a ...
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Inflation: How China May Be Forced To Use The Nuclear Option
It's Inflation Week at Len Penzo dot Com. Follow me over the next several days as I explore the multiple facets and facts about this insidious scourge, the probability of its resurgence, its potential impacts on us, and strategies for protecting ...
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Inflation: Your Four Best Defenses For Preserving Your Wealth
I kicked off this series on inflation with a warning about why all of us should fear inflation and why the US government needs it to take root in our economy. But I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Forbes posted an excellent article on the coming ...
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Inflation: Why You Should Fear It, And Why The US Wants It
Ronald Reagan accurately warned us in 1984 to be vigilant against inflation because it can come, "like a thief in the night to rob our savings, rob our earnings, and take the bread off our tables."
For this reason, the government is usually on ...
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Does Buying Your Gas In The Early Morning Really Save Money?
I've already written about the folly of trying to save a few cents per gallon when shopping for gas.
But did you know there are times when you don't get exactly what you pay for when you fill up your gasoline tank at the local station? It's not t ...
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How Mexico Can Save Its Oil Industry: Sell Baja California to the US
Another economic disaster looms for both the US and Mexico and something needs to be done in the near future to stop it.
Mexico is currently the fifth largest oil producer in the world and the third biggest supplier of crude oil to the United ...
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Out of Touch? Putting The Tea Party Protests In Perspective
In 1773, American colonists tossed three shiploads of taxed tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against the British practice of taxation without representation. Some 236 years later, another tea party of sorts was held in towns all across America, ...
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Beware of Strangers Bearing Gifts
Lisa Simpson: Grampa! Didn't you wonder why you were getting checks for doing absolutely nothing?
Grampa: Not really... I figured it was because the Democrats were in power again.
-- From an episode of The Simpsons
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Don’t Fall for the Siren’s Song of Socialism
Rasmussen Reports released the results of a survey today that shows only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism. This poll represents a shot over the heads of everybody who cares for the future of this country.
Among ...
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Stop the Bailouts and Let the Bankruptcy Process Do Its Job
The US government's decision to force out the head of General Motors should send chills throughout the private sector for years to come. This only serves to undermine the free market and stretch government authority over the private sector in ways ...
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What It Really Feels Like To Be A Millionaire
Yesterday my family and I got in the car and drove to Arizona for the day to see my beloved Los Angeles Dodgers play a Cactus League game against the Chicago White Sox at their new spring training complex known as Camelback Ranch.
The Dodgers lost ...
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The Middle Class Should Prepare for an Increasing Tax Burden
It's time to dip into the mailbag again. I always love it when I get letters -- especially the more, shall we say, interesting ones.
For example, I received one letter from someone who I can only assume is a card carrying member of a militant ...
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Gordon Gekko Would Be Proud: It’s Time to Let AIG Fail
The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for ...
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24 (Financial) Things About Me … And One Confession Makes 25
I have a confession to make: I'm the Prince of Unhip. The King of Cautious. Poster boy for Blah. Lord of the Nerds.
I get misty-eyed every time I watch Anthony Edwards give that inspiring "I'm a nerd and I'm pretty proud of it" speech in front of ...
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