Archive for November, 2008
Rational Commentary on the Housing ‘Crisis’
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Excellent video from CNBC: Dennis Kneale breaks down the real numbers in the current housing decline. Note that only 2% of US Household are in foreclosure. I don’t know about you, but I would have thought the number was a lot higher based on the craziness I hear in the news. Lesson learned, watch less [...]
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Update On My Latest Weight Loss Efforts
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
It’s too bad that I’ve had to start over many times with my weight loss, but I’m sure that’s how it goes for a lot of people as they try to get their weight under control after a long time of doing nothing. All I can do is act like it’s for real this time [...]
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Weekly Web Favorites
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to have my article about getting rid of cable TV included in the Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted by The Digerati Life. Many thanks to Silicon Valley Blogger for taking the time to host the carnival this week. Early retirement extreme: living in ‘squalor’ since 2000 [from Early [...]
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Stop Blogging and Get to Work
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
For those of you thinking you can start a blog about getting out of debt and get out of debt by getting rich from your blog…stop it! Take the time you were going to spend on the blog and pick up some overtime at work or find a side job utilizing your best skills and [...]
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The Secret to Getting Out of Debt
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
No, I’m not talking about some metaphysical foolishness, sold by the truckload thanks to the Oprah. I’m also not going to suggest crazy, get-rich-quick infomercial trash. The secret to getting out of debt, or doing anything else meaningful for that matter, is quite simple and you already know what it is. HARD WORK! I know [...]
