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Weekend Links - Napa Treat Edition

Yesterday, I had the unique opportunity to get a couple of private tastings and tours in Napa. It was due to a connection that I had through a group that I am a part of. We drank bottles of very rare production lines. This reinforced my notion that it’s often more about [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Review - High Cholesterol Edition

My wife got a cholesterol test yesterday. We’ve known that she’s had high cholesterol in the past, but this was off the charts bad. As some people know, the ratio of good to bad cholesterol is also important. Unfortunately this number isn’t on her side either. I’ve spent the morning researching [...]

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Personal Finance Review - “Living the Dream” Edition

I was talking with a friend the other day and I mentioned how I now work at home. He said I was “living the dream.” Someone forgot to tell me that rationing your Ramen is living the dream.
While on the topic of living frugally, Golbguru is about to experience some lifestyle [...]

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Weekend Links - Rooting For the Underdogs Edition

You may have heard, but there’s going to be some new commercials coming on television tomorrow night. Rumor has it Fox will break them up with a football game. I’m not one to miss commercial, so I’ll endure the football game.
As the title mentioned, I’ll be rooting for the underdogs. Here are [...]

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Weekend Links - Donation Button Edition

Observant readers may have noticed that I added a donation button. I was (and still am) a little conflicted about this change. On one hand, I do make money from advertisements. On the other hand, a reader suggested that I put it on the site. I’m not opposed to making money [...]

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Weekend Links - Martin Luther King Day Edition

It’s Martin Luther King day. For some that means you get the day off. Others have to work a normal day. Either way, it’s worth reading up on some Martain Luther King Jr. history. When you are done with that catch up on some personal finance links.

Jeremy doesn’t like the [...]

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Weekend Links - Tax Questions Answered Edition

HR Block sent me a link to a promotion that they are running. Specifically they are allowing you to ask a tax advisor questions for free through Jan 31st. I’m going to test them with a question that has puzzled few other tax advisors I’ve talked to in the past. It’s a [...]

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Weekend Links - I’m Nominated For an Award Edition

Late last night, I found out that I had been nominated for a blogging award. If I were to pick an award to be nominated for, I would have definitely picked Performancing’s award for Best Business/Money Blog. Fortunately, that’s just the award I have been nominated for. Would you take 20 seconds [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Links

I’m living in a world of wonder where the Patriots are 16-0. The Lisa Olsen incident seems so far away. Last night, a person introduced himself to me (I was wearing my Patriots shirt) as Adam Vinatieri’s cousin. More than 12 hours later, I still don’t know how I was supposed to [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Links

Today I’m off to Napa Valley for wine tasting with my wife’s mom and sister. It sounds like a perfect activity for dealing with the in-laws - if I didn’t have to be the designated driver.
My first article of the round-up is my own… I wrote an Do You Need a [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Links - Giving Congrats Edition

I opened up this month’s Money Magazine and found a surprise. On page 68, there’s a mention to two of my favorite blogs: Get Rich Slowly and Consumerism Commentary. If you’ve been reading this site for some time, it should be no surprise that the magazine singled them out.
Money Magazine didn’t particularly have [...]

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Weekend Links - Shaking Hands with the Best Hands in the World Edition

Earlier this week, I read about an opportunity that I just knew my wife and I had to take advantage of. I’ve talked about being a huge football fan in the past. My wife is a big fan American Idol and the combination of reality/game show that have recently become popular - she [...]

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Weekend Link - Dipping My Toe into the Job Pool Again Edition

I’ve started to realize recently that not having money is not fun. As a software engineer in Silicon Valley it’s not a surprise for me to say that I make 6 figures. Even though we can live on my wife’s income, going from 6 figures a year to the monthly number you see [...]

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Weekend Links: Finally Getting Productive Edition

I apologize for back to back editions of links. I figure most of you are still out of town enjoying left over turkey sandwiches. (Is there anything better than leftover turkey and stuffing in a sandwich with gravy poured over it?) I’m not turning into a full-time link machine though. I [...]

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Weekend Links: Sailing Away Edition

I’m heading out of the country on our honeymoon. I’ve got a number of articles lined up that I think you’ll enjoy, so don’t forget about me. There are more details to follow on Monday. In the meantime, here are some articles that I liked this week:

Golbguru give us some things we [...]

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Personal Finance Links: Announcing Lazy Man and Sports Edition

I started a new blog this week. I tried not to, but circumstances were beyond my control. Recently, I was driving home and though I was 3,000 miles away from my hometown of Boston, the radio couldn’t get off the topic. With the Red Sox in the World Series, the Patriots undefeated, [...]

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Weekend Links: Bloody Sock Edition

It’s game 6 for the Red Sox and if you have been a fan you know that something special is likely to happen tonight. ESPN went back and recapped some of the famous game 6’s the Red Sox have been involved in.
In 1967, the Red Sox came back from a 2-1 deficit to win [...]

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Weekend Links: Duel in Dallas Edition

In less than an hour the undefeated Patriots will take the field against the unbeating the Cowboys. Many have said it’s the biggest game of the year and a potential Super Bowl preview. I can’t understand why the game isn’t on TV nationwide. So I need to go to the bar [...]

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Weekend links: Seven Ferraris and a Yugo Edition

This morning the wife and I went the grocery to pick up a couple of staples for the next week. We didn’t feel like getting all dressed up, so we put on some sweatpants and left the house to the local Safeway. We didn’t expect to find a row of Ferraris hanging [...]

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Weekend Round-up: Red Sox Clinch Edition

With the Red Sox clinching the AL East for the first time in 12 years, I can finally relax a little bit. That relaxation is going to last only a couple of days. The playoffs start on Wednesday of next week, so it will be nail-biting time again. For the next [...]

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Weekend Round-up: Jekyll and Hyde Edition - Part 2: Jekyll

Yesterday, I mentioned how the Red Sox season was flailing out of control - not unlike Mr. Hyde. Today, it’s time for the opposite, Dr. Jekyll.
I’ve mentioned more than a few times that I’m a Patriots fan, despite all the shenanigans over the last couple of weeks. However, unlike the Red Sox, [...]

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Weekend Round-up: Jekyll and Hyde Edition - Part 1: Hyde

I’m doing something a little different this week and splitting the links up in half. There will be some today and more tomorrow. The split of links themselves is random and not related to the Jekyll and Hype situation I’m going to discuss.
I’ve mentioned more than a few times that I’m a [...]

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Personal Finance Review - Egg on My Face Edition

Sometimes there’s just not enough wood in the world to knock on. I found this out the hard way earlier this week. It took less than a week for my post about the 2001 Patriots to come back and haunt me. For those living in closet, or not interested in sports, [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Review

Rather than tell a boring off-topic story, I’ll just get to the links this week.

The Digerati Life wants to retire early and live on one income. I want to too. More on that in the upcoming weeks.
Sun is Considering a 401k rollover.
Generation X Finance gives a few reasons why you should pay [...]

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Weekly Personal Finance Review - Away on a Mini-Moon Edition

This weekend, me and Energi Gal, are off on a little vacation near the Hearst Castle. Since we got married earlier this summer, we haven’t had a chance to get away and relax. The honeymoon is scheduled for November, but that’s too far away. So she came up with the idea [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Review - Boston Sports at their Peak? Edition

My regular readers know that I’m from Boston and that I’m a huge sports fan. I’ve been blessed by seeing the great Celtics teams in the 80s, the Red Sox World Series in 2004, and the Patriots three Super Bowls this decade. The stars may be aligned for 2007-2008 to top all [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Review - Movie and Drinks Edition

Last night could have been one of the most fun and interesting nights of my life, but for some reason I just wasn’t in the right frame of mind. It started off with a trip to see American Fusion, a new independent film showing only in select cities. My wife knows a [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Review - Red Sox Scare Edition

It’s August 11th and the Red Sox lead over the Yankees that was once 14 games is down to 5. It seems like this happens more often than not. The difference this time is that the Red Sox are still playing great baseball - good enough to be the #1 team in [...]

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Personal Finance Review - 88 Cent Edition

At least in Northern California, Rite Aid is having a sale on Speed Stick deodorant, Colgate toothpaste, Soft Soap, and Irish Spring bar soap (3-pack). I went to stock up today and the shelves had been picked clean. However, I got rain check for 5 of everything. Since they don’t bad, [...]

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Personal Finance Review - Football is Better edition

There’s a great billboard along the 101 in the San Francisco that I pass on my morning commute. It’s for the 49ers and it simply reads, “Life is good, but football is better.” I couldn’t agree more. Onto my reads of the week.
Ben at Money Smart Life asks if Minimum Wage is [...]

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Weekly Personal Finance Review

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I am as the Red Sox seem to be playing better as late. I can almost smell the start of football season. Preseason games will be here before you know it. Onto some articles that I liked this week…
I’m going to start with [...]

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This Weekend in Personal Finance

I’m very busy this weekend figuring out how to use some of the gifts received from my wedding… Thus the biggest winners are the Bissell SpotBot and a George Foreman Grill with the removable plates for easy cleaning.
Ben at MoneySmartLife has a way to get a free $125. It requires signing up for a [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Review

It’s time for another weekend of round-ups. I’m taking the next two weekends of round-ups off to get married. Because of this I wanted to give you additional commentary for each article that I’ve chosen.

Ben from Money Smart Life says what he wants for Father’s Day. I found this article probably the [...]

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Weekend Personal Finance Review

We’ve had some guests from out of town, so time has been at a premium this weekend. I’m lucky to get this out at all.  While I’m here, I’d like to give some thanks to all the fathers out there on father’s day.
MoneySmartLife highlights that Chase says a credit limit is an opportunity. They [...]

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Quick Links for this Past Week

I’m knee-deep in wedding details this weekend, but I wanted to give you an idea of what I’m reading this week.

Sun’s Financial Diary tells us how to pick stocks like a guru. This looks like a great tool, and though I’m not ready to invest in individual stocks, I’ll have to keep it bookmarked.
Generation [...]

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