~Thu~ Sep 28th 2006
A confession by way of preface: in addition to personal finance, food, and comic books, I’m a fan of musical theater. Thus, you’ll forgive me for the following entry. I spent the evening on YouTube, looking for songs about money from old movies. I didn’t have much luck, but I had fun anyhow. We’re in [...]
[read all of Pennies From Heaven: Old Songs About Money]
~Wed~ Sep 27th 2006
Sometimes a great deal isn’t. Because I have a small computer consulting business, I’ve been placed on a mailing list for “corporate rate” magazine subscriptions. Corporate rate subscriptions are unbelievably cheap, on the order of $10 or $12 a year for many magazines. Being the frugal fellow that I am, when I received my first [...]
[read all of How Not to Be Frugal: Too Many Magazine Subscriptions]
~Wed~ Sep 27th 2006
Consumer Reports has a new publication entitled Complete Guide to Reducing Energy Costs. To promote the book, they’ve made twenty tips available for free online: Wash clothes in cold water. Most of the cost in running a washer is in heating the water. Hang clothes on a line. Don’t overdry your laundry. Remove clothes from [...]
[read all of 20 Free Ways to Save Energy]
~Wed~ Sep 27th 2006
My Money Forest – Festival of Frugality #41 (tags: pfblogs carnivals frugality frugal) Calculate CPI from 1665-2012 “Have you wondered how much the value of your ancestor’s property or money mentioned in an old will, deed or tax record is in today’s dollars? Use this handy calculator to get an estimate of how much a [...]
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