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Angst

Beelzebub Central!

Burglars

Don’t Worry. Be Happy! No Financial Melt-down Here

Estate Sales: The Canary in the Mine?

Financial Goals: Urban Angst

Health Insurance: Never a Dull Moment

How Do You Make a Long-term Decision Rationally?

Life in the Big City

Lessons Learned from a Computer Crash

Spare Me, Lord!

Will Corporate Welfare and Financial Socialism Save Us from Recession?

Biweekly Pay

Biweekly Pay in a Monthly World  

Budgeting by the Week

Fun with Taxes: Second Draft

Put a Square Peg in a Round Hole: Make Biweekly Pay Work in a Bimonthly World

Square Peg Revisited: Thanks to PK Sublime

Blogging

    Another Blogger off the Treadmill

    Bloggery 

    Broken Links & Strange Error Messages

    Check Out Funny’s Beta WordPress Version

    Dear Apple MobileMe Team:

    Funny to Migrate Soon

    Generating Traffic with Carnivals and Festivals 

    Hank’s Big Giveaway at My Investing Blog

    Hey! iWeb Has a Search Function!

    MacHeadache

    Mrs. Micah Builds a Wiki

    Libel and Slander Insurance for Bloggers

    Migrate to Wordpress or Stay with iWeb?

    An Open Letter to Steve Jobs

    Trent Escapes Rat Race 

    Yahoo! A New Blog Is Born!

    Why No Ads on This Site?

    Woot! Funny Is Back!

Book Reviews

     Smith, Alexander McCall: Blue Shoes and Happiness

Budgeting

Are Credit Cards Good for You?

Budget Setbacks

Credit Cards Are Good for You

“Cushion” to the Rescue!

Biweekly Pay in a Monthly World

Budgeting by the Week

Budget Pix

Chilly Christmas Night

Dollars and Nickels and Dimes, Oh My!

Doomed! 

Four Hundred Dollars Later...

Five Budget Busters 

Five Good Things You Can Do for Your Finances This Week

Framing a Disaster Budget 

Getting Back on Budget

Handy Li’l Quicken Hack

     How Higher Gas Prices Save Money

How to Make a Budget

If Next Payday Doesn’t Come...

The Miracle of Penny-Pinching

Month of Extreme Frugality (NOT!)

Put a Square Peg in a Round Hole: Make Biweekly Pay Work in a Bimonthly World

Square Peg Revisited: Thanks to PK Sublime

Stay on top of magazine renewals   

A Step to Improve the Finances    

Carnivals and Festivals

Carnival of Debt Reduction

Carnival of Education

Carnival of Financial Goals

Carnival of Money Stories

Carnival of Personal Finance

Carnival of Ethics, Values, and Personal Finance

Festival of Frugality

Finance Fiesta

Make It from Scratch Carnival

Mom’s Blogging Carnival

Money Hacks Carnival

Hosted by Funny:

    Festival of Frugality #127

    Carnival of Money Stories #68 

Compensation

2008 financial goal thwarted

A$k and ye shall re¢eive    

No Kidding?

Common Sense

Consumer-proof Packaging: A Modest Proposal

How Do You Make a Long-term Decision Rationally?

Computers

Lessons Learned from a Computer Crash

    MacHeadache

    An Open Letter to Steve Jobs

Credit Cards

Are Credit Cards Good for You?

Credit Cards Are Good for You

Biweekly Pay in a Monthly World

Budgeting by the Week

Yahoo! American Express Kickback 

Debt

    And at My Back I Always Hear...Wingèd Inflation Hurrying Near?   

    Are Credit Cards Good for You?

    Dealin’ with the Devil

    How to Pay Off Your Debt

    Go through College without Overwhelming Debt

    Never Pay Bank or Finance Charges

    Paradise(?) Lost

    Progress toward Loan Payoff Goal

    To Refinance or Not to Refinance

    Rumors Swirl at AMEX

    A Stupidity Epidemic?  

Decluttering

Declutter While You Can

Freedom’s Just Another Word. . .

Hide Cords and Cables

Incoming! How to get the paper flak under control

Less Clutter = Less Stress    

Dog Food Recipes

Banana Looking Good

Chicken Soup for Dog-lovers

Dog Food: The Costs and Benefits of Making Your Own

Education in America

Are College Degrees Overrated?

Bombs Away: Academic Trench Warfare, Continued

Graduation Day 

How We Teach Our Children to Cheat, Lie, and Steal

Life in the Academic Trenches

Should College Students Have to Study Personal Finance?

The State of American Education: A Student’s Viewpoint and What It Has to Do with Personal Finance

Stealing from the Students

Stop the Presses...Literally

Whither America?

Ethics

How We Teach Our Children to Cheat, Lie, and Steal

A Stupidity Epidemic?

SUV-Mania Persists

Family

Chilly Christmas Night

Frugal Christmas  

Frugal Crafts

Cozy Heating Pad Cover

Cure Your Own Olives

Custom-painted Plant Pots

Declutter While You Can

Decorative Rustic Switchplates

Designer Bar Stools

Kiddie Pottery/Parents’ Deco Tiles

Magnetized notepad and pencil

Natural Refrigerator Magnets

Tile coasters and trivets

Upscale Jewelry

Frugalilty

At $3.00 a Gallon, Should I Buy a New Car?

     Candles

CFLs: Not So Flick(er)ing Great?

Chilly Christmas Night

     Coupons

Five Good Things You Can Do for Your Finances This Week

Frugal Christmas

Funny’s Money Principles

Handy Li’l Quicken Hack

How to Build an Emergency Fund

     Gasoline

A Gourmet Cooking Party: Fun, Frugal, and Delicious

Live & Learn

The Miracle of Penny-Pinching

My Most Cost-Effective Renovation Projects

One Frugal Move = 12 To-do’s Done

Personal Finance Nerds 1; Spendthrifts 0

Proposed: A Month of Extreme Frugality

Saving $$ at the Pool Pump

Seven Ways to Save on Clothes Shopping and Cut Stress

Sixty Free or Low-cost Ways to Entertain Yourself

Ten Best Investments in Frugality

Time to Buy a New Car?

Twelve Ways to Save Money on Your Dog

w00t! Frugal Works Better!

Frugal Habits

The Accidental No-Buy Day 

Betcha My Dinner Was Better Than Yours!

Budget Setbacks

  1. Buy It Second-Hand

     The Dark Side of the To-Do List 

Freedom’s Just Another Word. . . 

Estate Sale Coups! And a Bonus: How to Sharpen Your Knives

     Frugal Driving = Stress Relief

Gardening with Groceries

Great Activities for a Modest Budget

How to Live within Your Means

How to Pay Off Your Debt

Kick the Vices, Save the Dinero

A Low-Cost Make-up Kit for Travel

The Many Joys of the To-Do List 

Never Pay Bank or Finance Charges

Nine Ways I’m Saving on Gas

On the Loose in Runamok Mall

Real food in 10 minutes

Skeptic Saves $175 

Throwing Money in the Trash

Frugal Household Hints

     Alternative Uses for Glass Cleaner

     Ashes

Clean Hard Water Deposits off Faucets

DIY Air Freshener

DIY Back Massage

Estate Sale Coups! And a Bonus: How to Sharpen Your Knives

Fix Carpet Dents

Free water!

Hide Cords and Cables

Keep Kitchen Sponges Fresh

Laundry Short- and Longcuts

Make Roses Last

Quickie Kitchen Floor Clean-Up

Soften Terrycloth Wash Cloths

A Stitch in Time: Seven Plumbing Money-Savers

Stovetop Cleaner

Toothpaste as Furniture Refinisher

Vinegar Is Sweet

World’s Cheapest Copper Cleaner 

Funny’s Money Principles

  1.   1. How to Make a Budget

  2.          Budget Pix

  3.   2. How to Live within Your Means

  4.   3. Pay off Debt

  5.   4. Never Pay Finance or Bank Charges

  6.   5. Build an Emergency Fund

  7.   6. Invest

  8.   7. Buy It Second-Hand

  9.   8. Make It from Scratch

  10.   9. Do It Yourself

  11. 10. Stay Out of the Herd

Gardening

The Accidental No-Buy Day

Colder Than a Bigawd 

Gardening with Groceries

Protecting Plants on a Cold Desert Night

Trees and the Frugalist 

Gasoline

     Buying Futures at the Gas Pump

     Frugal Driving = Stress Relief

     Gasoline

     How Higher Gas Prices Save Money

Not All Costco Gas Is Equal

     SUV-Mania Persists         

Giving

Colder Than a Bigawd

Diddle That Rebate Away—Please!

Goals

2008 financial goal thwarted

A$k and ye shall re¢eive

Challenge: Five Midsummer Financial Goals

Financial Goals: Urban Angst

Goals Start to Gather

How to Build an Emergency Fund

New Business Enterprise Gets Under Way

     Progress toward Loan Payoff Goal

Side Jobs

Six Things to Buy

Idle Essays

And Real-Life Headaches...

Bloggery

Chilly Christmas Night

Consumer Rant of the Day: Tomatoes

     The Dark Side of the To-Do List

     DIY: The Great De-wallpapering Adventure

Estate Sales: The Canary in the Mine?

     Fake Food: The Worst Offender

     If I Won a Million Dollars

Lights in the Night

Moving for Your Financial Health

My Dumbest Purchase Ever

Oggi

On the Run: Report from Our Roving Reporter

Personal Finance Nerds 1; Spendthrifts 0

Real Wealth

Saturday Yard-Sale Frenzy

Stealing from the Students

Stop the Presses...Literally

SUV-Mania Persists

Time and Tide. . .

What’s a Thing Worth?

Whither America?

Insurance

     Libel and Slander Insurance for Bloggers

List-Making

The Dark Side of the To-Do List

The Many Joys of the To-Do List

New Year’s To-Do List

Money Metaphors

How We Teach Our Children to Cheat, Lie, and Steal

My Bartleby: Stress as Loan Interest

     Time Is Not Money

The Month of (not-so-)Extreme Frugality

     1. Proposed: A Month of Extreme Frugality

     2. Coupons

     3. Ashes

     4. Candles

     5. w00t! Frugal Works Better!

Organization

Incoming! How to get the paper flak under control

New Year’s To-Do List

Personal Finance

And Real-Life Headaches...

Are We Movin’ On Up? Or Not?

Biweekly Pay in a Monthly World

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble...

Checkbook Security: Privacy, Your Pocketbook, and Why It Matters

     Dealin’ with the Devil

Diddle That Rebate Away—Please!

Don’t Worry. Be Happy! No Financial Melt-down Here

Five Good Things You Can Do for Your Finances This Week

Framing a Disaster Budget

Fun with Taxes: PeopleSoft, Meet My Tax Lawyer

Fun with Taxes: Second Draft 

How to Pay Off Your Debts

If Next Payday Doesn’t Come...

In the Nick of Time: New Income Stream Appears

Life in the Punch-a-Button Lane

Never Pay Bank or Finance Charges

Net Worth: Better Than Expected

New Business Enterprise Gets Under Way

New Year’s To-Do List

     Paradise(?) Lost

Pay Off the Loan vs. Stash the Cash

     Progress toward Loan Payoff Goal

Real Estate: Maybe the Sky Isn’t Falling?

To Refinance or Not to Refinance

Saturday Yard-Sale Frenzy

Side Job: Episode Two

     A Stupidity Epidemic?

Taking Stock: Money, Stress, and Funny about Money

Targeting Your Emergency Savings

The Value of Reconciling Your Checking Accounts 

What Excuse IS There for This?

What Not to Do with Your Finances

Woot! 18 Grand Materializes from the Air!

Pets

Banana Looking Good 

Budget Setbacks

Chicken Soup for Dog-lovers 

Decision Made! Dog Scored!!

Dog

Dog Food: The Costs and Benefits of Making Your Own

Dog Hilarity: The Wacky Things People Do for Their Pets

Dog Lives to Bark Another Day

Dog redux

Doggie in the Window, Revisited

Four Hundred Dollars Later... 

How I Spent $48,346.36 on My Dogs

How Much is That Doggie in the Window? 

Humane Society Offers Deals: Frugalist Pleased

Live & Learn 

Month of Extreme Frugality (NOT!)

Sick Puppy

R.I.P. Anna H. Banana 

Twelve Ways to Save Money on Your Dog

Real Estate

And at My Back I Always Hear...Wingèd Inflation Hurrying Near?

As the Bubble Deflates

Foreclosure Update from the Deep Southwest

Here’s an Eye-popper

Home Inspections: Hire Your Own Craftsmen

How to Bamboozle a Buyer

My Most Cost-Effective Renovation Projects

Real Estate: Is Now the Time to Buy?

Real Estate: Maybe the Sky Isn’t Falling?

The Refinance Is Here

     A Stupidity Epidemic?

     A Tale from the Housing Crypt

To Refinance or Not to Refinance

Recipes

Betcha My Dinner Was Better Than Yours! (Scallops, farfalle, salad)

Chicken Soup for Dog-lovers

Cold Cucumber Soup

Delicious Veggie Spaghetti

Easy, Yummy Cabbage

A Gourmet Cooking Party: Fun, Frugal, and Delicious

The Musical Fruit

Pineapple-Ginger Swiggle

Polenta

Real food in 10 minutes   

Real Hot Chocolate

Real Tomato Soup

Shoulda Had Shrimp

Six Easy Salad Dressings

Six Meals from One

Trees and the Frugalist (citrus)

Scams

Stay on top of magazine renewals

Salary

No Kidding?

Shopping

A$k nicely and ye shall re¢eive

Banana Looking Good

Celebrate America: Shop Local!

Fake Food: The Worst Offender

Frugal Christmas

How to Bamboozle a Buyer

A Low-Cost Make-up Kit for Travel

On the Loose in Runamok Mall

Not All Costco Gas Is Equal

Seven Ways to Save  

Stress

Financial Goals: Urban Angst

Fun with Taxes: PeopleSoft, Meet My Tax Lawyer

Life in the Big City

My Bartleby: Stress as Loan Interest 

     Time Is Not Money

What Excuse IS There for This?

Stress Control

And Real-Life Headaches...

2008 financial goal thwarted

Be Very Afraid: Stress, Money, Health

     Frugal Driving = Stress Relief

If Next Payday Doesn’t Come...

Incoming! How to get the paper flak under control

Job Stress: Three Ways to Cope

Less Clutter = Less Stress

Lights in the Night

Frugal Crafts: Make Upscale Jewelry

New Year’s To-Do List

Real Wealth

Seven Ways to Save

Shaking off the Blues

Taking Stock: Money, Stress, and Funny about Money

The Value of Reconciling Your Checking Accounts

Time Management

     The Dark Side of the To-Do List

     The Many Joys of the To-Do List

     Premanaging the Start of the Day

     Time Is Not Money

Urban Life

Be Careful Out There!

Burglars 

Celebrate America: Shop Local!

Financial Goals: Urban Angst

Life in the Big City  

Lights in the Night

Moving for Your Financial Health

Saturday Yard-Sale Frenzy 

The Show Must Go On

Workplace Issues

2008 financial goal thwarted

Amazing Grace: Annual Review Miracle

A$k and Ye Shall Re¢eive

Doomed!

Fun with Taxes: PeopleSoft, Meet My Tax Lawyer

Fun with Taxes: Second Draft

He Earns HOW Much? Peeking at Coworkers’ Salaries

Health Insurance Flap Settles Down

The Ideal Job

Job Stress: Three Ways to Cope 

My Bartleby: Stress as Loan Interest

Health Insurance: Never a Dull Moment

No Kidding?

Side Jobs

Spare Me, Lord!

Stealing from the Students