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December 2007

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• 12.26.07
  My Best Christmas Gift Money Misc. | (0)

  Probably the best gift I got this year from the people I love is the opportunity to take my wife out on dates. When we started courting two years ago I was a poor student and our "dating" phase consisted of us hanging out at each others house and going for long, romantic walks on the beach with the stiff, salty breeze drying the melancholy tears from our eyes as we pondered how we never got to "go out" like we saw in all those Hollywood movies. All we ever wanted was a Pretty Woman relationship ...

  Tagged: Christmas, gifts
  
• 12.24.07
  It’s a Christmas Miracle! Blog | (2)

  That's right, my article on how I'm a sucker at the pump got featured for my very first Carnival of Personal Finance over at The Digerati Life. I'm even an editors pick. I must have raised a fairy god-mother from the dead as a little kid with all that clapping I did. In case you wanted to try it out too, here is a short instructional video [the actual instruction is at about 2:40]:
• 12.24.07
  Why I Suck At Shopping Money Misc. | (4)

  I have got a Christmas shopping induced thinking spree on my hands. Buying gifts for my wife was hard this year. I had a lot of doubt circling around in my noggin about what gift I should get and if my wife would like it or not. Now my wife isn't particularly picky or hard to please - I just have a serious (well, its not life threatening serious) problem with shopping. For some reason I despise it. I mean I like buying stuff and all, especially when it is cool, but there is just something about ...

  Tagged: about me, Christmas, gifts
  
• 12.21.07
  Ethiopia, Equality, and the Principle of Fairness Poverty | (0)

  Recently, I read posts on My Dollar Plan and AllFinancialMatters that got me thinking about the whole issue of fairness and being equitable with one's children. While I currently have no children, this will be important to me when I have one (or seven) so I will engage in this thought experiment for fun and for the benefit of having thought it through before the fact. What My Family Taught Me About Equality My family of origin was one where making things equal was very important to my parents. Each Christmas they would try to get us about the ...

  Tagged: class issues, consumerism, world poverty
  

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