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Totally Money Blog Carnival #27, the Titanium Edition

Welcome to the 27th Totally Money Blog Carnival. It’s been 22 weeks since I’ve hosted this particular carnival. In honor of that, the theme this week is titanium. Before you ask, the atomic number of titanium is 22. According to Wikipedia, “titanium was discovered in Cornwall, Great Britain, by William Gregor in 1791 and named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth for…

Business Failure: Learn From My Mistakes

I am a failure. Ten years ago, I started a small web-design company with a friend. I had a larger-than-average stack of geek points and the ability to build a decent website. We lacked two things. Design talent. For me, design-whether graphic, web, or print-is a very iterative process. I build something, even if it’s…

Sunday Roundup: Father’s Day

On Father’s Day, 3 years ago, my third and final kid was born. My kids are all horrible brats and I love them dearly. I wouldn’t give up fatherhood for anything. Watching my kids grow and learn, steering their development, and teaching them how to navigate life is the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever…

Should Pupils Focus on Personal Finance?

When I was younger, my dad was always trying to teach me the value of money but he never really succeeded and it took a series of monetary mishaps before I even started to learn any of the lessons that he had been trying to teach me!   Once I realized that I had been…