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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-10

Misc

  • "The best way to spend your money is to spend it on time, not on stuff." http://su.pr/2tr5iP #
  • First bonus by stock options today. Not sure I'm impressed. #
  • RT @chrisguillebeau: US border control just walked the train asking "Are you a US citizen?" Native American guy says: "One of the originals" #
  • @FARNOOSH My credit score is A measure of my integrity not THE measure. in reply to FARNOOSH #
  • I'm listening to a grunge/metal cover of "You are my sunshine" #
  • There's something funny about a guy on reality TV whining about how private he is. #LAInk #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-24

Misc

  • Watching Gamers:Dorkness Rising #
  • Charisma? Weee! #
  • Tweeting a dork movie? I'm a bit of a geek. #
  • We just met and the first thing you do, after boinking a stranger in the presence of the king, is to murder a peasant? #
  • Every movie needs a PvN interlude. #
  • Everything's better with pirates. #
  • Waffles? Recognize. #
  • The Spatula of Purity shall scramble the eggs of your malfeasance. #
  • Checkout clerks licking their fingers to separate bags or count change is gross. #
  • Watching Sparkles the Vampire, Part 2: Bella's Moodswing. #twilight #
  • @penfed was a waste of money. $20 down the drain to join, wouldn't give a worthwhile limit, so I can't transfer a balance. #
  • @JAlanGrey It's pretty lame. The first one was ok. This one didn't improve on the original. in reply to JAlanGrey #
  • RT @tferriss: Are you taking snake oil? Beautiful data visualization of scientific evidence for popular supplements: http://ping.fm/pqaDi #
  • Don't need more shelves, more storage, more organization. Just need less stuff. #
  • @BeatingBroke is hosting the Festival of Frugality #226 http://su.pr/80Osvn #
  • RT @tferriss: Cool. RT @cjbruce link directly to a time in a YouTube video by adding #t 2m50s to end of the URL (change the time). #
  • RT @tferriss: From learning shorthand to fast mental math – The Mentat Wiki: http://ping.fm/fFbhJ #
  • RT @wisebread: How rich are you? Check out this list (It may shock you!!!) http://www.globalrichlist.com/ #
  • RT @tferriss: RT @aysegul_c free alternative to RosettS: livemocha.com for classes, forvo.com for pronunc., lang8.com for writing correction #
  • Childish isn't an insult. http://su.pr/ABUziY #
  • Canceled the Dish tonight. #

Saturday Roundup

Finance, Misc

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I’ve got a birthday party today and a class to teach tomorrow.   Sometimes I think I take on too much, but it’s hard to roll that back when the side-hustles are all making a bit of money.   What I need to do is make the side-hustles profitable enough that my straight job is optional.

In other news, I’m 10 days away from my first blogging anniversary(here).  I’ll have to come up with a way to celebrate that.

Favorite posts this week:

GOOG-411 is shutting down, but there are alternatives.  My favorites are Google SMS and Bing-411.

I’m a Zimbabwean quadrillionaire due to their version of “quantitative easing”.   If you’re not pushing an agenda, QE is also known as devaluing the dollar.

I’m happy to be living in the future.  When I told my wife this story, she was ready to cry at the beginning, but had to see the pictures by the end.  Yay, technology!

And finally, thanks to Chris, here’s a primer on the absurdities of the security theater known as TSA:

Carnivals I’ve rocked:

Experiences v Stuff was included in the Carnival of Debt Reduction.

Thank you!

If I’ve missed anyone, please let me know.

Net Worth Update – January 2014

Misc

This may be the most boring type of post I write, but it’s important to me to track my net worth so I can see my progress.  We are sliding smoothly from debt payoff mode to wealth building mode.

Our highlights right now are nothing to speak of.  We did let our credit card grow a little bit over the last couple of months, but paid it off completely at the end of December.  It grew mostly as a matter of not paying attention while we were doing our holiday shopping and dealing with some car repairs.

That’s it.  We haven’t remodeled our bathrooms yet, but we have the money sitting in a savings account, waiting for the contractor.  We haven’t bought a pony yet, but we did decide that a hobby farm wouldn’t be the right move for us.  We’ll be boarding the pony instead of moving, at least for the foreseeable future.

Our net worth is up $13,000 since September.  Our savings are up and our retirement accounts are down because there are two inherited IRAs that we need to slowly cash out and convert to regular IRAs.

Net Worth Jan 2014

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-17

Misc

  • RT @mymoneyshrugged: The government breaks your leg, and hands you a crutch saying "see without me, you couldn't walk." #
  • @bargainr What weeks do you need a FoF host for? in reply to bargainr #
  • Awesome tagline: The coolest you'll look pooping your pants. Yay, @Huggies! #
  • A textbook is not the real world. Not all business management professors understand marketing. #
  • RT @thegoodhuman: Walden on work "spending best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy (cont) http://tl.gd/2gugo6 #