Archive for April, 2006
Friday, April 28th, 2006
I’m an SOB!
I’m an SOB. No, not that kind of SOB. I just received a Successful and Outstanding Blogger award from Liz Strauss’ successful and outstanding blog. She goes out there every week and awards blogs for “extending the conversation into the blogosphere–making the community larger, the dialogue bigger, all of us smarter, better and our businesses stronger.”
Hmm, I’m [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Reflections by coglethorpe
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Four Reasons to Get Jazzed About Personal Finance
Budgeting is boring. And paying off a credit card is a lot less fun than just paying the minimum and using the rest of the money to buy the latest MP3 player. But as those of you who’ve been reading for a while know, I keep pretty close track of my personal financial progress.
I’ll be [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Net Worth by coglethorpe
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Why Everyone (else) is a Millionaire
I’ve heard this one several times before: everyone’s becoming a millionaire. It goes right along with the idea that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. These days, that certainly seems to be the case. Some of us are watching the numbers on our quarterly statements getting bigger, while the rest [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Investing, Net Worth, Retirement by coglethorpe
Monday, April 24th, 2006
Why Google Can Get You Fired
In 1994 I got my first real taste of the World Wide Web. My employer had a high speed internet connection, and a pretty loose policy about surfing. While that wasn’t always the best for productivity, I was able to get answers to the technical problems I was working on in online forums.
It was great. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Jobs by coglethorpe
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Why My Car is Going to Make Me Rich
I drive a dented Honda. Rust has taken to the main dent (I put it there) and the paint is starting to wear away from exposure to the sun. I’m pretty sure it resents my SUV, which we baby by keeping it in the garage. It’s a bit of an eyesore, especially compared to the [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Reflections by coglethorpe
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
What They Didn’t Teach In High School
I wasn’t known as the best student in high school, but I was reasonably aware of what was going on. I learned about everything from valance electrons to integrals to The Great Gatsby. But when it came to money, the one thing I would need to deal with for nearly every day of the rest [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Net Worth by coglethorpe
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
Financial Five: Tax Time
It’s that time of the year. Taxes are due on April 17th, so I thought I would round up a few items that might prove helpful if you’re scrambling to meet the deadline.
Don’t be a Hatch: Richard Hatch’s shrewd dealings got him past the other Survivors and a prize of $1,000,000. But he couldn’t convince the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Financial Five, taxes by coglethorpe
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
Caption This!
I love carrying a camera phone. Of course, I was cheap (I mean frugal) and waited until I could get one cheap, but I wish I had gotten one sooner because of all the odd things I can get photos of. I’m thinking of starting my own “Gallery of the Unintentionally Funny” with some of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Debt by coglethorpe
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
Compounding Mistakes
Michelle Singletary wrote about the power of compound interest. She says she wishes she hadn’t invested so heavily in bonds when she was younger. While there is something to learn from her mistake, she apparently did something very right in her youth.
1 Comment » - Posted in Retirement by coglethorpe
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
The Best Retirement Question I’ve Ever Heard
I recently read The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life by Lee Eisenberg, which I found only because I confused it with a different book called The Number in Mark Cuban’s blog. It was a pleasant mistake, because I completely enjoyed the book. And I enjoyed it for a reason that - strangely enough - has [...]
