I saw a quote recently and I cannot remember the exact words or the author. But it went along the lines of “Bookstores/Libraries are one of the last remaining pieces of evidence that people are still thinking”. As trendy and “Starbuckish” as bookstores have become it is still great to go to B&N or Borders [...]

I have a challenge for you readers. I double dog dare you to not spend money on anything frivolous today. So that would mean cutting out all of the following today and donating it towards charity. This would include:
- Starbucks
- Clothes you don’t need
- Computer toys you don’t need
The list can go and on. That [...]

Somebody sent me a link to this pathetic credit card offer. Pretty sad. If you don’t like keeping your money here is a very easy way to get rid of it all. Get this credit card from Continental Finance Mastercard which fees include:
$25 to increase your credit line
a $4 fee to pay from the internet
a [...]

I am huge fan of a debt free life. And you should be too. You’d be hard pressed to convince me the merit of the phrases “good debt” and “bad debt”. It is debt, and you need to be on a mission to kill it every single hour of every single moment.
Here are my very [...]

What is the point of using Quicken, Microsoft Money or any other personal financial management software?
They help you keep track of what you are spending your money on and what you are not spending it on. But for the most part they fail miserably at one of the most important things that we are told [...]

Ahhhh. We made it. Another week on the web and another week of a productive live has been completed.
Here are my regular Friday recommended links:
This is a great book to buy and keep buy your bed. Read one paragraph every other day and I promise life and lifes troubles will not seem so bad.
As a [...]

This is incredibly easy and I might get comments about how incredibly dumb this is. But the odds that you are not doing it right now. But I challenge you to do it BEFORE you leave my site.
1. Log into your online bank account. You can access your checking and savings account online right?
2.  Go [...]

Did you read my earlier post about a glimmer of our dream coming true?
The glimmer part 1
Well I started a 2nd blog to track our progress on that project. I invite everybody to go over and subscribe to that blog also. If you are in the Oklahoma City area then you will get a major [...]

Not you… my faithful reader. The people who go to forums looking for fast and easy answers.
I was over at Steve Pavlinas excellent forums and I saw a post/poll that I see quite often in any forum having to do with finance, wealth or making money online. It usually comes from somebody with a fairly [...]

Over in the AbestWeb chat room I was just referred to this free book:
Free Robert Allen Book
Yes you have to give up an email address. You know the drill - use one of your spam addressed.