Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Make It or Buy It
A lot has changed. Kids nowadays have cell phones and much more stylish haircuts. And those once high-priced “designer” costumes have come down in cost. The question now is: make or buy?
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The Best Bling for Your Hard-earned Buck
As a child I suffered from many delusions, but we won’t start listing them out, although one of them is very pertinent to this article in that from the time I was 5, my favorite color was ‘clear.’ Clear…you ask? Yes, clear, it was the color of diamonds. Barbie was always decked out in the…
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Around the Interwebs – Week of October 11th
Here are the carnivals where I was featured this week. Enjoy! Carnival of Money Stories @ Free Money Finance - How to Change a Flight Carnival of Personal Finance @ Canadian Finance Blog - Tools for Teaching Kids About Money These are some of the articles that I found worthwhile this week: The Save 10%…
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Pop Quiz
How much does the average American family spend during the holiday season? Do people who co-sign for loans usually end up footing the bill? Think you know the answers? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t.
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Book Report: Switch – How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Change is hard. Like rocks. Hence the necessity of a whole book on how to make change happen. While the co-authors, Chip and Dan Heath, of Switch focus on change in general, I found their methods particularly applicable to people who want to realize change in their financial lives.
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What Would You Do?
Husband and I have a decision to make and I thought that I would pose it to you, my oh-so-reasonable readers. As some of you may know, in December the Air Force will be moving Husband and I to Japan for 3 years. Exciting, I know. However, an overseas move is filled with numerous complications…
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