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Back in August my trusty Magic 8 Ball answered some of your money questions and, for the most part, the forum was a resounding success. For example, when asked smack-dab in the middle of our economic nadir, “Will the US economy ever turn around?” Eight-Ball correctly predicted that the economy would rebound with a boldly-stated two-word reply: “Yes – definitely.” I realize skeptics out there will quibble with the definition of the Continue reading The Magic 8 Ball Makes Its Predictions for 2010 Me: Well, Honeybee, thanks to Netflix you and I have watched a lot of movies from the comfort of our living room. The Honeybee: I’ve got a question for you, Mr.Financial Genius: Is Netflix paying us for yet another one of your blatant plugs for them? Me: Um, no. The Honeybee: So don’t you think you should start being just a bit more, um, careful – you’re giving away free advertising to Continue reading 2009 Drive-By Movie Retrospective… Or How I Earn $4/Month Blogging (And You Can Too!) Earlier this month, on December 11th to be exact, my blog had its first anniversary. Thank you to everybody who has helped make this site grow over the past year! I originally started this blog as a little diversion to keep me busy. In July of 2008, after concluding six years as a Board Member for my local Little League, including the last two as President, I had suddenly found myself Continue reading One-Year (Belated) Anniversary It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week I know what you’re thinking… Yep, I even work on Christmas Day. No, I’m not Jewish. Happy holidays and welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week… Moolanomy… Now that your Continue reading Black Coffee: My Favorite Blogs, Money News and Opinions #27 Hey! You know what I haven’t seen lately on the blogosphere? A personal finance post on great gift ideas! I’m kidding. Kinda. After all, there are already some great pieces on Christmas gift ideas for military members. So… Are you tired of giving the same old stuff year after year? I mean, come on. How many neckties and bottles of Old Spice can Continue reading 10 Off-the-Wall Gifts for Open-Minded People Well, according to my friend the Silicon Valley Blogger, Zhu Zhu Pets are the hot Christmas gift item for 2009. Don’t tell my kids that though because those little buggers didn’t make their Christmas lists this year, saving the Honeybee and I the need to battle for scarce supplies. Today, I thought I would share Matthew (12-years-old) and Nina’s (10) list with you, just to give you an idea what somebody Continue reading A Peek at My Kids’ 2009 Christmas Lists It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week… Today in honor of the 12 Days of Christmas, I will highlight 12 personal finance Christmas articles. Since I have to go Continue reading Black Coffee: My Favorite Blogs, Money News & Opinions #26 When it comes to great gift ideas, I always struggle. At my house we draw names each year for the annual Christmas gift exchange. The drawing is usually done each Christmas, long after all the presents from the current holiday have been opened and everybody has stuffed themselves on the traditional “chickadel” dinner – actually a homemade doughy Italian pasta, better known as cavatelli. Everybody’s names are put into a Santa hat and Continue reading 9 Great Gift Ideas for People Who Have Everything Thanks for reading, and if you haven’t subscribed to my RSS feed yet, please consider doing so! It would be an honor to have you on board! Welcome to edition XCV of The Money Hacks Carnival, where every featured post is an Editor’s Pick! No wait, that’s my monthly Best of the Best carnival. Let’s try that again… Welcome to edition XCV of The Money Hacks Carnival, where every post Continue reading Money Hacks Carnival XCV – The “Tiger Woods, We Hardly Knew Ye” Edition |
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The Best of Black Coffee: 43 of the Worst Personal Finance Articles of 2009
It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe…
Welcome to a very special New Year’s edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
I recently saw that Ray from Financial Highway was justly honored when his excellent article entitled 11 Dumb Ways to Get Into Debt was voted the Best Personal Finance Post of 2009! It
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