It’s not often that a company wants to give you money instead of relieve it from you on Black Friday, but that is exactly what ING is offering for today only. If you sign up for their Orange Electric checking account, they will give you $121. The $121 number comes from the amount the average [...]

I don’t have an iPhone (I don’t even have a cell phone, but that’s a whole other story), but if I did, I would definitely buy the Opportunity Cost of Money iPhone app. This iPhone app makes the cost of your purchases concrete.
Basically, it’s an iPhone app where you list all of the things [...]

Here is an interesting question to ponder. Is the reason that Americans are such lousy savers due to the freedom that parents give to their kids as opposed to how children are raised in other countries? We aren’t told who we should marry, we aren’t told what job we should do, but we are also [...]

Looking for inexpensive meals on a tight budget? Look no further than Great Depression Cooking with Clara where 94 year old Clara teaches the meals she made during the great depression (the videos were made from the time she was 91 – 94) while telling stories of the past. A great combination that will [...]

When people find out that I’m a professional blogger, they either ask me what the hell that means or how is it possible to make enough money to live on by blogging. Many people seem to think that there must be some hidden secret to easy success that only a few know and that is [...]

I like to walk and when I walk, I am always on the lookout for coins. I don’t really consciously do this — it has become a habit over the years. What I do know is that most years I add over $100 to my savings (you would need to keep over $10,000 in your [...]

This is a series of Thai insurance commercials (subtitled in English) that will have tears rolling down your face. Make sure you don’t have any place to go where you can’t have red, puffy eyes before watching and make sure that you have plenty of tissues on hand:

It’s always important to remember that the reason [...]

I have great admiration for all artist and one wish that I have is that I possessed more artistic talent. I’m amazed by the artwork that an artist is able to produce and wonder how each manages to get to the final stage from the humble beginning. While I’m impressed by all art, I’m especially [...]

I’m making an assumption that you really shouldn’t be reading this post because, well, you’re doing exactly what you shouldn’t be doing. If you were looking for specific information to help you with your finances, you should be reading about that topic rather than this post about why you shouldn’t be reading this post.
One of [...]

We are looking for someone in debt that is willing to blog about it. We recently purchased the Blogging Away Debt Blog and are looking for someone to take over the blogging from Tricia once she has paid off all her debt. Tricia will still be around blogging for awhile, so you would be blogging [...]