Craig’s List: Great Resource or Scary Place?
A good friend read my post It’s Better than Cheap… It’s Free! and mentioned Craigslist as another very useful resource for the sale and exchange of items, along the lines of the Freecycle Network. I...
View ArticleATG Debunks 7 Thrifting Myths
Selena at Apron Thrift Girl ventured into video this past November, and it turned out so well that I hope it won’t be her last video venture! Here she debunks 7 common myths about thrifting, which may...
View Article20 Ways to Live On Almost Nothing
Part 1: Items 1 – 5 As Janice Joplin sang to us all those many years ago, freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. That doesn’t have to be a sentence to despair. It can also be a defiant...
View ArticleWays to Live On Almost Nothing – 2
Part 2: Items 6-10 This is the second installment of the 20 ways to live on little-to-nothing. Obviously, not all of these alternatives will appeal to everyone. But perhaps some will appeal to some. 6....
View ArticleWays to Live On Almost Nothing – 3
Part 3: Items 11-15 NYC Bread Line Installment three of this series of 20 ways to live on little-to-nothing. In these we’ll look at some basics about food, using all of your abilities, and taking...
View ArticleWays to Live On Almost Nothing – 4
Part 4: Items 16 – 20 In this last entry on our 20 ways to live on little-to-nothing, some further ways to take honest stock of your situation and prospects, plan accordingly, and make use of systems...
View ArticleRoundup: Those Silly Financial Advisors
As the economy continues to slide ever deeper into recession – dragging the entire civilized world along with it in one spectacular leap into the great oil scam abyss – we get the mainstream media’s...
View ArticleSurvive the ’08 Meltdown: Part 1
Roadblocks and Interference As Congress meets today and tomorrow to grill the principals before Friday’s vote on the $700 billion “emergency” Wall Street bailout plan (which has been in the works for...
View ArticleSurvive the ’08 Meltdown: Part 2
Food: Eating What You Can Get World markets continue to take dramatic hits and the Dow has fallen below 10,000 for the first time in four years. Seems a lot of banks and other players are unhappy with...
View ArticleYou’re Getting Nothing (Expensive) For Christmas
A penny saved is a penny earned so this holiday season, bank your bucks and stretch every red and green cent as far as it will go. Whether you tend to go overboard in extravagance or practice modest...
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