18 years ago • Comments
Susan, an extremely fanatical reader of Clever Dude (chuckle), emailed the following question to me. I had to respond that I am not a certified financial anything, so I wouldn't feel comfortable giving this advice: I am about to retire at the age of … [Read more...] about Help a reader with a retirement question
18 years ago • Comments
Quick question: Would you pay $6 for two choices (plus rice) at the Chinese take-out, or $5 for one choice (plus rice)? What if you got the same amount of food for each option? Let me explain. At the Reagan Building here in D.C., there is an … [Read more...] about Wasting money on 2 entrees
18 years ago • Comments
Uh-oh, we've hit the big one in our Examine Your Motives series: Having Kids! This is the discussion between Stacie and I that got the series started. Disclaimer: This is not intended at all to be an essay on why you should or shouldn't have kids. … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Having Kids
18 years ago • Comments
FILAM Personal Finance hosted this week's Festival of Frugality, where my article "Cheap Clothes Aren't Always a Value" was featured. The festival is collection of like-minded articles, in this case saving money and frugality, submitted by their … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Posts from the Festival of Frugality #89
18 years ago • Comments
Next up in the Examine Your Motives Series, we're going to discuss something close to my heart: Buying a car. I've told you how we lost $14,500 by stupid mistakes. We didn't think about why we wanted or needed a car. But that's why I'm here: to help … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Buying a Car
18 years ago • Comments
Stacie and I were discussing some major topics recently such as having kids and buying a new car. As you may know, we recently sold our Chevy Malibu, and we've also been discussing adoption and biological birth pretty heavily. Then a light bulb … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Introduction
18 years ago • Comments
For some of us, the word "Help" is a very bad 4 letter word. Sometimes we're so intent on doing things ourselves that we lose touch with our friends, families, coworkers and, eventually, ourselves. Peggy Collins writes about something she calls … [Read more...] about Are you too self-sufficient?
19 years ago • Comments
My coworker lives the opposite lifestyle detailed in the Frugal Lunch article. He knows about the article. He knows I try to bring my lunch to the office. But it's "just not a lifestyle for him". He makes it harder for me to just sit in the office … [Read more...] about Not So Frugal Lunch
