18 years ago • Comments
Juniata college, nestled in scenic central Pennsylvania, happens to be my wife's alma mater. You may have heard me talk about it recently, although I didn't mention it by name, when I gave out our year-end donation amounts. This time, though, Juniata … [Read more...] about First College to Guarantee 4 Year Graduation…With Free Tuition
18 years ago • Comments
Growing up and hearing my parents talk about cars, I always heard one thing: We're always going to have a car payment You can probably see where this is going already, but hear me out. From about 1984-1998, my parents leased a new vehicle every … [Read more...] about Do you always have to be in debt?
18 years ago • Comments
Last Friday, our client called us in and said they ran out of money and worked ceased immediately. This was the first time in a long time that our company had to deal with something like this. I'll write more about that another time though (when I … [Read more...] about Job Update: A day at the zoo and more
18 years ago • Comments
If you have an account with eTrade Financial, you may want to take advantage of their commission-free trades today. For me, that's a savings of $12.99 per trade, which really helps with my rate of return since I do low volumes. Here's the blurb … [Read more...] about Don’t forget: Commission-free eTrade stock trades today!
18 years ago • Comments
Just last week, I told you how the contract that I've been working on for the last 18 months has been killed by the client. I'm virtually "jobless", but I'm still employed. For now, until further notice, I'll be mixing use of paid vacation and … [Read more...] about Lessons Learned from a Failed Contract: Be Prepared
18 years ago • Comments
I've been holding onto this link for a little too long because it's a wealth of great ideas and took me a bit of time to get through. Hot on the tails of my own story of trying to limit gift-giving with our siblings, Penny Nickel at Money and Values … [Read more...] about Link Love: 14 Gifting Ideas
18 years ago • Comments
I literally wrote the last post as I was heading out the door, so I apologize for not giving more details. Here they are. I'm a federal contractor in the IT field. My current client is/was a "major tax collection entity" and I've been on a … [Read more...] about More on my “job loss”
18 years ago • Comments
I'm sitting on a conference call with our client (I'm working from home today) and just found out that our contract is ending as of today. They ran out of money. Guess I need to go into the office today to get my stuff. I'm sure I'll be fine as my … [Read more...] about I lost my job today…sort of
