We owed over $1,000 in federal income tax this year because we had quite a bit more income in 2006 than in 2005, without increasing our deductions. I mentioned this in "No Employer 401k Match - Should you still contribute?". Now I want to know … [Read more...] about Clever Dude Opinion Poll: How much is your federal tax refund/payment?
Taxes. They're the bane of our existence. We all hate paying them, we love to complain about them, and we wonder what we get in return for paying taxes. Take a look around and you'll find out! For a few thousand (ok, tens of thousands) of … [Read more...] about 10 reasons you shouldn’t complain about paying taxes
In my earlier post about adoption, Dimples asks (via a comment): Why is adoption so expensive? Do you know the breakdown of the costs associated? I am just confused why so much money is needed to adopt when there are so many children in the system … [Read more...] about Why does adoption cost so much?
For those of you participating in the multi-blog stock trading contest this week, Blain has posted the updates for today over at Stock Trading 101. GirlRobot is tied for 2nd place with her guess for the Nasdaq closing price. Still 2 more days to … [Read more...] about Stock Trading Contest Update – Day 2
First Blain from Stock Trading 101 tagged me, and then Juan from Millionster tagged me. I hate chain letters, but to be nice, I'll fill this one out. However, I won't bring the pain on someone else by tagging them. I'll probably have a horse head at … [Read more...] about A few of my obsessions
It's been about 3 weeks since I issued our first-ever opinion poll here at Clever Dude. I asked all of you what you thought about Natural Birth vs. Adoption, and the results were very encouraging! 36% of you want to adopt and 12% are adopted or … [Read more...] about What you think about adoption, and what we’re doing about it
Just a quick heads-up that fellow personal finance site Millionster is back up! … [Read more...] about Millionster is back online!
As a followup to my article "Breathing new life into an old lawnmower", I'd like to talk about how to decide when to buy a new lawnmower, and then what options you may have. When your old lawnmower needs to go As I mentioned in the closing remarks … [Read more...] about Saving money when buying a lawnmower
