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December 2008 (4)

02: If You Want Financial News That Is Realistic But Not Depressing (3)
01: Can You Find a Used Car That Lasts 10 Years For $3K-$7K? (3)
01: Parsing The Financial News: Black Friday Sales Up 3% (0)
01: November Commenters (2)

November 2008 (17)

29: Checking Market Quotes. Preparing To Vomit. (0)
28: PFblogs vs. PFmagazines (2)
28: Be Careful: Pre-Paying For Private Grade Schools (0)
28: I Just Saved an EASY $23/Month on Phone & DSL (0)
27: Personal Finance… when you are dead tired! (1)
16: Crazy Dreams About… Stock Market Charts (0)
15: GoogleTrends: Uptick in Searches for Deflation (0)
13: On Twitter, I Think… (4)
11: What It Felt Like To Buy Stocks In October 2008 (1)
11: Hiding Out From The Personal Finance Fun Police (5)
10: The One Financially Appealing Thing About Buying A New Car (3)
10: Unwelcome Shocks To The Local Used Car Market? (0)
07: This Stock Market Is Wearing Me Out… In A Good Way (1)
06: Getting Ready For End-Of-Year Stock Market Predictions (2)
05: The Most Beautiful Way To Save Money While Heating Your House (2)
03: Quote: “The Happiest People Are Frugal…” (2)
02: Thanks To The Top Commenters In October (1)

October 2008 (16)

30: My Little Trading Account Is Up 28% For October?!? (4)
29: I Love Trying To Find The Stock Market Bottom. I Hate Trying To Find The Top. (0)
28: Life Is Good. (3)
21: Baby Week (6)
18: Links: Buying a Used Car (6)
15: Financial Skydiving (2)
12: How To Cancel Entertainment.com (0)
12: Darn You, Audible.com (0)
11: 10% Off Day @ The Grocery Store… Why Not? (0)
11: Red Tag Mayhem at the Supermarket (0)
10: In-Progress: Spreadsheet for Managing the Car Buying Process (0)
10: Looking for Stock Market Deals Today (3)
06: Report: 1 in 5 Car Dealerships Will Close Soon? (4)
06: Time To Run The Numbers On Car Buying, For Real (1)
05: Waste Less Food With A “Nearly Expired” Container (2)
04: Redesign and Refocus (0)

September 2008 (29)

29: Ramblings on Information Efficiency (Why We Need a “Google” For Everything) (1)
28: I Love Contrarian Comments, Two Recent Readers Share Theirs (2)
28: The Warren Buffett Paradox, Part 1 (The Bailout) (0)
27: Preview: The “Save Money on Heating Costs” Worksheet (2)
25: Buy when there is blood in the streets… (2)
24: I Apologize (2)
22: John Bogle, “If You’re Not Worried Today, You’re Really Not Paying Much Attention” (4)
22: Warren Buffett: Who To Blame For Bad Loans? (0)
22: re: What Caused The Financial Crisis Of 2008? (2)
18: 5 Things I’m Doing Today To Improve Tomorrow (Financial Meltdown Edition) (1)
17: Comparison of 4 Home Energy Audits (0)
17: Podcasts: Lehman Brothers, Monday’s Madness, Possible Outcomes (0)
16: Did I cause the stock market crash yesterday? (3)
15: What Is Worse Than High Gas Prices? No Gas Prices (6)
14: Since Everyone Is Complaining About The Grocery Shrink Ray (0)
13: 3 Songs: Fannie May & Freddie Mac (1)
12: Gas Company Budget Billing Up 50% (It Is ON!) (2)
09: Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall (Rambling Review) (1)
08: Poll: Would You Rather Have 10% Inflation or 10% Deflation? (4)
07: Do Future Real Estate Commissions Count Against Net Worth? (5)
07: Financial End-Of-The-Weekend Reading (1)
06: Awe (0)
04: That Can’t Happen Again? (1)
04: Credit-Based Car Insurance: The Research (1)
04: Debit Cards vs. Credit Cards: Does Usage Really Change? (1)
03: Frugal Fitness - Parkour? (1)
02: Update: Search Engine of Personal Finance Blogs (2)
02: Arrgh!!! First Day Of The Month Budget Busters (3)
01: August 2008 Ramblings (7)

August 2008 (24)

29: What Is Frugality? What Are The Best Examples? (1)
29: Credit-Based Car Insurance Rates… A Bad Idea? (3)
29: Surplus Calories Cost Much More Than You Think (But How Much More?) (2)
28: Email Issues (0)
26: Big 3: Squeezing Efficiency From Existing Designs (0)
26: We Get The Incredible Shrinking Products We Want (0)
25: Should I Replace My Light Bulbs With Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) Today, Or Wait Until They Burn Out? (11)
25: Small Changes, Large Results (0)
24: What Financial Radio Shows are on in Your City, Today? (Sunday Edition) (1)
23: What Financial Radio Shows are on in Your City, Today? (Saturday Edition) (2)
22: Financial Discovery (0)
22: What Financial Radio Shows are on in Your City, Today? (Weekday Edition) (0)
21: Financial Radio Shows, The Comprehensive Guide (1)
20: Personal Finance Blog Search Engine: “Plan B” (0)
20: The End of Free Web Services (Some of Them) (2)
18: Carnival of Personal Finance #165 (0)
17: 4 Gas Stations, 4 Fireworks Stores (1)
15: Accepting Volunteers for Personal Finance Blog Search Engine (9)
15: Going to Iowa (0)
13: Official Warren Buffett Biography: “The Snowball” (Due: Sept 29th) (0)
13: Why Do Boom/Bust Cycles Get Too Big? (0)
12: How Much Do You Save With CFL or LED Light Bulbs (Two Tools) (0)
10: Personal Finance Weekly Roundup #7 (5)
07: 150+ Personal Finance Blogs: who are the busiest bloggers, the longest lasting, and the most popular? (51)

July 2008 (27)

30: 19 FREE Personal Budgeting Spreadsheets (Excel) (11)
29: Who loves comments? I love comments! (8)
29: Your State’s Resources for Car Insurance (0)
28: Extreme Home Makeover (needs an) Extreme Concept Makeover (1)
27: Review: The Making of Modern Economics (Audiobook) (1)
25: Personal Finance Weekly Roundup #6 (1)
25: If you were given $50,000 USD (tax free) today, what would you spend it on? (6)
23: The Clark Howard Show: The #1 Frugality Podcast (and so much more) (1)
22: It Is Not Easy To Read As Many Books As I Used To Buy! (1)
20: By The Numbers: Credit Scores and Car Insurance (1)
19: Exercising + Learning = Reading + Calf Raises (0)
19: Personal Finance Weekly Roundup #5 (2)
18: Prius Owners: Are They Bad At Math? (0)
17: The Drugstore Game - How Do You Calculate The REAL Savings? (2)
15: 10 Huge Lists of Economic Statistics at Wikipedia (0)
14: T. Boone Pickens TV Commercial (0)
13: The Anatomy of Car Insurance (2)
12: 10,000 Potentially Uninsured Depositers @ IndyMac (2)
10: Car Insurance - Then and Now (1)
10: Car Insurance - How Low Can You Go? (1)
08: Wilmington Financial Radio Shows (Wilmington, DE) (1)
08: Financial Trends @ Google Trends (1)
07: Find The Lowest Prices Online With Channel-Specific Discount Links (Huh?) (3)
06: Free Language Learning Site (LiveMocha) (5)
06: Chipping Away At My Financial Pre-History (1)
03: The Most Active Personal Finance Bloggers: June 2008 (52)
01: Locking-In Low Gas Prices vs. Locking-In High Fuel Efficiency (1)

June 2008 (23)

29: The Best Free, Online ETF Screener? (2)
29: Update: Comments and Trackbacks (0)
29: Do You Have Money? Do You Have A Lot Of Money? (0)
28: 2008-06-28 Financial Reading, Listening, Watching, Quoting (best of the best) (0)
27: Privacy Policy
27: Finally Redeemed AAdvantage Miles (0)
25: Unexpected Financial Gear = Car MP3 Adapter (0)
23: Video: “Investment Opportunities in China” by Burton Malkiel (includes table-of-contents) (1)
21: Weekend Financial Reading, Watching, Quoting (best of the best) (0)
20: Friday Fitness - Exercising While Learning (0)
20: Friday Fitness - 100 Pushups (0)
20: Craiglist Car Spam - Bad For RSS (0)
20: Are you only considering half your fuel-efficient trade-in options? (like SmartMoney?) (0)
20: Podcast Review: No Credit Needed (0)
16: Tracking Price-Drops for Used Cars on Craigslist with RSS (0)
14: PF Reading, Listening, Watching, Quoting (best of the best) (0)
10: PF Reading, Listening, Watching, Carnivals (best of the best) (3)
08: How Much to Spend on a Car: Automotive Sites vs. Financial Sites (3)
07: Hello, Subscribers! (0)
06: Taking an Inventory of My Subscriptions (using Categories) (4)
04: Spreadsheet: New Car Cost vs Old Car Cost, Version 1.0 (7)
02: What Happens if 100 MPG Cars go Mainstream? (4)
01: Introducing the Schedule of Financial Podcasts (0)

May 2008 (78)

31: Financial Fun at MoneyNing.com (0)
29: What Will You Do If Gas Prices Go… Down? (5)
29: Fuelswapping - The New Gas Game? (4)
29: Goal: Save $500 in Book Expenses using Public Library in 2008 (3)
28: Podcast Time, Lost Forever (0)
27: Email Issues (0)
22: Charleston Financial Radio Shows (Charleston, WV) (0)
22: Milwaukee Financial Radio Shows (Milwauke, WI) (0)
22: Seattle Financial Radio Shows (Seattle, WA) (0)
22: Richmond Financial Radio Shows (Richmond, VA) (0)
22: Norfolk Financial Radio Shows (Norfolk, VA) (0)
22: Salt Lake City Financial Radio Shows (Salt Lake City, UT) (0)
22: San Antonio Financial Radio Shows (San Antonio, TX) (0)
22: Houston Financial Radio Shows (Houston, TX) (2)
22: Dallas Financial Radio Shows (Dallas, TX) (0)
22: Austin Financial Radio Shows (Austin, TX) (0)
22: Nashville Financial Radio Shows (Nashville, TN) (0)
22: Memphis Financial Radio Shows (Memphis, TN) (0)
22: Columbia Financial Radio Shows (Columbia, SC) (0)
22: Charleston Financial Radio Shows (Charleston, SC) (0)
22: Providence Financial Radio Shows (Providence, RI) (0)
22: Pittsburgh Financial Radio Shows (Pittsburgh, PA) (0)
22: Philadelphia Financial Radio Shows (Philadelphia, PA) (0)
22: Tulsa Financial Radio Shows (Tulsa, OK) (0)
22: Oklahoma City Financial Radio Shows (Oklahoma City, OK) (0)
22: Columbus Financial Radio Shows (Columbus, OH) (1)
22: Cleveland Financial Radio Shows (Cleveland, OH) (0)
22: Cincinnati Financial Radio Shows (Cincinnati, OH) (0)
22: New York Financial Radio Shows (New York, NY) (0)
22: Albany Financial Radio Shows (Albany, NY) (0)
22: Las Vegas Financial Radio Shows (Las Vegas, NV) (2)
22: Albuquerque Financial Radio Shows (Albuquerque, NM) (0)
22: Omaha Financial Radio Shows (Omaha, NE) (0)
22: Raleigh Financial Radio Shows (Raleigh, NC) (0)
22: Charlotte Financial Radio Shows (Charlotte, NC) (0)
22: St. Louis Financial Radio Shows (St. Louis, MO) (0)
22: Kansas City Financial Radio Shows (Kansas City, MO) (0)
22: Minneapolis Financial Radio Shows (Minneapolis, MN) (0)
22: Detroit Financial Radio Shows (Detroit, MI) (0)
22: Baltimore Financial Radio Shows (Baltimore, MD) (0)
22: Boston Financial Radio Shows (Boston, MA) (1)
21: New Orleans Financial Radio Shows (New Orleans, LA) (0)
21: Louisville Financial Radio Shows (Louisville, KY) (0)
21: Wichita Financial Radio Shows (Wichita, KS) (0)
21: Indianapolis Financial Radio Shows (Indianapolis, IN) (0)
21: Chicago Financial Radio Shows (Chicago, IL) (1)
21: Boise Financial Radio Shows (Boise, ID) (0)
21: Honolulu Financial Radio Shows (Honolulu, HI) (0)
21: Atlanta Financial Radio Shows (Atlanta, GA) (1)
21: West Palm Beach Financial Radio Shows (West Palm Beach, FL) (0)
21: Tampa Financial Radio Shows (Tampa, FL) (0)
21: Orlando Financial Radio Shows (Orlando, FL) (0)
21: Miami Financial Radio Shows (Miami, FL) (0)
21: Washington DC Financial Radio Shows (Washington, DC) (0)
21: Hartford Financial Radio Stations (Hartford, CT) (1)
21: Denver Financial Radio Shows (Denver, CO) (0)
21: Birmingham Financial Radio Shows (Birmingham, AL) (0)
21: Anchorage Financial Radio Shows (Anchorage, AK) (0)
21: Tucson Financial Radio Shows (Tucson, AZ) (0)
21: Phoenix Financial Radio Shows (Phoenix, AZ) (3)
21: Sacramento Financial Radio Shows (Sacramento, CA) (0)
21: San Diego Financial Radio Shows (San Diego, CA) (0)
21: San Francisco Financial Radio Shows (San Francisco, CA) (0)
21: Los Angeles Financial Radio Shows (Los Angeles, CA) (0)
21: Budget Hero - Go Play! (0)
21: Portland Financial Radio Shows (Portland, OR) (0)
20: Impact of Gas Prices on Traffic Tickets? (2)
19: First Carnival (1)
19: Why I Love The PF Blogosphere (1)
17: Podcast Review: Mad Money Machine (0)
17: Pay Debt at 25%-35% or Invest In The Market? (0)
15: Diamonds Class Action - How Much Can I Get Back? (4)
13: Tax Diversification for Retirement Accounts (0)
13: Podcast Review: MarketWatch Stupid Investment of the Week with Chuck Jaffe (0)
12: The Contrarian: Buying a Ridiculously Customized Automobile (0)
12: Should “Invest” and “Auto” Be Used in the Same Sentence? (0)
11: Budgeting Time for Audiobooks and Podcasts (0)
11: First Post (0)

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