Tag: money

Savings Account

Ugh. I spent my whole time at Emigrant Direct with their 2.75% APR and always wanting to switch to ING Direct with their 3.15%. Now, I finally got my ING Direct account set-up and linked to my bank all the sudden Emigrant is at 3.00% and ING is at 3.00%. So…I should feel happy right? [...]

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Money

Money is always the talk at the dinner table with families. Even more so now; prices of everything on the rise so much. I remember when I was a kid, my father, brother and myself would be driving to Mexico from San Antonio ( a 3 hour drive ). We would see a gas station for .99 cents. We all look at each other and think, we can do better. 98 cent would come up, nah, something lower is out there. .97 and .96 and even one time I believe we saw a small town offering a .95 cent price. The next one would cup up .97 and we’d be a bit bummed out but we kept hoping for it as our gas tank ran low. Damn! .98 cents. I knew we should have stopped at the .95 cent one!

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Upcoming Joy

Pending direct deposit(s) scheduled to post: $1,295.08 to Checking Account ending in XXXX, on 03/29/2007
I’m going to love this payday.
PS: In the military, for a single Marine ( and no, I am not single, its just that my marriage pay hasn’t hit the system yet ) that is big bucks.

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Blog Worth

Find out how much your blog is worth. I’m around $2,000. Weak.

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Rule of 72

Have you heard of the great powerful, and easy equation of 72? If you haven’t your missing out on a good little tool to help you gain information of where to invest money so you can get double your cash!
Einstein got it right when he mentioned how the greatest formula of all time was compound [...]

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Ripped

Saving money has always been hard for me because I try to live higher and more on the edge then my budget allows. I’ve managed to get away with it for quite some time now, 22 years to be exact. Soon I will be depleting funds faster then I can replenish; at least, that is [...]

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Verdict

After many dreams and day-dreams and many thoughts about what life would be like IN the Corps, and OUT of the Corps, I have finally decided on my FINAL decision.
I can’t live a life with even the SLIGHTEST chance exist for me to go to Iraq again. I am going to EAS and no reenlistment [...]

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Marooned

I’m sorry. I haven’t been a very good blogger lately. I am writing a new layout and I have been quite busy with it. Not so much with the actual coding, just the design. Sad part is that after all the brainstorms, I decided to stick to my two column layout. I just don’t want [...]

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Texas Hold ‘Em Week Nights

yes, this is my chips before we started playing texas hold ‘em. i’ve been pretty addicted to this game. its sooo freaking fun. money just makes it evil. yea, but well, instead of playing for alot of money on the weekend, i play for small amounts during the week. infact, i’ve played all days of [...]

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