Archive for August, 2009
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009There was a very interesting article in today’s WSJ about how Vermont’s mortgage laws helped prevent the bulk of the real estate bust in their state. I wanted to point out one of the stories in the article: Insurance adjustor Ginger Shields says she tried for years to qualify for a home loan. After a [...]
One Week Left of “Summer”
Monday, August 17th, 2009I’m back. I’ll catch you up on the life of JLP. On August 8th, my wife and I went to see Chris Isaak in concert. AWESOME SHOW! If you get a chance to see him, GO! You will not be disappointed. Then, Sunday night my cousin and his three daughters came into town for a [...]
Taking a Break This Week…
Monday, August 10th, 2009My cousin and his family are visiting this week so I won’t be tending to AFM. I’ll be back Thursday or Friday. Have a great week!
Are Your Credit Cards’ Minimum Payments Going Up?
Friday, August 7th, 2009My post a while back about Discover closing my account, prompted an AFM reader to send me an email earlier this week, detailing some of his recent experiences with credit card companies. One of them involved his minimum payment going up from 2% to 5% of the closing balance. From his email (edited slightly for [...]
Excel Tidbits – Part 1: Using the COUNTIF Function
Thursday, August 6th, 2009I do a lot of stuff with Excel and I have learned some things that go slightly beyond the basics and make the program that much better to use. I still use Excel 2003 so this series of posts will be based on that version. I got the idea for this post after putting together [...]
Update on Beth’s Fundraiser – 64% of the Way There!
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Thanks to all who contributed to Beth’s Fundraising efforts for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. She’s up to $965 or 64% of the way towards her goal of raising $1,500. There’s still time to help support Beth’s cause. Just visit her fundraising page and click on the box that says “Support Me.” Thanks for [...]
Murdoch Vows to Charge For All Online Content
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Rupert Murdoch has vowed to charge for all the online content of his newspapers and television news channels, going well beyond his prediction in May that the company would test pay models on one of its stronger papers within the year. Interesting… Will he be able to do it? I don’t think so. I subscribe [...]
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