Archive for September, 2009
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009Last night I had to make a quick trip to the grocery store. As I was walking into the store, I noticed a young man out gathering up grocery carts. I kid you not, a 90-year old with a walker could have moved faster than this kid was moving. Of course it’s hard to move [...]
You Can Tell You’ve Been Blogging A Long Time When…
Thursday, September 10th, 2009you get new tires put on your car and you remember writing a blog post about your LAST tire purchase for the same car, which was over three years ago. It also shows that my car is getting old! I have been driving my 2002 Buick Rendezvous for over seven years now. We bought the [...]
Announcing the Winner of “No Time For Tact”
Thursday, September 10th, 2009I meant to announce this yesterday but did not have time. Anyway, the winner of the “No Time For Tact” giveaway is: Commenter #46, Vishal Parekh Congrats to Vishal. I’ll be hosting another giveaway in the next couple of days. This one will be for a college planning book. Stay tuned…
The Five Lowest-Paying Majors (From MSN)
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Thought this was interesting: 5 Lowest-Paying Majors, And What You Can Do About it. Their list: • Social work • Special education • Elementary education • Home economics • Music and dance Okay, so they are low-paying. Big deal. As long as you know this information going in, you can make adjustments to your lifestyle [...]
This Guy’s Thoughts on Kim Lavine’s “The Mommy Manifesto”
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009I’m going to do something a little different with this book review. I’m going to give you my thoughts (a guy’s perspective) in this post, and then I’m going to mail my copy of the book to long-time AFM reader, Beth. She’s going to read it and give us her thoughts (a woman’s perspective). JLP’s [...]
GIVEAWAY #3 – A Signed Copy of Larry Winget’s “No Time for Tact”
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Okay, I’m really excited about this giveaway. My friend, Larry Winget, has agreed to send one AFM reader a signed copy of his latest book, No Time for Tact: 365 Days of the Wit, Words, and Wisdom of Larry Winget*. This is a cool little book. At Larry’s prodding in his introduction to the book, [...]
Announcing the Winner of Yesterday’s Giveaway
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009The randomly-selected winner of yesterday’s giveaway of The New Coffeehouse Investor* was: Commenter #6, Jeff. Congrats to Jeff. The rest of you, if you haven’t read the book, I would like to urge you to either check it out at the library or pick up a copy at your bookstore or through Amazon (if you’d [...]
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