Looking for an awesome, free film? During the writers’ strike downtime, Joss Whedon went outside the mainstream (since they were striking against the big studios, not everyone) and created a hilarious(?) musical film called Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillon (from Firefly & Buffy & apparently Desperate Housewives), and Felicia [...]

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On Monday, I issued a challenge to readers and bloggers to take a single small step to improve their financial situations.
My own small step was calling World Vision and changing my automatic donation information from the bank account I’m about to close. It was quite easy to do (the entire conversation took less than 10 [...]

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How do you balance flexibility in your budget or spending plan without letting the entire thing fall apart? I have a suggestion which will keep you from feeling constrained by the budget but still on track. Maybe even make you feel better about making progress towards your goals.

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Asking the readers: I’d love to hear from those who’ve created credit histories/scores for themselves in foreign countries (whether that country is the States or elsewhere). It’s so useful to have, but immigrants have to start fresh. Share your experience!

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If your bank fails, what does that mean for you? Well, if you’re like my dad in 1970, it means pretty much nothing of note. The local bank he was using failed but he didn’t even hear about it until a year later. The Feds had taken it over and a year later he learned [...]

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