TopCashback Will Change How You Spend Money
In its simplest terms, the internet is just a big marketplace made up of three players: storefronts, promoters, and customers. The customers are all of us: […]
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Before You Step, First Look Where You’re Standing
It was my first time riding in a Black Hawk helicopter. It was 2008. I was naturally a little nervous as the skids left the earth […]
Non-Cash Charitable Contributions: Frugal Philanthropists Unite!
On a cold night every December, I fill container upon packed container with non-cash charitable contributions. These diaper boxes and plastic totes wait in my driveway ’til […]
The 401k: What Would Jesus Do?
Exodus. Chapter 3 And God called to him from within the bush. “Moses, Moses!” And Moses Said, “Here I am, Lord” And God said, “Always […]
Save 19% On Everything You Buy at Lowes or Home Depot
I was talking to a friend of mine today about home improvements. He’s working to rehab his outdoor area with walls for exterior shade by […]
Carpe Veteranos Diem (Seize the Veteran’s Day!)
I’ve been a greasy government contractor for so long that I forget most of my adult life was spent as a latrine-scrubbin’ Staff Sergeant in the U.S. […]
Know What You Love, and Be Uncompromising
I wish that all of the things that brought me happiness were free. I wish I could say this. Of course, I cannot. To be clear, […]
The Totally Unrealistic Expenses of Early Retirement
This is Part #2 to finding your retirement number. In Part #1, we talked about which retirement equation applies to you; which depends on the […]
The $9.54 a Month iPhone Plan
I don’t go quite as far as Jacob at Early Retirement Extreme, who advocates to simply drop your entire cell phone plan on your way to […]
The Low Hanging Fruit of Frugality
John Schmoll over at Frugal Rules wrote an article the other week about how he recently switched his cell phone plans from Verizon to Cricket […]