Posts Tagged Martini

Happy Mothers’ Day! Though some people call it a Hallmark holiday, I know my wife is excited, because today she doesn’t have to cook.  Now for some great links from the past week:

• Trent at The Simple Dollar is offering his eBook Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on Just One Page for free;
• FiveCentNickel celebrates 4 years of providing great financial advice;
• PaidTwice states that we don’t believe in debt;
• Brett at The Art of Manliness shows us how to make the perfect martini;
• Jim at Bargaineering gives us 5 reasons to go paperless (you can use my foolproof file naming system to keep organized);
• Ali at Dumb Little Man offers 10 ways to stay on top of your work (she advocates a to-do list; so do I);
• Jonathan at Awake at the Wheel talks about the pros and cons of “modeling” yourself after successful people;
• Chasing the Bull has joined Twitter;
• Curmudgeon guest posted at Brip Blap that age is a state of mind;
• Flexo at Consumerism Commentary discusses the unownership society;
• Patrick at Cash Money Life equates alternative income with insurance;
• Ian’s Messy Desk tells us to take time to sharpen our tools.

Have a great day!

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• Barbaric Links, New "About" Page Edition Passive Family Income had this recent post about the types of posts he hates to write.  His dilemma was similar to mine, as I struggle with writing about really personal things.  Like my About page.  I commented that I thought mine was pretty generic, and that I would probably go......
• The Angry Young Man Emery_Way There's a place in the world for the angry young man With his working class ties and his radical plans He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl, He's always at home with his back to the wall. I like Billy Joel.  We come from the same neck......
• Corporate Barbarian Links: Backbreaking Work Edition There's nothing like a little hard physical labor to make me appreciate my desk job.  I spent much of last weekend resetting the concrete pavers around my pool.  Let's just say that my back ain't what it used to be.  It gives me a new appreciation for what bricklayers put......

• Personal Finance Links (and on being NFL perfect) Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin said a week ago that he'd trade his Hall of Fame inclusion and his 3 Super Bowl rings for a perfect season. Earlier this past Sunday, he went into more detail on his reasoning, which many found curious. Irving said that there have been......
• 25 quotes on ambition For no real reason, I was looking up quotes on ambition and quickly found a number worthy of keeping on hand.  I thought some were funny, some were thought-provoking, and the last one (check out the link) reminded me that ambition can come in all shapes, sizes and flavors.......
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