Weekend Update for January 3, 2009
This is the first weekend of 2009, and the past week was rather a rather quiet one in terms of blog reading as well as posting. A few highlights from the past week: tapering off of lexapro
Personal Happenings:
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Finally completed the redesign of the GreenBridge Advisors Website, now I’m working on the final stages of adding the new content.
Started the redesign of the Let’s Blog Money site. Please feel free to offer any opinions or suggestions for making the site more user-friendly or interesting design-wise.
Got to enjoy the NHL’s Winter classic at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field (albeit from the comfort and warmth of my South Florida living room! as opposed to the frigid Chitown winter!). Still disappointed that it couldn’t be held at the old Yankee Stadium.
Interesting Blog Posts:
The 185th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance (Cheesehead Edition) was hosted at The Fraud Files Blog. I’d like to thank Tracy Coenen for selecting my post, Don’t Be Taken By Det Consolidation Or Credit Counseling Scams, as an editor’s pick for the week!
J.D. @ Get Rich Slowly was still on vacation, but still managed to get quite a buzz going with a guest post by Ann Zerkle founder of Heroes of Capitalism entitled In Defense of Buying Books. It didn’t hit me until just now, but I wonder if all of the people tauting the benefits of using the library would feel any different if they had published a book yet no one was buying it because they would rather read it free at their local library. Just a thought….
Miranda @ Yielding Wealth posted Ask the Piggy Bank: Credit Card v. CD. Again, quite a lively discussion, although I would have liked to see some of the commentators come back and continue the debate. stopping zoloft abruptly
Over at Lazy Man and Money the is a very interesting and informative post on social lending called Uncrunch America with Change.org. Not sure that I’d be on board for the social lending idea just yet, but Lazy Man certainly did open my eyes to something I had never even thought of before.
Now for the comedy portion of our show…over at fivecentnickel.com, nickel posted A Bit of Auto Bailout Humor. I have to say, I got more than a little chuckle from that one!
Thank You Federal Reserve is a story at Free From Broke that many people are dealing with right now: savers being afterthoughts in the Fed’s decision to slash rates. My take: sometimes loyalty means nothing, and you have to go where you can get the best return.
NCN posted Wrapping Up The Year 2008 @ No Credit Needed highlighting last years resolutions and their performance to date. Congratulation on staying debt-free and staying on track for most of the goals!
@ Blueprint For Financial Success, Jim had posted Best Personal Finance Books For Your Library and challenged anyone to argue against any of his choices. I really couldn’t, can you? clomid bleeding
David Ning posed the question Do You Switch “Frugal Mode” On When You Come Back From Vacation? @ Money Ning. Very interesting concept!
JLP @ AllFinancialMatters posted How Long Will It Take To Get Even? taking a look at the the demise of the S&P 500 in 2008 and a couple different scenarios for the recovery process.
Hope everyone had a safe New Years!
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January 3rd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
As to the question of libraries: As somebody who has written/published 4 books so far, I’m all about people going to the library to read them. A few reasons:
1. As somebody who uses the library myself, it would be hypocritical to expect others to buy every single book they read.
2. I know that my wife and I have (on several occasions) borrowed books from the library, enjoyed them, and ended up buying them.
3. If every library in the US owned a copy of each of my books, I could retire today.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Thanks for the comment, Mike, it’s nice to hear the other side’s response. Guess when you put it in terms of your #3 reason, there’s certainly no arguing!
January 5th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Thanks for including my post! I also liked Lazy Man’s piece on P2P lending. It’s an interesting thought, especially in these times.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Any time Miranda. P2P was definitely something that I had never considered. Even after reading up on it, I’m skeptical about the whole thing. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see what the future holds.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Thanks for the mention…
In regard to the buying books, I look at the library as a free version of Netflix for books – just with more competition for less selection. If you want to read the new “hot” book, good luck at the library – you’ll be waiting a long time. That’s when it might make sense to buy the book.
How would author’s feel about Paperback Swap or if people sell the book after reading? My theory is that they don’t mind much, because they made a sale and there’s nothing they can do about it. It’s not like one copy of Harry Potter is being circulated around the world. If you write a great book and the right people notice, you’ll still do well enough that you won’t care.
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