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Entries from June 2008

Gallons Per Mile

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Quick, let’s say you are the parent of a son and a daughter.  Your son drives a Ford Mustang which gets 17 mpg in city driving and 26 mpg on the highway.  Your daughter, on the other hand, rides around town in a Toyota Corolla which gets 27/35 mpg.  Now let’s say you’re looking to […]

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Tags: Saving

5 Ways to Save on Airfare

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Summer officially started on June 20* and many folks and families are planning their summer vacations.  With that in mind, I thought I’d share an article entitled 5 Ways to Fly Cheap.  Hopefully, it helps some people save a few simoleons.  Now the only question is where will you go?
 
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Tags: Saving

30 Days: Minimum Wage

June 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame parlayed his 15 minutes into a show called 30 Days. In the first episode, Spurlock and his fiancé live on minimum wage for 30 days. You can watch the entire episode at Hulu: Minimum Wage (45:21).

On an unrelated note, Happy Father’s Day everyone!

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Tags: Media · Money Management/Budgeting

You’re the Boss!

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Have you ever been the boss?  It doesn’t have to be a work relationship, just a position where you oversaw, directed, or managed someone else.  If you have, there’s probably a ton of challenges that you faced in order to drive your employees to be the most productive such as who should do what and […]

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Tags: Money Management/Budgeting