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For those readers in the US, I wish you all a happy Labor Day. Take this well earned time off and spend it with your family and friends. Relax, watch a ballgame, grill out, or do whatever you want. It’s your day!
For those of you working to keep us safe or happy in our accustomed [...]

FMF did a great job of hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance #115. My article, MBA Options, Part 1: Do You Need an MBA? was included. There were a lot of great articles in this week’s Carnival.
In no particular order, here are my favorite posts from this week’s Carnival:

Fire Finance: Should the State Make Our [...]

It’s Saturday again! Here are some of my favorite posts from the personal finance world from this past week:
Journey to Financial Freedom: Joe in Iraq. Nick deployed for a year to Iraq to help pay off all of his debt and gain a strong financial footing. He met Joe, who is a civilian contractor who [...]

Trent was kind enough to host this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance #114. There are well over 70 articles of various financial topics. My recent article, Is a Job Worth Your Life?, was selected along with 9 other great articles as an Editor’s Choice. I recommend reasding each of the Editor’s Choice articles, as well [...]

Here are some of my favorite posts from personal finance blogs this week:
Financial Organization:

No Credit Needed: Introducing the No Credit Needed Workbook. NCN is offering his readers and everyone in the No Credit Needed Network access to “a quality, free resource that I can put in someone’s hands and say, ‘Here you go. This is [...]

This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance #113: T.G.I.N.F. Edition has been posted by My Open Wallet. One of my recent articles, How Much is the Home Run Record Worth?, was included as an editor’s choice.
There are about 60 or more other great articles covering finance, debt, insurance, budgeting, frugal living, credit, investing, and many other [...]

Here are some of my favorite posts from personal finance blogs this week:
Career:

Money and Such: Asking for (Another) Raise. Shadox offers some great advice about how he handled a raise that was less than what he was hoping for, and how he plans on working toward getting a bigger raise next time around. This was [...]

The most recent edition of the Carnival of Carnival of Ethics, Values, and Personal Finances is up at Money and Values. My submission, Slot Machine Pays Out 10 Times Too Much - Is It Stealing?, was selected as the editors choice. Thanks, Penny Nickel!
There are a lot of other great posts in this [...]

Fortune Magazine is reporting that Carlos Slim Helu (known as Carlos Slim), the Mexican telecom magnate, has just passed Bill Gats as the world’s richest man. Fortune Magazine’s estimates put Slim’s personal net worth at $59 billion dollars at the close of July. Gates is currently worth $58B. It was only in April that Slim passed [...]

Lazy Man and Money is a personal finance blog I have been reading for a few months now. I first found Lazy Man’s blog from a comment he left on another blog about alternative income streams, which I found interesting.
I followed the link to his site, and I’ve been reading it ever since. My favorite [...]

I would like to introduce everyone to two new personal finance blogs I have recently begun reading: Journey to Financial Freedom and SingleGuyMoney.
Journey to Financial Freedom: Nick is an officer in th USAF and volunteered to go to Iraq with the main intent of paying off his debt. This blog chronicles his journey to pay [...]

I think just about everyone has been tagged either directly or indirectly, so I will play ball as well…

I drank a Guinness in Ireland. My list could end here.
I am married to my best friend, and that’s pretty darn cool.
I have eaten escargot (snails) in Paris, fish and chips in London, [...]

Happy Independence Day. Thanks to everyone who is serving, has served, and has ever known or loved someone who is serving or has served in our nation’s military. You have all made sacrifices for us to enjoy the freedoms we have everyday. Thank you!
Now… on to financial independence!

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Here are a few of my favorite posts from the Personal Finance world this week: 

Free Money Finance: The Statute of Limitations on Debt.  FMF gives us information on two ways there can be a statue of limitations on debt. He also links to a website with further information about your specific state laws. This is good [...]

The new Carnival of Personal Finance, 91 Ways to Wealth: The Carnival of Personal Finance, Epic Journey Edition, is up at The Digerati Life. Silicon Valley Blogger has done a great job of making this week’s Carnival a fun adventure to read.
One of my recent posts, The 10 Commandments of Money, was selected as an [...]