May 2008

Buy That Fun Stuff Without Going Into Debt

by Glen Craig

You want to buy that new something. Maybe it’s the Nintendo Wii and the Wii Fit? Maybe it’s a new digital camera? Perhaps it’s a new flat-screen TV or a GPS? You can’t afford to buy it out-right. If you charge it to a credit card you will be paying interest on top of the [...]

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Ridiculously Useful Guides – Web Warrior Tools

by Glen Craig

I’d like to tell you about a new venture from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits in conjunction with Glen Stansberry of LifeDev and the Life Remix Network. [as an aside Zen Habits is one of the blogs that inspired me to create Free From Broke]. Web Warrior Tools, as descibed by Leo is a site [...]

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Five Things Indiana Jones Can Teach Us About Personal Finance

by Glen Craig

I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this past weekend. Was it as good as Raiders of the Lost Ark? How many movies are? Was it a lot of fun to watch? Absolutely! I got to thinking about ‘ole Indy. What makes him successful in his movies? What is it about [...]

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Introducing The Money Life Network

by Glen Craig

It is with great pleasure that I introduce to you the Money Life Network! What is this? From our About Page: The Money Life Network of blogs is a group of personal finance bloggers who have banded together to bring you great content designed to help you improve your finances and increase your quality of [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #10

by Glen Craig

Welcome to the festive link love carnivality #10 where I bring you my carnival/festival events for the week as well as great articles I found in my Google RSS reader. To start, the carnivals: Prime Time Money hosted the 140th Carnival of Debt Reduction Circus Day Edition. My article Don’t Let Credit Card Debt Weigh [...]

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American Express Likes Me But Not Enough

by Glen Craig

I received a letter from American Express yesterday. They are trying to get me to sign up for a Gold Card. Check out the first paragraph of the letter: One day you started doing things differently. Instead of eating, you began to dine. Instead of planning trips, you started planning journeys. And that was just [...]

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Are You Prepared For Summer Costs?

by Glen Craig

This is a guest post by Heather Johnson, who is an industry critic on the subject of Business Cards. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com. Summertime is just around the corner and if the rising temperatures don’t make you sweat, the rising costs certainly might. From utility bills to gas expenditures, [...]

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Do You Love Your Job? A Credit Card Evaluation

by Glen Craig

Do you love your job? I mean really love it. I know there are people out there that do truly love their jobs but most people would be real happy if you told them they could quit today without losing their pay. Next question – Do you have debt on your credit cards? If you [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #9

by Glen Craig

Welcome to another link extravaganza! I hope everyone had a great week. It’s been pretty good at FFB. We received our economic stimulus check which got direct deposited to our ING Direct account. We also received some health spending and transportation spending account money I put in for at work. Also by next week I [...]

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Our Economic Stimulus Check Arrived

by Glen Craig

I checked our ING Direct savings account today and the government was true to it’s word – Our economic stimulus check came in! In total it was $1800. This is $600 each for my wife and I and $300 for each of our kids. Fortunately we had our tax refund direct deposited into ING so [...]

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