Today at my other blog LAL Musings, I’m hosting the December Fabulous Festival.  Run on over to check it out.
Is it theft to use someone else’s wireless internet connection?  Or is it sharing?  Does it depend on whether the person encrypts the code or not?  Is it cheap or frugal to use someone else’s wireless [...]

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Have you ever loaned money to a friend or family member? Did you really loan it or was it borrow?  I guess the question of the day is would you loan money?
I was thinking back to one of my biggest BOZO financial moves and this one was a real DOOZIE!  Yep, I was young, stupid, [...]

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Crap that’s what it’s going for now!  Apparently a student at Sacramento State is selling her virginity for money.  Apparently she’s in student debt hell and wants to go to graduate school.
I gotta wonder how such a transaction will work?  Just so you know it’s legal, because she’s doing it in Nevada at the Bunny [...]

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I thought it was interesting to write about my family’s financial History.  So I thought I’d follow it up with a few more stories. 
My mom does not tithe though she is a baptized Catholic. I am not baptized and I do not tithe.  My mom before I was born left organized religion and not looked [...]

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A woman asked the question, if she and her husband had agreed to be in a friend’s wedding party, how late is too late to back out? 

We’re supposed to attend an out of state wedding for friends in a few months.  These are very very close friends of my DH and I’ve known them for [...]

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I had a very heated debate with my mom and aunt when they were visiting over racism in the US.  They are both in their 50s and have not been exposed to many other cultures.  They believe that racism is still rampant in the US.  Neither believe that Barack Obama can become president. That the [...]

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Do you correct a mistake if a store rings up an item the wrong price? I would say yes, but half the time, I don’t even catch the mistake until I’m home. I don’t actually look at my receipt unless there is a huge discrepancy of a few dollars or more. But a say $1 [...]

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Is it wrong to browse in a bookstore and not buy? This was a question raised on The Simple Dollar. It really made me stop and think, because I never buy books at a bookstore. The person asking had read and article by a small bookstore owner complaining about people who browse but never buy.
Saying [...]

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