6 October 2007 One Comment Print This Post  Email This Post

This week has been busier than usual for me because I had a friend come in from across the country. I met him online almost eight years ago and we’ve been doing business ever since. He came to San Francisco with his brother for a convention at the Moscone center, which was a networking event for the top 500 eBay sellers. To make a long story short, I ended up spending more money than usual since we ate out at some fancy restaurants. I’m not counting it in my cooking and eating at home project because I see this guy about once every three years so we had to do something we both loved, which was eating good food. Today, after taking them to the blue angels’ air show, I discovered my car got towed. I’m trying my hardest to erase my memory of how much it cost to bail it out. So thats my week, now lets see whats happening in some of the internet’s hottest sites.

Brip Blap, who has a nice new layout talks about stopping negative habits. I still need to work on excersizing and cutting down my spending. Lately I’ve been looking at video games a lot, which is strange because I was never really a gamer type. Hopefully I’ll get over wanting an X Box 360.

Jonathan at My Money Blog gives advice on how to cancel credit cards profitably. He’s got some good tips if you’re thinking about getting a better deal on your current credit cards. So far I don’t have any with high fees and I’m enjoying my Amazon.com chase card.

Five Cent Nickel gives tips on how to deal with a lost wallet. I used to lose my wallet all the time but now I actually downgraded to a simple money clip with a credit card holder and thats surprisingly much easier to keep track of since I don’t really have to ever take it out of my pocket.

The Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money talks about passive income. I liked this article particularly because it’s great to change our mentalities towards money and spending. Next time you have some extra money and want to spend it, ask yourself if you want a depreciating asset that you’ll likely get tired of, or do you want an income for life that grows every year which you’ll never get tired of.