Archive for the ‘blog round-up’ Category

Friday Stack: I’m skiing with a bunch of teenagers edition

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Madison wrote about her experience changing to the Sprint SERO plan. Unfortunately, I am already a Sprint customer and I can't cancel and go to the Sero plan without losing my number. I am thinking of switching to AT&T, however. This post was written last month over at FiveCentNickel, but I ...

In your 60’s? Use your financial freedom wisely

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

I had some major site problems last night. Therefore, I was unable to spend my usual time on this post. I had planned to participate in the Money Advice for the Ages project being led by Madison from My Dollar Plan. Here are a couple of thoughts that I may ...

The Friday Stack (on Monday)

Monday, January 21st, 2008

I decided to go with a regular post on Friday, instead of a round-up post as is my usual habit. I spent the weekend digesting many other posts around the personal finance blogosphere. There were a lot of posts that seemed to be pointed right at me. . . like 10 ...

Something Extra: Lincoln’s View

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

I came across an old blogpost by Jenna at moneybucks coffee. In it, she posts a list of President Abraham Lincoln's views on personal finance. I found them fascinating and enlightening especially in light of recent discussions. I strongly encourage you to read it. I was recently interviewed at debtconsolidationcare - a ...

Rocket’s Reply to Randall’s Rebuttal

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Even though I am passionate about taxes, politics and finance, I try to season my speach with grace and a friendly smile. Just because we differ on policy does not mean that I don't find value in Randall's writing at Credit Withdrawal. There are too many issues in this discussion to address everything in Randall's latest ...

Something Extra: taxes, infants, credit and estates

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

I'm jumping in with an extra post today. Here are some articles that you should read: Randall's Rebuttal on the issue of taxes. Madison at My Dollar Plan begins a series on money advice for all ages with financial strategies for infants and young children. Moolanomy's article listing the best blog posts of 2007. . ...

The Real Friday Stack

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Okay, yesterday, I pulled the trigger a little early on the "Friday Stack". I was so excited about linking to Mrs. Micah that I jumped a little early. :) Anyway, here are a couple more links for a Friday post on Friday. My main post is at My Dollar Plan. I am guest ...

The Friday Stack: You can save some money in this post

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

On Tuesday, I participated in the 107th Festival of Frugality at Cash Money Life. Patrick was kind enough to accept my late entry. I deserved to be the very last entry on the page. . . and that's the spot I got. Here are some of the highlights: One of my favorite blogs, ...

So what is networth worth?

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

I hope you are enjoying the net worth posts from the m-network and beyond. . . I thought I would point out that not everyone thinks figuring your networth is important. You may want to check out brip brap's post about networth.  I think he makes some very valid points ...

Best of Rocket Finance 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Rocket Finance has been up and running for six months - interrupted only by about a month's worth of hosting problems and a transfer from blogspot to a paid domain. Here are some of the better articles from the year.   Newlyweds and the checkbook Why we choose Freedom over Cash Sharebuilder investing methods The best ...