Remember the Milk: Powerful Task Management for Free
Remember the Milk (or RTM for short) is a powerful, flexible and simple tool for managing tasks. Small business owners (and busy folk everywhere) know that having a mere to-do…
Professional Directory: Member Spotlight
We're thrilled to be offering expert advice and professional referrals in our new directory! As it expands over the next weeks and months, we hope you will connect with the…
The Cost of Pet Adoption
I'm a sucker for dogs. It doesn't matter if the dog is a Great Dane or a teacup chihuahua - I'm going to love it just the same. There's just…
Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance On Just One Page
'œEverything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on Just One Page' is a 49 page personal finance book. Trent Hamm at The Simple Dollar put it together…
Creating a really, really free community based economy
Really Really Free Markets (RRFM) are a great way to meet and share material items, resources, and skills with members of your community. Best of all, everything is 100% absolutely…
My Financial Implosion: Finding Housing with Bad Credit
'œAnd homeless near a thousand homes I stood, and near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.' '“ William Wordsworth Two weeks ago I wrote about how to avoid homelessness…
Should I fund my 401(k), Roth, or traditional IRA?
There are three types of retirement investment accounts for employees: 401(k), Roth IRA, and the traditional IRA. If your employer offers a match to your 401(k) contributions, then your first…
Micro-Enterprises for the Gamefully Unemployed
Lately I've been thinking about ways I can leverage things that I am already doing for my family for the benefit of others. Specifically employed "others" who might be willing…
Does Women’s Trusting Culture Help Identity Thieves?
What brought this train of thought on? Well, I had read an article on Identity Theft earlier in the day where along with the fact that such theft is committed…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Canned Good Creations
An article in yesterday's New York Times made me smile. Food companies are shifting the focus of their advertisements and trying to convince consumers that convenience foods can help families…