Make sure you check out the Carnival of Personal Finance this week at Greener Pastures: Personal Finance.  They featured my post on Star Trek and money lessons, which has been very popular.

Yesterday I told you about my experience with purchasing a wedding ring.  What I didn’t tell you was that after the purchase was made I contacted the manager of the store to let me know how happy we’ve been working with them.  Not only was their staff friendly and courteous, but I never felt pressured [...]

As most of you know, I’m engaged to The Sheconomist.  As we prepare for our ceremony this fall there are many details that have to be addressed.  Perhaps one of the most important is wedding rings.  Of all the events of the wedding day, the wedding ring is the only material possession that we’ll always [...]

There are many personal finance blogs on the web.  Many of my readers likely follow more than just Weakonomics.  Many of those other blogs could (and should) be considered better than mine, but I like mine the best. It’s because I don’t appreciate all the work that went into creating those other blogs.  I know [...]

There is great debate about the state of John and Kate‘s conjugation as a new season of their hit show debuts.  It’s smart of them to create hype that inflates the viewer rate of their story that began with a difficulty to procreate that lead to the birth of six of eight kids after having [...]

Let’s say I went to Marymount College, majored in Journalism and English, and in 2001 became the CEO of Xerox. In 2002 I became the chairman of the board at Xerox. I suppose at that point you could say I’ve pretty much made it. But what if I felt like there was something missing in [...]

Memorial Day is all about no work, the start of summer, grilling hamburgers, and drinking beer! NO Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those that have fought and died in the many wars the United States has faced. We all have opinions about what is right and what is wrong, for today, keep [...]

Welcome to my first ever subscriber swap.  If you don’t know what one is that’s okay, I only recently figured it out.  Here’s how it works, I’m going to tell you (my readers) about another website that I’m a big fan of.  I want you to subscribe to their feed for ONE WEEK just to [...]