Archive for August, 2009

22
Aug

Weakend: Probably Bad News

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, August 22nd 2009   2 comments already   

I’m too busy to write anything interesting today, so I’ll once again share another fantastic blog that works in the same format of other sites I’ve featured, like Fail Blog, and Totally Looks Like.  For lack of a better term I’m calling them lolblogs.  This week it’s Probably Bad News.  And like most of my [...]

under: links, weakend    
21
Aug

Weakonomics Links: Can’t Read My, Can’t Read My…

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, August 21st 2009   Comments Off   

If you immediately understood what I was saying in the title then you probably have a Lady Gaga problem.  Admittedly, this means I do as well.  I’m not sure where it came from, but every time I hear her tunes on the radio I rock out.  The Sheconomist has also been known to sing a [...]

under: links, lists, loans, personal finance    
20
Aug

The Saver List: What Kind Of Saver Are You?

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, August 20th 2009   15 comments already   

Sometimes The Weakonomist gets distracted with current events and needs to step back to do something a little more fun.  The other day I was talking with The Sheconomist about saving money.  When I later had a moment to get lost in my own thoughts I started comparing how I save to how my parents [...]

under: lists, personal finance    
19
Aug

What Cash For Clunkers (CARS) Really Is

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, August 19th 2009   8 comments already   

The Car Allowance Rebate System is of course better known as “Cash For Clunkers”.  If you haven’t heard of this program I hope you didn’t vote last fall either.  In short it allows you to trade in your POS for a new, fuel efficient car.  You still have to pay for your new ride but [...]

under: economics, environment, government    
18
Aug

Weakonomics Take On The Health Care Debate

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, August 18th 2009   6 comments already   

Everywhere I’ve been lately the topic of conversation is always about health care reform.  The water cooler, the parking lot, the grocery store, even in the bathroom.  Everyone has an opinion and everyone thinks they’re right.  The current debate in health care reform is exactly the sort of topic Weakonomics was born to handle.
And it [...]

under: business, government    
17
Aug

Best of Money Carnival #12: Keeping It Random

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, August 17th 2009   7 comments already   

Welcome to the Best of Money Carnival.  If you love carnivals as much as I do then you’re probably not too excited about this one.  Fear not.  This one is different.  How you ask?  Because it’s all subjective and I have control of everything (for this week at least).  You see, for this carnival, bloggers [...]

under: books, links, lists, personal finance    
15
Aug

Weakend: Totally Looks Like

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, August 15th 2009   2 comments already   

My Weakend Editions have included many sites from the Icanhascheezburger community.  My personal favorites are the lolcats and failblog.  Today I want to share another site from that family, “Totally Looks Like”.  It compares famous images (mostly people) to other images (often people).  Like all the other sites, it’s best to simply show you some [...]

under: links, weakend    
14
Aug

An Emergency Fund Put To Use: The Weakonomist Edition

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, August 14th 2009   6 comments already   

I’ve previously announced that I am moving and have some other life changes going on that I may talk about at a later date.  It was during the moving process that I had my first experience using an emergency fund.  I’m so glad I had saved.
We plan for it, we save for it, we know [...]

under: personal, personal finance    
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