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  • Maybe cycles of poverty...

    ...have something to do with totally unreal notions about prices Angel tree children ask for ipods, Xboxes, and Wii-s A few of my money memories: 1) Around 4-5 my pre-school took a field trip to the mall and my parent…

  • Inattention and lack of use

    I rarely check on my wireless account. Payment is automated; billing is electronic; and I've tacked on enough discounts that I'm at a really happy price point (14% less than before the discounts). I went to check my ac…

  • Hrm

    Everyone is closing their accounting for the school year so my PI (principle investigator) has to empty his account. Unfortunately, he didn't take care of payroll paperwork earlier and instead of paying 3 of us $1000-1…

  • Frugality and calling

    Recently, I linked to a personal finance blog I read regularly. I actually read several. Most of the writers are spiritual in inclination,but it doesn't figure overtly in their writing. So words like "freedom" and "passi…

  • Thoughts on money

    Now that THANKSgiving is passed we're now in the gifting season and N and I have started to think about spending for the next year. Some general thoughts on this matter: 1) Money is a translation of our time; time mak…

  • Educational Debt

    I came across a blog that has a four part series on Missions and student debt which piqued my interest because I was just having a conversation in this vein with a friend. Whether actually true or not debt tends to ge…

  • Becoming: Money 18-22 (College)

    When I got to college, my parents jumped my allowance to $200/month. I think they gave this to me in semester chunks and I can't remember if I paid for my books out of this. I feel like I did, but I'm sure they know. I w…

  • Becoming: Money 0-18

    I've kind of dropped the "Becoming" series for a bit, but thought I'd resurrect it as I think about God and money. I don't know when my parents first started giving me allowance, but I was getting it by the time I was…

  • Beating inflation?

    Duke tuition and fees are now over 34K. That's 13K more than when I left! I totally loved my time there but I never thought it was worth 120K and I still don't think it's worth $160K (4 yrs tuition plus room, board, exp…

  • Not actually applicable to me...

    but I can dream--or pass the info along I think I have family business blood in me with an over-anxious academic streak in me. This means I will probably been a prof, dream about "selling out to the man", and realize I…