Imagine your wrist is itching right now. It’s the kind of itch that just has to be scratched – it doesn’t matter what you are doing, because the urge to scratch rises up and blocks your ability to concentrate on almost anything else. I am sure you know this feeling – the sudden intensity of [...] Read more »
Budget Challenged Heal Thy Self
The following is a guest post from Neal Frankle. He is a Certified Financial Planner in Los Angeles and owner of Wealth Pilgrim, one of my all-time favorite personal finance blogs. You may not have grown up with good financial habits being modeled all around you. Most people I know didn’t. I know I didin’t. [...] Read more »
the movement of content
One of the problems I have with writing here at brip blap tends to be the question of “what to write?” I’ve never made this a blog that covers the subjects that many personal finance blogs cover: what credit card should I get? Should I invest in an IRA or a Roth IRA? I [...] Read more »
restoring America
I have a lot of tools. I have more than a normal person should, I think. My collection of tools is based on one part frugality (I can save money by (thinking) I can fix it myself), one part wastefulness (I NEED a specialty picture-hanging hook that looks JUST so) and one part optimism (I [...] Read more »
Merry Christmas 2011, and links
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and fill-in-the-blank greetings. It’s a nice season, whether you’re celebrating one of the major religious holidays or just enjoying time with family and friends for the sake of, well, spending time with family and friends. I was not planning on posting a Christmas post, but then I came across a [...] Read more »
being healthy
One of the things I come back to again and again in my conversations with family, friends and colleagues is that there is no way to waste money on good health. Organic food can be pricey. A gym membership can be expensive compared to working out at home. Vitamins or medications can be burdensome. But [...] Read more »
